Throughout 2024, "Shelter "Safe House"" organises and provides training - an introductory course about life in Latvia. The training has been attended by both asylum seekers living in the accommodation centres in Mucenieki and Liepnė, and migrants from Ukraine and other countries who have chosen Latvia as their country of residence but have been living here for less than 5 years.
The training will continue next year, but this time we will highlight what has been done so far.
Between 1 November 2023 and 19 December 2025, 236 people have taken the Introduction to Life in Latvia course, of whom 219 have received certificates of completion. In total, the course participants included persons under international protection from 32 countries.
In order to communicate with the participants, translation from Latvian into Farsi, Pashto, French, Arabic, Kurdish, Dari, Hindi and other languages was provided by the One Stop Agency of the Society Integration Foundation.
The introductory course covered the following topics: immigrants` rights, job opportunities, housing and rent, healthcare, education, traditions and culture.
The lectures were held in Mucenieki, Liepnė and in the premises of "Shelter "Safe House"" at 75 Lāčplēša Street, Riga, as well as in other premises. However, some of the knowledge was transferred and received in a practical way - by going on study excursions. We have visited the following institutions and organisations: the Business Incubator of the University of Latvia, the State Employment Agency, Startup House Riga, the Latvian National History Museum, Riga Stradiņš University, Riga Zoological Garden, the folk applied art ceramics studio "Saule", the Alūksne Municipality Museum.
The next year will also continue learning about life in Latvia. The project will run until 31 August 2026, and at the end of the project the society "Shelter "Safe House"" will invite media representatives to a special event where they will share the experience gained during the project.
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The project "Latvia - a country by the Baltic Sea!" is implemented with the support of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund for the period 2021-2027, grant agreement No PMIF/13.3./2023/1/04. The total funding of the project is EUR 302 765.06, consisting of EUR 227 073.79 from the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and EUR 75 691.27 from the Latvian state budget.