WHO WE ARE

1941

Początki Young life w Usa

In 1939, Jim Rayburn, a young youth group leader and also a student at a theological seminary in Gainesvile, Texas, encouraged by a local clergyman, took on a daunting challenge - he was to look at the local high school as his parish and figure out a way to build relationships with the local youth, completely uninterested in the Church.

100+

COUNTRIES WITH YOUNG LIFE LEADERS AND EMPLOYEES

Today, Young Life is an international organization with local reach. In our ranks you will find leaders from different cultures, nationalities and backgrounds in more than a hundred countries around the world.

Two million

YOUNG PEOPLE REACHED BY YOUNG LIFE LEADERS

Whether it's in cities, villages, towns or blocks of flats, in countries on every continent, Young Life leaders are working with more than two million young people in their neighborhoods.

2012

YOUNG LIFE POLAND TAKES OFF

It all started in Poznan, where Kristyna, a Czech woman involved in YL, came to visit.
Through building new relationships, spending time together, conversations and trips, Young Life Poznań began its work. Today we function in Poznan, Warsaw, Gdansk, Lusowo, and Kraków, and we dream to open many more! Currently Young Life Poland is co-founded by 12 employees and about 100 leaders and volunteers.

STAFF & LEADERS

POLAND

DOMINIK FĄFEREK

COUNTRY DIRECTOR
POLAND

JOANNA JARZYNA

TRAINER POLAND

JULIA GRYGIEL

PR & COMMUNICATIONS
POLAND

OLIWIA KRZOS

PR & COMMUNICATIONS
POLAND

DOBROCHNA WOJCIECHOWSKA

ADMINISTATION AND
​ INSPECTOR FOR THE PROTECTION OF MINORS
POLAND

JOANNA FĄFEREK

CAMP COORDINATOR
POLAND

POZNAŃ

FR WOJCIECH BRZOSKI

YL DIOCESAN CHAPLAIN
POZNAŃ

JOANNA MAZUR

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ STAFF ASSOCIATE ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ YL UNIVERSITY

WIKTORIA WŁODARSKA

TEAM LIDER
YOUNG LIFE POZNAŃ

MAGDALENA POGODSKA

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ SCHOLAR ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ YL UNIVERSITY

MARIA STRYCZYŃSKA

TEAM LEADER
WYLD LIFE POZNAŃ

SZYMON KAWAŁA

CONFIRMATION
POZNAŃ

GDAŃSK

ALICJA SZYMCZAK

AREA DIRECTOR
GDAŃSK

WARSAW

WERONIKA ROMANIK

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ AREA DIRECTOR ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ WARSZAWA

FRANCISZEK PACHOLSKI

SCHOLAR
WARSAW

MARTA HABRZYK

SCHOLAR
WARSAW

JULIA STANO

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ SCHOLAR ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ WARSAW

OLEKSANDRA UTKINA

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ADMINISTRATOR ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ YL SHELTER ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AREA)

MICHAŁ RAMAŃCZYK

TEAM LEADER
​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ YL SHELTER ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (UKRAINIAN AND RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AREA)

LUSOWO

MARTYNA ORZEŁ

AREA DIRECTOR
LUSOWO

KRAKÓW

BOHDAN VLASIUK

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ SCHOLAR TEAM LEADER ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ YOUNG LIFE KRAKÓW

SOFYA NIKOLAYEVA

​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ TEAM LEADER ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ YL UNIVERSITY

The board

ALVIN ANDERSON
Nathan Gunn
BROOKE JOHNSTON

COOPERATION

KS. PATRYK PIETRASIAK

LUBICZ GÓRNY

KS. DARIUSZ MADEJCZYK

POZNAŃ

ESTERA RYCAJ

YL GLOBAL FIELD DEVELOPEMENT EUROPE COORDINATOR

GRZEGORZ ZBIORCZYK

EDUCATOR AND COORDINATOR OF SOCIAL PROJECTS

PATRYCJA SHAHBAZ

EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR AT YOUNG LIFE CENTRAL EUROPE

OFFICIAL BLESSING OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE POLISH EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE ARCHBISHOP STANISŁAW GĄDECKI FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF YOUNG LIFE POZNAŃ