| Short profile: | RED – with passion for creative youth work!!! NGO RED is a non-profit organization with 10 active members – volunteers. The biggest part of them has previous international experience in youth field. They are from different professional fields (teachers, journalists, economists, artists, photographers etc.). Some of members have specific pedagogical education in work with disabled youngsters or youngsters with some educational, economical or psychological difficulties. RED main aim is rural youth activation for participating in different social and public processes, giving them the possibility to take a part in multicultural projects, different information and European awareness promoting campaigns. The basic target group of RED activities is Latvian rural youth, especially from local region of Vidzeme where RED is registered. To accomplish a purpose RED provides youngsters with information about different European possibilities given, organizes and participates in national and international cultural events, youth exchanges, training courses, camps and seminars, promoting rural youth mobility, intercultural learning and voluntary work on local and international level. All RED activities are mainly addressed to youngsters and organized using non-formal educational methods. RED is planning also to do social tourism and create some mass media for youth in Latvia or even in international level. RED is also EVS sending and coordinating organisation giving a possibility for young people with less opportunities to discover Europe and the world. Art, creativity, culture, environment, intercultural learning, enjoyment, cognition, European awareness, democracy, active participating, inclusion, anti-discrimination, tolerance, non-formal education and voluntary are mainly key-words of all RED activities. |
