Karja 27a
90502 Haapsalu
Estonie
- International/Cultural relations
- Others
NGO Pagula is an organization built to welcome refugees to Estonia, Läänemaa. To help refugees to integrate fast and effectively, our everyday job is to provide them with supportpersons, help them in finding a job, a place to live and guarantee language classes and cultural learning through volunteer work.
Pagula works towards the idea that it is importants to involve refugees as part of the community as fast as possible for the sake of peace and security.
Pagula connects different local organizations, volunteers and supportpersons to build a whole package for welcoming refugees so they wouldn't feel alone and overwhelmed in this new situation and culture.
Our aim is also to raise awarness of the refugee crisis in Europe and in the source countries among local community and prepare them for the situation ahead.
Prepare local organizations to welcome refugees (employment office, GP-s, local government etc.);
Find and prepare accomodation;
Facilitate supportpersons;
Activate volunteers and raising awareness among them about the situation, the religions and cultures refugees come from;
Share information about the overall crisis, situation in Estonia and clarify our actions to local community (via FB and smaller gatherings for different interestgroups).
Since NGO Pagula is quite young our contribution at the moment can be only as an active participator in different initiatives. It is hard to define our strengths compared to organizations that have operated for much longer.
As a new organization, finding new contacts and partners is very important to us. Also tips and suggestions from older organizations are very well welcomed.