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Flower Power in Abava Valley meadows ( Part 2)

The course of the exchange was pretty strongly influenced by the rain that accompanied us throughout the week. Participants slept in tents, but there were tents that were soaked as early as the first night (We now know that not all our tents are good enough). Tluckily there was a possibility to m...

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Shadows Behind the Bars

Reflections by Linda, a youth worker, on her work in prisons in Italy and Latvia. October 2025, Terni, Italy It still felt a bit strange, but I’d already got myself ready – to get to our classroom, there were several corridors to walk through, where the inmates were also going about their...

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Flower Power in Abava Valley meadows

It has been two weeks since 25 participants of the youth exchange “Flower Power” have left the beautiful grasslands of the Abava Valley and returned to their homes in Riga, Kekava, Kazdanga, as well as Slovenia, Poland, Lithuania and Georgia. But let's start everything from the beginning. M...

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Do we need to protect the Baltic Sea?

Do we need to protect the Baltic Sea? For coastal people the sea is close every day. But that does not make it ordinary or less important. For me, the sea is a source of inspiration, peace, and energy. The sea helped my ancestors survive. The sea is full of stories, memories, and traditions. The...

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