Welcome to the new Giving for Latvia website!

January 8, 2012 in Jaunumi | No comments

Welcome to Giving for Latvia – charity that supports children from Latvian Children’s Crisis Centres. Our new website is designed to allow you to read about us, who are the beneficiaries, and how can you get involved.

Throughout 2009 - 2010 - 2011 we have managed GBP 10,721 in monetary donations and distributed 1,535kgs (3,385lbs) of used toys/clothes donated by friends and supporters of our cause. We have stuck to our commitment – not a penny to be spent on administration.

We look forward to do much more for the vulnerable children in Latvia. We have been around only since 2009, so ideas and friends are very welcome indeed.

Distribution of funds raised in Dec 2011 Charity Evening – completed!

February 6, 2012 in Jaunumi | No comments

Thanks to your generosity £2,008 were raised in 12 Dec 2011 Latvian Charity Evening! Shortly before Christmas we rushed to share the good news about the “gift budget” with more than a dozen Children Crisis Centres in Latvia. Throughout January and February we have stayed in close dialogue with the centres, agreeing on the goods to be purchased, aiming for a balance between equipment and toys for the children. Latvian producers and sellers were forthcoming with discounts, allowing us to buy more goods for the same money.

Not sure, if many of you realize, but you donated a record 800kgs of toys and children and youth clothes this year! Courtesy of Diamond Transport Solutions part of these have reached Latvia already. Most appreciated by the children from Crisis centres were the toys - Talsi Crisis Centre commented in their thank-you email “thanks …. some of our children, for the first time in their life, are learning how to play table games, how to team up for a strategy …”

For you to enjoy are the thank-you drawings from the children

Daniela
20 Feb 2012