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DO IT YOURSELF FOR YOUR FAMILY TABLE: first contracts signed. 04.04.2017.
Under the new programme "Do it Yourself for Your Family Table", at least 400 families that find themselves in difficulty get an additional opportunity and stimulus to work the land in order to provide food for their family table.
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Under the new programme “Do it Yourself for Your Family Table", at least 400 families that find themselves in difficulty will get an additional opportunity and stimulus to work the land in order to provide food for their family table.
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15 nonprofit organisations will help to perform this work by implementing projects this year that will benefit 1,400 people in need.
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On 4 April, representatives of organisations involved in the programme met at Bulduri Gardening Secondary School hosted to sign agreements and to receive the first seeds that will be put to good use in spring gardening work.
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At the event, the Boris and Ināra Teterev Foundation’s Charitable Project Manager Inga Skrastiņa informed the audience about the project implementation stages.
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The new programme will lend support to the efforts of nonprofit organisations to involve enterprising and energetic members of the local community in work that will improve their living conditions.
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The first agreement was signed by the Mid-Latgale Trans-District Foundation’s representative, Janīna Beča.
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Pictured: Representatives of "Saules kalns" (Sun Hill), the Salvation Army’s Drusti Chapter, the Talsi District Foundation and the Kandava District Opportunities Foundation - organisations that have benefited from the support of the Boris and Ināra Teterev Foundation.
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Under the auspices of the projects supported by the organisation, seeds, seedlings and gardening tools will be provided with which the district’s impoverished families will be able to plant neighbourhood gardens, as well as for use in gardens run by the NGOs. Also involved in this work will be the Kārķu initiative support society "Ugunspuķe" (Fireweed) (pictured).
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Pictured: Support agreements were also signed by representatives of the organisations "Cerību spārni" (Wings of Hope) and "Kurmenes viļņi" (Kurmene’s Waves).
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Support agreements were also signed by the representatives of the Latgale Region NGO "Attīstībai" (For Development) and the Indra’s youth club "Stāvēt aizliegts" (No Standing).
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Throughout the summer, people involved in the projects will also have the opportunity to receive consultations about gardening, while in the autumn they will be able to receive advice on storing and conserving the harvest in winter.
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Programme participants were also greeted by the Director of Bulduri Gardening Secondary School Anta Sparinska.
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During the event, representatives of organisations supported by the Boris and Ināra Teterev Foundation symbolically planted seeds in the Bulduri Gardening Secondary School’s greenhouse, thus signifying the instigation of some outstanding initiatives.
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The Boris and Ināra Teterev Foundation first began supporting collaborative initiatives in 2013 by involving visitors to charitable kitchens, and people in need identified by other organisations, in practical activities aimed at improving their quality of life.
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