Vilnius volunteers laugh experience in Portugal
For nearly a year, the European Union is being implemented in THE Rēzekne municipality IN Viļānu.
“URBACT” project “Volunteering Cities +”. At this time
the vivids have knitted and gifted stockings, baking peppers, sewing bags from the second time.
used materials, planting spring flowers as well as making bird cages for our
small neighbours.
One of the project activities is the exchange of experience to other projects involved in the project
countries, so in mid-April Jolanta Smane, Margarita Cakula and Anna Stafecka together with the project
leaders Inta Rimshani and Cynthia Batari went to Portugal, where they met with
the experience of volunteering in the city of Aljustrel. On May 2, on the impressions and knowledge of her
also told the other project participants Viļānos.
“Help others are one of Portuguese priorities,” Jolanta Smane said. “In Portugal”
an Internet site where people can log in by filling out information about themselves and listing their own
skills and wishes. Based on this information, they are offered the appropriate voluntary
“Work activities,” Anne Stafeck said. “The Portuguese are willing to engage in volunteering,
not asking for their remuneration because they have a record in their RESUME - their employers appreciate
very welcome. It is therefore common practice in Portugal that voluntary work and a new
skills acquisition (e.g. work with seniors, organisation of events) Portuguese receive
the certificates, which are later added TO THE CV, 'said Jolanta Smane. “Almost every initiative or out-of-work”
the activity in Portuguese is proud of volunteering. As well as our involvement in self-actions
the collective could be called volunteering because people spend their free time to learn something new
(songs, dances, theatres), but in later events they are shown free of charge, thus encouraging
others, "Margaret Cakula said.
Discussions and group work on various topics also took place during the exchange of experience, including:
promotion of volunteering as well as greater involvement of young people. “Can go to schools and tell you
for different volunteering opportunities, you can also select multiple event ideas and then organize
the vote to win the best option, then jointly implemented, was shared with the ideas of Jolanta Smane.
We call on the vivids and the people of the surrounding parish to engage in volunteering!
The next volunteering activity will take place on this Sunday, May 8, AT Viļānu at the fair (at
stadium entrance). From 10.00 to 12.00 on the day of his mother's day, children will be able to creatively
get out and create a sweet gift - a creek flower with a candy - for your favorite mother,
grandmother or aunt. The materials will be provided free of charge.
The Volunteering Cities + project will continue until December 2022. At the end of July
partners from Greece, Portugal and Slovakia will come to Viļāniem to familiarise themselves with volunteering
activities at us.
More information:
project manager Inta Rimšāne, tel.: 26554478, 64607177, e-mail:
Inta.Rimsane@rezeknesnovads.lv
