Source of Funding: Swiss - Latvian Cooperation Programme 2009-2012
Program: NGO Fund of Swiss - Latvian cooperation program
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Overall objective of subproject: basing on world volunteer work experience, to create in Latvia volunteer work system, so that volunteers, cooperating with NVO and municipalities, could provide support for children in families from different social exclusion and poverty risk groups, thus improving life quality and decreasing social isolation of volunteers and supported people.
Target groups of subproject are preschool age children being under supervision of social services and their families, including seniors, as well as 5 NGOs.
Locations of subproject implementation: Riga, Talsi, Valmiera, Ventspils.
Main activities: elaboration of volunteers training programme, attraction, selection and training of mentors and volunteers, selection of families, volunteer work in families and its supervision, project publicity, including final seminar.
Planned results:
- Created system of attraction, training, supervision and support of volunteers, specifically aimed for work with preschool age children living in families in critical situation, including families where seniors are bringing up the children;
- Attracted and trained at least 50 volunteers and support has been provided for at least 100 children and 20 seniors;
- Cooperation model between NGO and municipalities in context of volunteers support programme has been created, as well as programme for mentors (supervisors), where at least 16 mentors have been selected and trained;
Information about created volunteers programme and first results is available for wider society, NGOs and municipalities.
Target group: Children,Young people,Seniors
Legal status of Project Promoter: Association/Foundation
Region: Riga Region
Amount of Grant Awarded: 82799.95 LVL / 117 813.71 EUR
Project number: 2010.CH04/mac-70
Project Promoter: Establishment „Centre „Dardedze”
Partner(s): foundation "Vidzemes reģionālais atbalsta centrs "Dardedze"", foundation "Talsu novada krīžu centrs", Riga City Council Welfare Department, society "Krīzes centrs ģimenēm ar bērniem "Paspārne""
Start date of project: 01.12.2010.
Project finish date: 31.05.2012.
Place of implementation: Rīga region - Rīga, Kurzemes regions - Talsi, Vidzemes regions - Valmiera
Legal address: Cieceres st. 3, Rīga, LV-1002
Phone: 29489720
Fax: 67281191
E-mail:
www: http://www.centrsdardedze.lv/lat/
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