Zespół Placówek Opiekuńczo-Wychowawczych Wiosna

Founded in 1943, Zespół Placówek Opiekuńczo-Wychowawczych Wiosna is a charity based in Wołów, Poland working on children & youth, refugees & migration.

The Zespół Placówek Opiekuńczo-Wychowawczych Wiosna, also known as Dom Dziecka Wiosna, is a children's care and upbringing institution in Krzydlina Mała, near Wołów in Lower Silesia, Poland. It provides round-the-clock care, education and family reintegration work for children in crisis situations who are temporarily or permanently without parental care. The institution is run by the Sisters of Notre Dame (Zgromadzenie Sióstr Szkolnych de Notre Dame) with lay staff. Its work includes contact with parents, cooperation with social welfare bodies, and preparing children for return to their natural family or for adoptive or foster care. Since 1943 it has cared for children, and it has supported more than 3,700 children over its 80 years. The home also hosted 19 children and 6 carers from a children's home in Lutsk, Ukraine, from March 2022 to November 2023. Funding comes from donations, the Polish 1.5% tax allocation for public benefit organisations, and EU co-financing for building renovation and energy efficiency projects.