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The goal of the project:
To improve the competencies of volunteers of different ages in Latvia about participation as a form of democracy by organizing trainings and developing a set of tools for promoting activities of democracy.
The following activities will be implemented:
1. Training “Butterfly Effect - Young People for an Inclusive Society” and follow-up activities;
2. Support person program and volunteering activities;
3. Representation of the interests of people at risk of discrimination and social exclusion;
4. Training of LSK committees and Youth departments;
5. Video on participation opportunities;
6. LatRC Youth Humanism Conference;
7. LatRC "Summer Academy" in the summer of 2023 and follow-up activities.
The involvement of the inhabitants in civic and social participation activities for more than 100 years has been one of the seven basic principles of the RedCross - "Voluntary service". Although the world''s population is growing rapidly, the number of volunteers is declining worldwide as well. People`s habits are changing and their well-being is becoming more and more a priority for themselves. People are less likely to volunteer and donate their time to the unpaid movement, mostly engaging in short-term volunteering, helping to do specific work for a short period of time. Citizens lack an emotional need to belong to a particular organization or community, and general public distrust of organizations increases. In order to attract citizens today, especially those who have not volunteered before, it is necessary to find a special way to address and motivate citizens to be co-responsible by participating in society. The "To grow, by learning and doing" project will contribute to the involvement of people of all ages in volunteering, skills development and promotion of volunteering in the regions, the involvement of people in the provision of various services, decision-making, thus promoting the development of democratic and civil society.