FLAGSHIP PROGRAMMES
Gribu palīdzēt bēgļiem
National Network
Latvia
Address
Alberta street 13 Riga, LV-1010 LatviaCountry
LatviaCity
RigaStreet address 2
Alberta street 13Telephone
+ 371 29123348Website
Click HereYear of Establishment
2016Contact Person1
Laura BuzinskaJob Title 1
coordinatorContact Person 2
Egils GrasmanisJob Title 2
creatorOrganisation Type
Non-Governmental OrganizationFields of Activity
Human rightsGeneral Information
Gribu palīdzēt bēgļiem started as a Facebook group- movement in 2015 to help those refugees and asylum seekers who have arried in Latvia. Since then different help have been given - mentor assistance, organised food, cloth distribution, assistnace with doctors, education and also making socialising events for refugees and localsMission and Objectives
To help refugees and asylum seekers in Latvia Bring together locals and third country nationals Make activities what engages different peolpe into common actionsMain Projects / Activities
Volunteers of the organizion parelly to direct help for refugees in many different ways have organized different events to bring refugees and asylum seekers together with locals, in this way to bring closer differect cultures, religions, viewpoints to start a dialogue between 2 humans.How can you contribute to the Network in your country?
We can share our best practice and experience what we have had when organising Living libraries with refguees in different places in Latvia, we can contribute to the festival, what ALF is making in Latvia.Why do you want to join the ALF Network?
Because we thinkg that ALF Network brings people, who have similar values to ours, togehter. We think that people in ALF Network believes that dialoge is the way of comuncation and brining people together solves predujuce and stereotypes. We think that ALF can help us to work with islamofobia, xenofobia in Latvia, where we believe it s a big problem.