Musninkai Rural community

Musninkai rural community carries out regular social activities between Musninai local people, youth and community members. We work with social risk families, youth, lonely and disabled community members. We organize seminars, work-linked training for social risk families that they could be responsible and could organize their daily lives. Community was established in 2003, at the moment there are more than 60 members. Constantly our members, youth and social risk families are involved in projects’ activities. Main aims and objectives of the Community are: 1. Bring together members of the community for solving common problems. 2. Promote the civic community, to strengthen their organization and the ability to represent the interests of the community. 3. To represent and defend interests of the community in society and governmental institutions. 4. To provide comprehensive information and assistance to members of the community. 5. Develop and maintain relationships with other communities located in Lithuania and abroad. 6. Take care of disadvantaged and socially excluded persons, involve them into active community life and help to integrate into the labor market. In we joined a network of rural projects. We have written and implemented the project “Wind energy utilization in Musninkai town”. Community participates in social projects of the Ministry of Labour. We work with the Baltic Charity Foundation "Heifer." In we participated in the Leader program. Community wrote two projects. One of them is "The community revitalization”. The second - “Establishment of Community house”. Also we participating in the European Social Fund projects “Unemployed retraining and social risk families’ possibility for employment”. Community organized various trainings devoted for improvement of employability of the project participants. Participants joined trainings on hand – crafts, farming, bee farming, agriculture etc. Community established its garden where community member and volunteers works and take cares of apple trees. Also we have got community house where we implement various meeting s and events. Community prepares international projects for youth and adults. It hosted European volunteer service volunteers from abroad between 2014 - 2017 . In cooperation with other European organizations we prepare youth mobility projects on various issues, such us – healthy lifestyle, social inclusion, tolerance, respect, mutual understanding and etc. (Prepared youth exchanges under Erasmus plus program). During this year (2019) we seek to get accreditation for Quality Label under Erasmus plus program (European Solidarity Corps) for possibility to host international volunteers and manage volunteering projects. We have implemented local project for youth « Colours of cultures » with local partners (Children day care centers, school, library). During the project youth learnt different games, dances, arts of different cultures. It was presented by foreigners who are living in Lithuania