This document summarizes various non-governmental and social organizations that operate in Pargauja county, Poland from November 4-8, 2013. It describes youth organizations focused on environmental conservation and community activities. It also outlines families, women, and pensioners associations and their goals of promoting integration, education, and traditions. Finally, it mentions sports societies and clubs as well as organizations centered around tourism, urban regeneration, education, and healthy lifestyles.

1. Non- governmental and social
organizations in Pargauja county
Grojec, Poland 4.-8.11. 2013.

2. In the County work:
Youth organizations;
Families, women, pensioners
associations;
Sport societies and club;
Various interests and support
the association.

3. Youth society «Vari un dari»
(«You can and do»)
They made this society to make our
region tidier and to help people be
more helpful .
They tidied the lake and put up
signs for the road .
They made a project that they want
to make a hockey hall .

5. Youth society «Straupes jaunieši»
(« Straupe young people»)
This organization wants to make
people eat healthier and do more
activities .
They want to work with other
organizations around Latvia and
even the whole world .
Make Straupe more interesting and
also tidier.

7. Families, women, pensioners
associations:
 Stalbe Parish family support group
«Rozbeķu saime»( «Rozbeķu
family»)
 Association «Straupes
dzirkstelīte»(«Straupes sparklet»)
Pensioners‘ Association
«Dzīvotprieks»( «The Joy of Living»)

8. «Rozbeķu saime»( «Rozbeku
family»)
Creating the conditions for family
stability and achieve a higher level
of welfare in Stalbe Parish:
reduce social exclusion;
create opportunities for the
development of lifelong learning;
promoting new technologies in the
countryside .

11. «Dzirkstelīte»( «Sparklet»)
1. Promote the integration of different groups in
society, creating the necessary conditions for
common education, culture, health and leisure
activities
2. Creatively improve yourself, promote an
active lifestyle and a desire to work together;
3. Support, as far as possible, charitable
activities and promote community involvement
in these activities;
4.Promote the preservation of Maintain Latvian
mentality in society;
5. Inheriting of the ancient handicraft traditions.

14. «Dzīvotprieks»( «The Joy of
Living»)
The main activities:
1.Promote Pensioners to further integration into
society, creating the necessary conditions for
common education, culture, health and leisure
activities;
2.To popularize among pensioners an active lifestyle
and a desire to work together
3. To consolidate local people's patriotic attitude to
their place of residence

17. Sport societies and club
Sport club «Pargauja»- the biggest
sport society in Pargauja.
Asociety «Mountain Horse»- for the
equestrian sport
Asociety «Free Wind Archers»- for
archers sport
Sport club «Markulici»- club for
hunters’ sport

18. Sport club «Pargauja»
Floorbool
( adult team «Pargauja» and 4-5
children and youth team)
Adult Team «Pargauja» play in
Latvian Floorbool Championships Elite
Basketball
Orienteering sport
Other sports

21. Various interests and support the
association
o Straupes tourism Society
o Straupes urban regeneration Society
o Association «Ruckas viļņi»(«Rucka
waves»)
o Association «Braslas
draugi»(«Brasla friends»)
o Education asociation «Rika»

22. «Healthy in the city and in the countryside»
( «vesels pilsētā un laukos»)
1.promote the importance of healthy food quality of
human life.
2. support and as far as possible to defend honest
local agricultural producers' rights and interests;
3. cooperate with the association "Slow Food",
involved in Slow Food philosophy and "slow food"
lifestyle;
4. create conditions for healthy agricultural products
in a shorter way to the consumer( green market,
green cart, sale at home) .

25. Thank You!