The participants had the opportunity to visit the largest and the most advanced green energy producer in Latvia – Getliņi ecological landfill, as well as to continue the tour by visiting the park of Stopiņi district Upesleju boarding primary school–rehabilitation centre, where everyone had the opportunity to participate in the event “Teici, teici, valodiņa” organized by the Sprīdītis` school.
During this event, both adults and small participants of the project perfected their knowledge of Latvian language in various workshops – informative language lessons, workshop for making a dictionary of good words, bird language lessons, bird making workshop, sock bird game workshop, and music and dance language workshop. At the concert of the folklore ensemble “Reiz bija” from Liepāja, the audience was asked to love and honour the cities they come from. The event was concluded with particularly positive emotions for the participants, when they learned the Latvian dances together with the organizers and volunteers!
“We would like to thank wholeheartedly the organizers for this great event! Everything is perfectly organized, the day is sunny, a concert in nature`s lap – could there be any better way to spend this day? Absolute strangers from different cities met each other today, relaxed, danced and sang together. I would like to participate in just as nice and enlightening informative day next year,” Ukrainian Ludmila has a lot of positive words to spare.
“Such informative days provide a great support and a sense of belonging to Latvia. Without these tours it would be impossible to learn so much! We have found new friends, like-minded people and enriched our experience with many new impressions,” says Sofija from Uzbekistan.
In order to facilitate the participation of third-country nationals in the social processes and ensure full access to support, adaptation and integration services in Latvia, non-governmental organizations “Shelter “Safe House”” and “Centre for Public Policy PROVIDUS” have been organizing various integration measures in Riga, Ozolnieki, Olaine, Salaspils, Stopini and Liepaja since January, involving more than 200 third-country nationals and residents of Latvia.
The project is co-financed by the European Union. Implementation of the project "Diverse Solutions for Public Education and Integration 2" 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””.
