Welcome ! on the official web site of Samarytanskie Towarzystwo im. Jana Pawla II /the John Paul the 2nd Samaritan Association/ in Zakliczyn.

We are a lay non-government organisation that has been operating since 1993. Our main statutory target is to aid the other people, especially the old, disabled people, children from poor and pathological families, victims of natural calamities, unemployed. We cover with our activities the territory of Poland, however, we help mostly the local community of malopolska commune of Zakliczyn and neighbouring communes.

Zakliczyn is a communal village that is located in the beautiful valley of the Dunajec River surrounded by the wooden hills on a flat wide area subordinate – in geographical terms - to macroregion of Pogórze Karpackie /Karpackie Foodhills/. It is a tourist location of rich history, inhabited by hospitable and kind-hearted people. There are agricultural-tourist farms in the Zakliczyn commune that offer recreation and accommodation.

Charming landscape, clean air and tranquillity that is so needed to the artists put a spell on the most prominent Polish composer of the classic music – Krzysztof Penderecki who is the owner of the 17th century manor house including the surrounding beautiful park in the near Luslawice.

John Paul the 2nd Samaritan Association in Zakliczyn realises its mission by way of the following:

• Running base old people's home for the ones suffering from chronic somatic diseases - "Dom Pogodnej Jesieni" /Fine Autumn Home/

• Carrying out humanitarian actions during the time of natural calamities;

• Nutrition of children from pathological and poor families;

• Hiring - free of charge - rehabilitation equipment;

• Taking actions in the field of active forms of fighting the unemployment.

Since 1997, the Samaritan Association has been co-operating with the German non-government organisation Arbeiter Samariter Bund Deutschland e.v. from Cologne which takes the form of interchange of information and experience, and most of all common carrying out the aid and structural projects.

We would like all the people interested in our activity who are willing to establish co-operation to get in touch with us. Our contact:

Samarytanskie Towarzystwo im. Jana Pawla II
Ul. Grabina 11
32-840 Zakliczyn
województwo malopolskie, Poland
tel. 0048 146653631, fax 0048146652631, e-mail: samarytanie@samarytanie.org.pl