In the 12th episode of the Information Centre for Newcomers, we go to Valmiera.
Here, newcomers from Ukraine have made their home. Oksana is the Executive Director of the Ukrainian Association of Small Towns and the Deputy Mayor of the town with the wonderful name "Ukrainka". Polina is a sociologist. Now both ladies work for the Valmiera municipality.
We meet Marina, Aleksandra and Maria. Aleksandra surprises us the most. She is 75, but she also wants to find a job! In the busy Valmiera, the newcomers are also active people, they search - and they find! – their jobs and it helps both materially and morally when you have to live far away from your homeland.
At the end of the story, we meet Baiba Zalcmani, the head of the Information Centre for Newcomers` regional office "Vidzeme". We find out what gives her the most satisfaction in her work and what is the most pressing issue for newcomers at the moment.
The activity of the Information Centre for Newcomers within the framework of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund is ensured and developed by the NGO “Shelter “Safe House””. The centre is co-funded by the European Union. Grant Agreement No. PMIF/12/2020/3/01/