Work / South African wants to move to Poland, please provide some input? [59]

Hi there all

I am an Afrikaans-speaking white South African in my early 30s interested to immigrate to Poland in a few years' time.

I have some questions and hope you can provide some advice.

Firstly, some more info. My husband is a graphic designer. We have a 1 year old baby girl.
I am a translator/language practitioner. English and Afrikaans. But my big love is in Afrikaans literature. I studied that at university and I have an honours degree in Afrikaans and Dutch.

We truly love South Africa and it has wonderful things. We always believed in our future and want the best for our country and our rainbow nation.

But the last year things have been going really bad. The crime is out of control. The corruption is so, so bad.

Our president is a far cry from our hero Madiba Nelson Mandela. Zuma is more like Mugabe it seems to be. He doesnt care about the people and things are getting out of control.

His latest stunt put our economy in grave danger. Overnight the value of our currency slipped ridiculously low, after he fired our minister of finance because the minister would not condone clear corruption happening.

We earn what is considered good salaries, but with the crippling economy it means we are barely surviving. But we are still better off than the average poverty-stricken South African.

Anyhoo. Why I am saying all this. Just to give you background. I never thought I would leave my beautiful country, but I CANNOT see my little girl growing up in what our country is turning into. It is honestly no life. I have to think of her future and her life as an adult.

Now, my husband can apply for jobs as graphic designer anywhere, but me finding work will be much more difficult. i want to ask you what do you think my chances are?

I know that Poznan University has an Afrikaans Department, teaching Afrikaans to Polish students.
I met one of their professors and aome students years ago in Belgium at a summer conference. Lovely, lovely people.

I would love to be able to work there. I am a natural teacher (although I am not teaching now here, as translators get better pay than teachers).

I am very passionate about my language and i am good at conveying it to others and also inspiring them ;-)

Or do you perhaps have another idea of what I can do to make a living?

How much would you say is the average cost of living per month for an average family? If you have to put it in Euro?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Especially where would be the best place to start!

Kind greetings