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Title: | We are part of the society |
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Location: | Latvia |
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Name of organization: Latvian Association of the Deaf (LAD) Contact information (address, phone, e-mail, and website) Elvīras street 19, Rīga, LV-1083, LATVIA Phone: (+371) 67471575 Email: lns@lns.lv Website: www.lns.lv NGO |
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Description: | The aim of the project (implemented in two parts) is to re-integrate self-isolated deaf people into deaf community and society in general, to motivate their return into work market and solve their socio-economic problems independently therefore decreasing their social exclusion and tension in the deaf society. |
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Innovativeness: LAD used the unique opportunity to implement a motivation project and activities to return to social life an ignored part of society – deaf people. LAD offered a set of activities that has not been provided by any organisation in Latvia so far. The project had a significant multiplication effect in Latvia. |
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Effectiveness: First stage of the project involved more than 12 000 deaf people, including 135 persons who got involved for the first time, therefore strengthening deaf society in Latvia. As a result awareness on socio-political processes in the country was raised among deaf people, decreased number of antisocial behaviour, increased motivation to return to work market, as well as changed attitude of the society towards deaf people. Also authority and capacity of LAD was strengthened. The project result is also increased employment of deaf people – 197 project participants have started to work. |
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Search criteria: motivation programme, deaf people |