Charity
Resource centre for women "Marta"
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Nordea is a bank of high social corporate responsibility principles, and it therefore engages in lifting the overall social level. Nordea has been supporting and donating funds to Marta resource centre for women since 2009.
Marta represents democratic values and stands up for them, seeking to promote gender equality in Latvia, and the mission of this centre is to underpin collaboration and a mutual support system among women. The centre offers professional support, information and specialist consulting to women of low income or unemployed, victims of human trafficking, and women willing to start up a business.
By now, Nordea has fuelled some Marta’s projects to successful implementation - projects to prevent employment and human rights violation, to promote political involvement of women, to counter human trafficking and sexploitation.
For more information on the resource centre Marta, please visit www.marta.lv.
Association "Livslust"
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Nordea has been supporting Livslust association since 2005, providing young people financial support as well as time and care, offering active involvement in various social events arranged by the young folks from Livslust.
Livslust association is there to help orphans and young people left without parental support or youngsters in trouble, aged 16 – 18, by providing theoretical and hands-on training and social rehabilitation.
This organization teaches its young audience to master household skills and that mundane wisdom. They learn to respond to events, tackle challenges, shoulder responsibility and become competitive on the job market, as the organization helps the young folks to find a place to work and settle there.
Photos from events organized together by Nordea and association Livlust available here.
For more information on Livslust association, please visit www.dzivesprieks.lv.
Family support centre "Lejasstrazdi"
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Nordea has been successfully cooperating with the Lejasstrazdi family support centre (children shelter) in Dobele district and its inhabitants since 2004 already, aiding to actualize and express themselves through creative activities and gain a broader knack of life.
The kids at Lejasstrazdi get involved in making the Nordea Christmas Gift around that time each year, which allows them to improve their skills in creative work, meet interesting public people and spend a good time.
Co-projects accomplished by Nordea and Lejasstrazdi:
- In 2003, the children participated in making of an animation film in the animation studio A-Film (Latvia).
- In 2004, the children were introduced to the Japanese art Origami by the artist Jekaterina Ecina, folding animals, flowers and fairy-tale characters of paper.
- In 2005, the children, accompanied by Mr. Jānis Anmanis, drew Christmas cards, which then were sent to Nordea customers.
- In 2006, Mr. Kaspars Zariņš, a famous Latvian painter and professor from the Art Academy of Latvia, taught the kids painting, which resulted in beautiful bookmarks.
- In year 2007, a well-known Latvian photographer Valts Kleints taught the kids to tell their stories through the camera lense. 70 of the shots, taken on seashore, were included in an exclusive limited edition Nordea calendar, which was put out in 200 copies.
- In 2008, the musician Mārtiņš Freimanis wrote a tribute song to Lejasstrazdi kids “You are one of us”. It got recorded together in a professional sound studio.
- In 2009, the children of Lejasstrazdi participated in making of an interactive “days left to” New Year expectancy calendar 31jaunadiena.lv. Like in an Advent calendar, a video on each day of December revealed a kid’s dream, resolution or wish.
- In 2010, the kids were cooking together with chef Lauris Aleksejevs and discovered original recipes for the festive table. Interactive website of festive recipes www.gardugadu.lv was launched under this project.
Photos from events organized together by Nordea and Lejasstrazdi available here.
For more information about the Family support centre Lejasstrazdi, visit here.
