A story of an Indian student in Latvia Pranav studies at one of the Latvian universities. He also works at one of the restaurants in the Old Town of Riga. He started to work before his job contract was signed as the employer promised to issue the job contract as soon as possible and pay for all the hours …
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Today, March 17th 2022, Make Room Board appointed a new Director for the Foundation Make Room in Latvia. The current director Miks Celmins resigned from the position of the director and nominated Abu Sohail ur Rehman to become the director of the organization and was unanimously supported as the new director by the board of the organization. Abu Sohail ur …
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On March 11th “Make Room” and the Latvian Centre for Human Rights held its third seminar “Discrminiation, hate crimes and hate speech: what can I do?”. The online seminar was attended by newly arrived foreign students and majority of the participants expressed that they have not yet experienced any instance of discrimination, hate crime and/or hate speech directed at them …
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On October 15th Make Room and the Latvian Centre for Human Rights held its second seminar “Discrimination, hate crimes and hate speech: what can I do?”. The online seminar was mainly attended by newly arrived foreign students of the University of Latvia who have not yet faced discrimination, hate crime, and/or hate speech. The participating students were from India, Azerbaijan, …
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You’re invited to take part in an Erasmus+ programme supported Youth Exchange in Kljuc, Bosnia and Herzegovina Make Room is currently selecting a group of 6 people to take part in an Erasmus+ programme supported Youth Exchange activity in Ključ, Bosnia & Herzegovina from 10th to 19th September 2021. The project “Young Environmentalists” will bring together 36 young people from …
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Newcomers from across Latvia joined “Discrimination, hate crimes and hate speech: what can I do?”, an online awareness session on May 14th. We had a diverse set of participants: expatriates, foreign students, asylum seekers, and persons with alternative or refugee statuses. During the two-hour interactive online session, participants learned about identifying discrimination, hate crime, and hate speech, analyzed practical situations, …
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The project “Make Room for Inclusive Society” contributes to creating a favourable environment strengthening civic participation of newcomers in Riga. The project with its 5 activity blocks, is implemented over a period of 8 months from February 15th to September 30th 2021. The project activities are designed to enable newcomers to identify challenges, match them with volunteering opportunities to be …
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Also, foreign nationals who do not have the means to provide basic needs as stated in the amendments to the Law “On Activities of State Institutions during the Emergency situation due to the spread of Covid-19” and the Law on Social Services and Social Assistance can apply for a crisis benefit of EUR 128,00 provided by the municipalities. Only …
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