Jaunatnes Cemodans

“Jaunatnes Cemodans” is a non-governmental organization, which was founded on the 27th of September 2013. It is a youth organization - youth platform - which is led by 3 specialists and active young people united around the idea of creating opportunities for youth who want to be active, to learn something new, gain experience and knowledge to their personal and professional development. The webpage/blog of the youth organization - http://jaunatnes-cemodans.blogspot.com ; FB -https://www.facebook.com/jaunatnescemodans. The association pays attention for such issues like environment sustainability, active and healthy lifestyle, civic activity, social development and awareness of the EU, inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities and the use of digital media and technologies. The association has organized different activities in Rezekne: “Big clean up activity 2014/2015”, during which our members cleaned territory next to Rezekne river. From 2016 once a year realizing activity of cleaning the memorial place “In memory of the fallen”, where during WW2 Jews were killed under Nazi rule. The organization realized different local projects for youngsters “Geocaching Rēzekne” and “Healthy lifestyle base” (the creation of a table game), “Musically-theatrical competition “Pop-ielina”” within Rezekne municipality project programs. Moreover, youth of the Jaunatnes Cemodans realized such local projects as “ZUPA – unition of national societies in Rezekne through a soup” (2016), “Joy is the best doctor” (2017) – drawing the walls in children department in Rezekne’s hospital, Children Orthodox summer educational seminars (2017) (2018). In 2014 the association took part in Latvian contest “Labie darbi” and won it. As a price our association could make renovation works in our old classrooms. Since 2013 the NGO has been working with children with special needs from the NGO “Angels with us” (during summer camps, meetings, conferences). What is more, Jaunatnes Cemodans has implemented several international youth projects: 1. International youth initiative project “Connected by rivers” (2013 - 2015) (http://connected-by-rivers.blogspot.com ) within the EU programme “Youth in Action''; 2. EVS project “Youth Platform” (2017 - 2019) (2 EVS volunteers from Spain and Armenia worked in Jaunatnes Cemodans). The blog of the project: http://jc-youthplatform.blogspot.com (Erasmus+); 3. YC also has sent volunteers on EVS to France to work in the city council of Ville de Vienne; 4. Several youth exchange projects in Poland (“Get Photo”, “Powering Creation”, “We create yourself (2019)”, “PRZESTRZEN WOLNOSCI” (2020)) (Erasmus+); 5. “American days in Rezekne” (2018) and "Ray Bradbury "Dandelion wine" in Rezekne" (2020) supported by American Embassy in Riga; 6. At the end of 2020 the organization has sent 2 EVS volunteers abroad in Italy and 1 volunteer in October this year. At the moment Jaunatnes Cemodans is the organization who prepares volunteers to participate in EVS projects (1 active) in Rezekne. Jaunatnes Cemodans was recognized in a contest “Work with Youth 2014” organized by Latvian Ministry of Education and Science and won the nomination “The steepest jump for new organization”. The organization was also recognized as one of the best organizations for youth in Rezekne “Rezekne city Youth driving force organization 2014”. And in 2017 the organization got the nomination from the Ministry of Education “The Volunteer of the Year” in Latvia.