Description of organisation

Latvian company "Viesmīlības projekti" is established in 2013. The name of the company in translation means - "Hospitality projects". The main activities - consultings in trainings in a field of Hospitality and Customer Service. Since November 2018, company is registered as a Social Enterprise in a register of SE of the Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia with it's main social targets - to help to improve the quality of life of persons from social risk groups : persons (incl.children) with reduced abilities (both physical and mental), ex-prisoners, youth without families and others. According to Latvian legislation, profit of social enterprise has to be invested for the achieving of the company's social targets. "Viesmīlības projekti" has organized 6 camps for families with children with "special needs" (2018-2019), more than 200 support groups, group activities and individual support consultations for persons with mental disabilities (conitnues as from October 2018), 4 Custmer Service ABC trainings for ex-prisoners, 6 seminars for parents of teenagers with depression and emotional instability as well as 2 public events for local Jurmala city community.

Inclusion topics

This organisation is willing to involve volunteers who face situations which make their participation in activities more difficult, from the following categories for different types of project:

• Cultural differences
• Health problems
• Social obstacles