KAROSTA KIDS:

WHAT'S THAT?

Welcome! My name is Tatyana Tarasova and I today I will lead you through this

presentation.

We will talk about Karosta Kids, a youth organization, in terms of...

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It all started with me. When I was young, I went to a boarding school and my dream was to become a psychologist, but my mother was not able to support me.

It seemed like my life was ruined at the age of 16 when I ran away from home, where my step-father abused me. I was hoping to find love and support in getting married.

When I was 17, I gave birth to my daughter. I had no education, no accommodation, and no skills to live. All I had was disappointment and broken dreams.

But someone else believed in me. God put a christian in my way, who believed in me and invested the first 100 dolars so I could enter an university.

Later on, my daughter wanted to continue her studies at the Music School and, like my mother, I was not able to support her.

In order to get money to continue her studies, she played violine in the streets.

Her action became news in the latvian newspaper and then someone else believed in my daughter. Viktor Gludausis read the news and decided to help my daughter.

Imagine my happiness when

the journalist called to give me the good

news :)

And now I want to pay forward what once was given to me when I most needed it: support, inspiration, faith, and a chance to be creative instead of criminal.

That's the story of how a Youth Center

in Karosta was created...

...which had received the award of one of the best organizations in Liepaja, in 2013.

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Karosta Kids is on a mission to empower youth at risk for a better future.

We provide educational, emotional, physical and spiritual support to at-risk youth and families in order to help them break the cycle of poverty and social discrimination.

And like me and my daughter, I believe these

Karosta Kids will pay forward what they are receiving.

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Karosta Kids seeks to help teenagers and youth to learn valuable skills and become more education-focused in order to improve their ability to live fulfilling lives.

OUR VALUES

Creativity not criminality1

OUR VALUES

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2 Respect and transparency

Creativity not criminality

OUR VALUES

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3 Work

Respect and transparency

Creativity not criminality

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MONDAY

● 15:00 Cook lunch. All youth help● 16:00 During luch, conversation about how's school going and other worries youth may have

● 17:00 German Lesson● 18:00 Youth play table games ● 19:00 Youth Center closes

TUESDAY● 15:00 Cook lunch. All youth help● 16:00 During luch, conversation about how's school going and other worries youth may have

● 17:00 Discussion about a creative topic. Sometimes we have guests who prepare a presentation for us

● 18:00 Youth play table games ● 19:00 Youth Center closes

WEDNESDAY

● 15:00 Cook lunch. All youth help● 16:00 During luch, conversation about how's school going and other worries youth may have

● 17:00 Workshop about soap, sewing or other

● 18:00 Youth play table games ● 19:00 Youth Center closes

THURSDAY

● 15:00 Cook lunch. All youth help● 16:00 During luch, conversation about how's school going and other worries youth may have

● 17:00 English Lesson● 18:00 Youth play table games ● 19:00 Youth Center closes

FRIDAY

● 15:00 Cook lunch. All youth help● 16:00 During luch, conversation about how's school going and other worries youth may have

● 17:00 Movie Evening● 19:00 Youth Center closes

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