Society "Shelter "Safe House""

National Network
Latvia
Address

Lacplesa street 75 -1B
Riga, LV-1011
Latvia

Telephone
+37167898343
E-Mail
drosa.maja@apollo.lv
Mobile Phone
+37129180450
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2007
Fields of Activity
  1. Human rights
General Information

Society ‘’Shelter ‘’Safe House’’’’ is an NGO employing 15 staff members. Budgetary resources available in a year are 148000 LVL. The Society's executive body is the board, composed of three board members. Board members elect the board chairman among themselves, who organizes the work of the board. The sources of funding for the Society ‘’Shelter ‘’Safe House’’’’ are: 1. Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia; 2. European Refugee Fund; 3. European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals; 4. Riga City Council`s Education, Culture and Sports Department; 5. Youth in Action; 6. The membership fee from Society`s members. The Society has implemented several projects for the integration of refugees and asylum seekers such as: ‘’Diverse Solutions for Public Awarness and Integration’’; ‘’Language – way to integration’’; ‘’In the way of integration of the refugees and asylum seekers’’. ‘’I`m Staying in Latvia - II’’.

Mission and Objectives

The aim the Society ‘’Shelter ‘’Safe House’’’’ is to develop support services to victims of human trafficking, legal immigrants, including asylum seekers, refugees and persons granted subsidiary protection status by ensuring the individual’s right to receive adequate assistance and protection; promoting rehabilitation and reintegration of victims of human trafficking into the society; creating interactive forms of training, and expanding cooperation with state and local government institutions, public and Christian organizations in Latvia and worldwide. The NGO “Shelter “Safe House”” has acquired the right to provide state financed social rehabilitation services to victims of human trafficking.

Main Projects / Activities

Society has been implementing projects such as Multidisciplinary Support System for Third-Country Nationals, Raising Competence of Social Workers at Municipalities, Societies, and Foundations for Work with Third-Country Nationals (2011), Meeting Space (2009) since 2009. They were aimed at ensuring operation of resource centre for immigrants, arranging and supplying practical help to refugees and persons with alternative status, including Latvian language learning, social psychological and adaptation services by offering legal advice, consultations with social workers and other specialists, developing informative materials and facilitating public awareness of immigrant integration.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Society ‘’Shelter ‘’Safe House’’’’ can contribute to the Anna Lindh Foundation network: by offering new youth volunteers, by helping to implement projects of the Anna Lindh Foundation, by sharing the information about migration processes and cultural diversity and cultural coexistence in Latvia, by participating in projects created by the Anna Lindh Foundation.

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

Accession to the Anna Lindh Foundation network would help to improve the quality of implementation of Society`s ‘’Shelter ‘’Safe House’’’’ activities in such fields as education of youth, peace and coexistence, migration. That would also help to extend the field of actions taken by the Society by getting acquainted with new organizations working on projects similar to Society`s ones. The education of youth would be developed due to the collaboration with Anna Lindh Foundation in educational events.

Contact (1) Full Name
Dina Viksne
Head of the organisation
Gunta Viksne, Chairperson