Links to Latvian Non-Profit
Charities and
Organizations
Nonprofit organizations and
charities in Latvia
There are numerous nonprofit humanitarian organizations in Latvia who could use your help. If you are interested in helping, financially or materially, please contact them directly.
The below are not necessarily officially sanctioned by the Latvian Lutheran Church or the Northern California Latvian Association. The names are only provided as a public service. They are a partial listing of worthwhile organizations compiled from unofficial U.S. Embassy sources as well as other contacts.
Ongoing projects
Repini Center www.repinicenter.org
Janis Birznieks jbirznieks@aol.com
US - 925-600-8253
Christian children’s camp and farm outreach in the Jekabpils area.
Two Goals: No.1 Establish a regional children's camp, to provide an outreach for children to develop practical skills (both physical and also interrelational) and provide for spiritual growth, giving hope for the future where hope is in short supply. No.2 Establish a demonstration/teaching farm that would teach farming techniques and crop selection to local and regional farmers based on microeconomic markets: teaching on how to discover and analyze niche markets and then developing niche products for those markets.
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Berni - Musu Nakotne www.childrenourfuture.org
Anita Austwick
371 922 2625 Mob
371 745 2009 At the centre
Has a Crisis/support center for kids in the Agenskalns district of the capital Riga. It is also providing a flat for a formerly homeless family, supporting two teenage boys so they can stay in school after being abandoned by their parents, and running a "Sunday Club" at a small village called Nurmizi which is based around a very small Baptist church with a Sunday school of around 30 kids.
Supported and part funded by a UK charity, Children - Our Future
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'Diakones" Lutheran Day Center for Children
Ester Zemite
Liksne iela 13, Riga
(371) 7-241-965 or 7-613-824
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Pakapieni
William Shultz
Ventes 1a, Jurmala
Tel: (371) 7-767-456 or 9-453-895
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Reaches out to destitute families
Hope for Children
Helen Vipass
Dzirnavu Iela, Riga
Tel: (371) 7-289-646
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Sisters of Charity
Sister Rika
11 Novembra krastmala 29 (371) 7-222-908 call M-T-Th-Sat 9-11AM or 12:30-3PM.
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Latvian Children's Fund
Andris Berzins
Brivibas 310/75, Riga
(371) 7-542-072
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Sirds Balss Internat Skola
Andris Lusis
Riga
(371) 7-248-614
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Youth with a Mission
Cheryl Harrison
P.K. 172, Talsi
(371) 32-76168
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Dominican Sisters of Bethany
Sister Marilina
Drustu iela 36a, Riga
(371) 7-618-736
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If have the name and address of a worthy humanitarian organization, please send the information to jbirznieks@aol.com for review and posting.