Sep 5, 2026 190

“Gaming for climate chanCe” youth exchange in Portugal

In the heat of August, five young people from Liepāja – Karlīna, Paula, Viljams, Amanda and Roberts – spent a week in the Portuguese town of Amarante, taking part in the international youth exchange “Gaming for climate chanCe”. Karlīna shares her impressions of this experience: Whilst I didn’t...

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Sep 3, 2026 166

Continuing second chances

The most striking needs were the young people's desire for a sense of belonging as well as the need for consistent, trustworthy relationships with adults and their peers. This was one of the observations made by our guests following the training, during which we visited the Probation Service...

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Aug 1, 2026 324

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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Aug 1, 2026 554

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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