About 100 third-country nationals with families, who have been studying Latvian language and colloquial language within the framework of the project “Diverse Solutions for Public Education and Integration” already as of January, came from Riga and Olaine to visit this event.
“Provided possibilities of formally mastering official language of Latvia, as well as visiting Latvian towns, where one can feel confident and communicate in Latvian, gained the greatest popularity among the visitors of the event. Especially for this event, the volunteers of the association prepared activities for the children, during which little participants had an opportunity to express themselves, creating a work of art under the management of the artists. Many participants admitted that the event was very uniting; they did not feel great cultural differences between the nationalities. This impression was intensified by the game “Ricu Racu”, in which visitors of the event participated. We are happy for the successful event, but the greatest satisfaction was provided by an opportunity to directly and individually cooperate with the part of our society, which came from other countries, and to see that at the end of the day all people returned home feeling tired and having smiles on their faces, saying “thank you” in Latvian regardless of the origin, age, occupation or daily problems,” admits Reinis Grāvītis, coordinator of the volunteers of the association “Shelter “Safe House””.
On the 25th of May, within the framework of the Olaine region holiday the information day “Ricu Racu” will be organized in Olaine.
In order to strengthen Latvian cultural space as a society, particularly as a uniting foundation for third-country nationals, and to promote their affiliation to the cultural space on local, national and regional level, different activities, in which different ethnic groups, including third-country nationals, participate, have been organized within the project “Diverse Solutions for Public Education and Integration”.
The project is co-financed by the European Union.
Implementation of the project Diverse Solutions for Public Education and Integration is co-financed by the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals (75%) and state budget (25%).
This publication is supported by the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals. Responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the society “Shelter “Safe House””.
