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Proper health care is imperative for people everywhere. Providers in the healthcare field focus on the preventative care of patients every single day as well as treatments for those in immediate need. With the world changing every day, the healthcare
industry evolves too in order to keep up with all of those changes. The healthcare industry is extremely valuable to not only the employees within, but the patients around. Healthcare professionals are vital, now more than ever.

Why Healthcare Professionals are Needed

There are many challenges that the health industry faces daily. Amongst these challenges are changes in the healthcare policies and new advancements in technology. These challenges and changes reinforce the dire need for qualified medical professionals
to come in and take the reins to lead healthcare facilities and manage new information systems.

With so many changes in the world, health care will always be around. Changes happen all of the time outside in the community, meaning that changes happen everyday inside the healthcare industry as well. More of those changes include nursing shortages.
Nurses play a critical role in any healthcare facility. Nurses are not only at the patient’s bedside, but they are also in charge of managing administrative and leadership responsibilities.

Since the beginning of 2020, the world has experienced many changes, good and bad, like COVID-19. With COVID-19 still around, the ANA has predicted that more and more nursing jobs will be available through 2022, as compared to any other healthcare job
in the nation.

Nurses are not the only job that is experiencing, or will experience, a shortage in the healthcare community. Primary care physicians are predicted to experience a shortage by 2032, which will create a dire need for more family care providers. This is
especially true because of the challenge of the baby boomer generation reaching the age of retirement. .

More Needs in the Healthcare Community

Because of constant changes in the world, healthcare is constantly in need of new professionals. Between new viruses coming out, such as COVID-19, and older generations retiring, the healthcare field is in the middle of an extremely fragile state when
it comes to the number of workers that they have and the number of workers that they need. As the demand for healthcare professionals grows, there are huge shortages or projected shortages across the entire healthcare industry, not just in nursing.
However, these shortages are more prominent in different areas of healthcare. Shortages are one of the biggest immediate issues that is confronting the modern healthcare industry, and putting a dramatic strain on it.

Making a Change in the Healthcare World

Shortages across the board, and viruses like COVID-19, are definitely taking a toll. Fortunately, there are many things that could help restore the healthcare workforce. One of the strategies that could help restore numbers after shortages is to go to
school and get a degree in health care. Giving other people in the community resources for health care is another option. Giving healthcare employees a voice could also help. If healthcare workers had the option to offer insight, they may be able
to bring about changes.  

There are many Houston Physicians Hospital Jobs that need to be filled in order to help curb the shortage. Shortages
are one of the many things in health care that could potentially cause issues in the healthcare industry if not fixed as soon as possible. 

A career in health care is not only about the need for healthcare professionals. Having a career in such an industry is also extremely rewarding. Working in the healthcare industry has an impact on human lives every day. Not only that, but also a possible
impact on a town, or quite possibly, the entire nation. Becoming a clinician is a career that provides a major impact
on patients’ lives. Clinicians specialize in providing diagnosis, treatment, and care to people with all types of illnesses. This means that they provide relief to possibly scared patients. 

Health care is one of the most important things in the world. Without it, communities would not be able to prevent diseases before they take over, meaning that people within those communities would be living in dangerous situations. With more and more
healthcare providers being needed daily, this is something that everyone could help to resolve.

One place that is looking for qualified and caring healthcare professionals is Houston, Texas. Texas is on the lookout for UTMB Healthcare jobs. They
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A person might wonder why they should consider a career in healthcare administration. Administrators ensure healthcare facilities function efficiently at all times, which helps to improve the health of individuals living in the community. Men and women
working in this field ensure people who need health services receive them in a timely and effective manner. What are some benefits associated with a degree in healthcare administration?

Fill a Need in the Community

When it comes to Houston Healthcare Jobs, managers play a vital role in the administration of health and medical services.
They handle the planning, directing, and coordination of the services, as reported by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. As part of their duties, they may oversee a medical facility,
a group of physicians, or patient services.

The need for services continues to increase, as America’s population is aging. Efficient delivery of these services becomes crucial to ensure every person receives the care they need promptly. The
administrative coordinator schedules professionals to make certain there is adequate coverage at all times, that everyone
remains in compliance with federal and local laws, and more.

Emotionally Fulfilling

Workers in this field know they are making a difference in the lives of others. They monitor medical professionals to ensure they deliver quality care and manage the facility’s budget to serve as many people as possible. Furthermore, they keep up with
the latest technologies and advances to determine which will be beneficial to those they oversee and help the doctors or facilities provide the latest in care. When the facility becomes overwhelmed, the administrator determines what resources are
needed and acquires them. They help keep costs down without sacrificing care. Accomplishing this goal fills them with a sense of pride and brings them satisfaction in their career. 

A Decent Salary

Individuals serving as a nurse administrator or in any administration position will find the salary stands above the national median annual salary. A person working in healthcare administration earns a median
average salary of $70,488 as of June 2021. In contrast, the average median wage for American workers in the fourth quarter of 2020 was $51,168. 

Healthcare administrators receive benefits in addition to their salaries. This includes health, dental, and eye insurance along with stock options and retirement packages. Life insurance options tend to be plentiful in this industry, and administrators
receive vacation time, personal days, and sick days. Today, some facilities and practices offer a sign-on bonus to attract more talent to the organization. 

Opportunities

As mentioned above, America’s population continues to age, and this puts a burden on the healthcare system. These individuals remain active later in life, but disease prevalence is rising as well. Obesity serves as one major factor that contributes to
the need for more healthcare. Administrators find as a result of this demand, they have more opportunities to advance their career and find the perfect job for their needs. 

Administrators obtain work in doctor’s offices, nursing homes, hospitals, and more. Furthermore, they may secure a government job in healthcare administration, crafting laws, rules, and regulations relating to healthcare or executing reforms. Advances
in technology lead to an increased need for administrators capable of implementing the new technology and services. Men and women in this industry find they have ample career advancement opportunities thanks to this demand.

Basic Education

A person can embark on a career in healthcare management with nothing more than a bachelor’s degree. However, most places require the applicant to have experience working in a healthcare facility or an internship. Classes a person should take if they
want to work as a healthcare administrator include nursing administration, human resources courses, and marketing classes. 

However, people find they have more opportunities if they obtain a master’s degree in the field. With this degree, they may secure a research position or get a higher-paying job. For this reason, many people choose to continue their education once a bachelor’s
degree has been obtained.

A Great Place to Work

Men and women in healthcare administration find they can secure a job in many places. They can work with an insurance firm, a public health department, or a nursing home, and the hours tend to follow normal business hours. During a normal day, the administrator
receives the opportunity to interact with a wide range of people while keeping the facility running smoothly. 

These serve as only a few of many reasons a person may wish to pursue a career in this field. Once a person begins working in the industry, they discover countless others. If you are deciding on a career or wish to move to a new industry, healthcare administration
should be considered. It’s a great place for anyone interested in a better future for all.

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How to combine work and raising a child: stories of working mothers

Vika Kozlova

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Women decide to refuse the decree for various reasons: someone has an interesting job, someone’s business does not mean pauses, and others do not want to lose money.

I have spoken to women who have decided not to separate careers from motherhood. The owners of their own business, a PR woman, an artist and an astrophysicist spoke about the consequences of such a decision and how to save work, income and sanity after giving birth.

Here’s what they suggest.

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Zhenya is the mother of twins. It took a long time to get to motherhood, having along the way created a blog with her friends about supporting women with reproductive difficulties and opened her own advertising agency.

Zhenya returned to work six hours after giving birth.

Zhenya
mother of twins

When your business is just launched and not all processes are fine-tuned, there is a lot of work. My birth was premature – although this is considered normal for a multiple pregnancy, so, waking up from anesthesia after a caesarean section, I took a laptop and continued to do what I had stopped the day before. Deadlines have not been canceled.

The first month my children and I spent in the hospital: they “matured”, slept a lot, and I sat next to me, pumped every three hours and worked. She continued to work at home while the children slept or walked on the balcony.

I remember this feeling: deep night, the whole house is sleeping, and I am typing a concept to the sound of a breast pump.

But I was motivated by new projects, goals, money, the taste of victory. It was a career take-off, it was difficult, but I enjoyed what I was doing. My husband, mother and mother-in-law helped me with the children, with the house – an au pair. But the nanny appeared later – when the children were one year and eight months old.

There were many fears: would I be able to work, not worsen my standard of living, and even buy a bigger apartment. My husband and I have accumulated an airbag for a year at the rate of spending 80,000-100,000 R per month. Expenses after the first year of children’s lives have grown dramatically: now a nanny costs 60,000 R per month. Plus doctors, massages, an osteopath, “developers”, clothes, apartment furnishing, travel expenses – everything is doubled, everything is duplicated.

Money is also spent on myself: for example, on doctors and examinations that I left for “after childbirth”. The body is changing, time is running out – I updated my entire wardrobe, having previously spent money on a stylist so as not to make thoughtless purchases. This also includes spending on additional education, courses, a psychologist.

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How to get out of the decree

In the first year of my children’s life, my income was 200,000-300,000 R per month. With the growth of needs, our income with my husband also grows. New opportunities open up that, it seems to me, were not available within the framework of the office, stability and sufficient sleep. Apparently, the phrase “God will give a child – he will also give a child” works just like that. As a result, we managed to expand and move to a larger apartment.

Remember how much you give to children

Faina, director of external communications in a large international project, has three sons. The youngest was born with a heart defect and has already undergone two surgeries. Faina is a single mom, but she never went on maternity leave: she just took a two-week vacation for the period of childbirth, and then smoothly returned to work.

Faina
mother of many children

My children are now 11, 5 and 3 years old. I always tried to work at full strength, so the income did not change much. Immediately after the birth of my first child, I sat down and calculated how much I need to work to pay for a nanny and live comfortably. Then I worked as a journalist. I figured out how much I could earn for one interview, how much time I needed and how much I would have to pay the nanny. I managed to earn somewhere around 80,000-90,000 R per month, the nanny spent 25,000-30,000 R: then she took 200 R per hour.

I never thought that work would limit me. On the contrary, it manages to draw strength from it. I am spurred on by the idea that by working, I can give children more opportunities, a good education. My work is difficult, but interesting, I am constantly developing and learning. I also show this approach to children.

With each new child, the situation changed. When the second child was born and I went full-time, the nanny switched to a salary of 45,000 R. I went to a salary of 150,000 R, it gradually grew, then I started my own business – and the income grew to 250,000 R. There were months, when incomes could be increased to 400,000-450,000 R.

When my third son was born, he was found to have a heart defect and was given a disability, I changed my field of activity. Now I am working in an international project with a mission to improve the quality and service of medical care in Russia. The salary became less, but because of my son, I decided to change my life like this. One day I became very ill and almost died. When she gave birth to her first child, she thought that the disease would return.

Then the doctor said to me, “Don’t be afraid, mothers are given double strength.”

I go through life with this phrase. Mothers are given double, triple, quadruple powers. Children give us strength for everything – including finding, in some magical way, the time to earn money for them and to be around. And the sons, in turn, understand that their mother is working and try to take care and support.

Delegate household chores

Olga is a mother of two children and an astrophysicist. It turned out to be difficult to combine caring for two children and science: when the questions “what to cook for dinner” and “what diapers to buy” began to appear in my head more often than “why the Universe is expanding”, Olga decided to hire a nanny to keep up with everything.

Olga
could not leave science

Astrophysics is more than just a job for me. We are trying to uncover the secrets of nature, and each task is a comprehension of the unknown. Making a new discovery, I realize the greatness, beauty, harmony, logic and complexity of this world. And when I get a salary, I even feel a little ashamed, because to be honest, I have to pay for the pleasure.

In order to have time for work, I had to prioritize.

I realized that if you wash the floor once a week, and not once a day, then nothing will change. If children eat vegetables and fruits, nuts or scrambled eggs in the evening, and not culinary masterpieces, then there is nothing wrong either.

But it is important to sing a lullaby, read a fairy tale, or just cuddle with children at night, drink tea with your husband in the evening, discussing the past day.

Scientists can make good money, but it takes a lot of work. The rate of a scientist in Russia, depending on the position, field and university, is 5,000-50,000 R. An article in a scientific journal with a high rating can cost 100,000-200,000 R, which is shared by all co-authors: few articles are written alone. It takes 3-6 months to write an article if you work every day.

The main salary increase is scientific grants. The more articles a scientist writes, the greater the chance of getting a grant in the future. When working in a regular mode, being a participant in 1-3 grants is not a problem. But unfortunately, if you are, for example, a woman who went on parental leave for two years, it will be difficult to get a grant, because the mandatory requirement in all applications is the presence of 6-7 articles for the last 5 years.

Before my first child, my salary was 80,000-90,000 R per month. After giving birth, income dropped sharply. To re-apply for a grant, I had to work twice as much at a rate of 20,000 R per month. The entire salary went to the nanny, who sat with the child for 7 hours 3-4 times a week. A year later, I was very lucky, as if I won the lottery – I received several grants at once as part of different groups from different institutions and even from different cities. Income grew to 150,000-180,000 R per month.

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When my second child came, I couldn’t afford a maternity leave, because the grants have deadlines and no one will move them. It takes about 40,000 R per month for a nanny, another 10,000 R for a kindergarten and circles for the eldest son.

I started ordering food instead of cooking because I realized that my working hour was worth more than overpaying for cooked dinner. Now there is so much work that you have to spend every minute free from sleep and children on it. It’s exhausting, and I can’t solve scientific problems that interest me. But I am glad that now is such a financial period, because it is not known whether I will be lucky to receive several grants at once again.

Find motivation in work

Karina has two children who go to kindergarten. She is an illustrator, owner of a clothing brand, runs an online school, and writes books. Karina is one of those people for whom work is a way of life. She says that, while working up contractions, she simultaneously ordered a batch of “sizes” for a new collection of clothes. Both times I took a laptop and paints to the hospital, but I didn’t take a graphics tablet only at the cost of willpower.

Karina
does everything

After the birth of the babies, I continued to negotiate on the phone, promoted my brand, especially since newborns sleep a lot and you can work safely while walking with a stroller. And I got used to lack of sleep and a strange regime since the institute.

Now the children go to a private kindergarten, a Filipino nanny has started living in the house, who helps with the household. A nanny with accommodation costs 75,000 R, a kindergarten – another 45,000 R. Children are allergic, so you need to buy hypoallergenic food: this is another 40,000 R per month. I have a hobby in which we have invested a lot of effort and money – a vegetable garden: so that there is always natural food on the table.

In order to work calmly from home, hold meetings and workshops and not be afraid that someone from my family will turn paints over or breathe in caustic varnish, I set up a separate workshop on the site. A small house with floor-to-ceiling windows cost 800,000 RUR.

My week goes something like this. On weekdays, I draw, work in the workshop, answer letters, maintain social networks, and conduct classes in an online school. On weekends I spend all the time with my children, but sometimes I take a nanny to go to the movies or meet friends and take my mind off a busy schedule.

Before having children, I had the feeling of an infinite amount of time.

I didn’t use it optimally. Children turned out to be an amazing motivator – now my every day is subject to a tough schedule, there is less time, but I have more time to do.

I also know that I love to work and I won’t be able to do it if I don’t pay for the babysitter and the garden every month. This is also very motivating to maintain a certain level of income.

With the birth of children, I began to work much more – and my profit increased. Now the income from the store, courses and paintings can be 500,000 R per month. And in the first few years of my career, I earned almost nothing, I only invested in development, training, promotion.

I am happy that the Internet and social networks allow me to create, work and combine all this with children. A career only enriches motherhood and keeps you from slipping into the endless groundhog day. And children are also interested in my work: they are proud that I wrote a book and draw with me.

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Humble yourself and not look for balance

Dasha is the mother of a little daughter and the founder of a marketing agency. She gradually figured out how to combine business processes with motherhood: a husband, grandmother or grandfather walk with a stroller while she defends a strategy in a tender, meets with clients or travels to the office on business. There is no babysitter yet: grandmothers are against it. Sooner or later she will appear, Dasha and her husband are considering options. 80,000 R per month is laid on a nanny.

Dasha
constantly at work

When my daughter was born, the thought was spinning in my head: “I underestimated too much what happens after the birth of a child.” During pregnancy, I painted a rosy picture of the first months: my daughter constantly sleeps, does not require attention, and at this time I work calmly. How wrong I was!

My income has not changed since the birth of a child, because it does not depend on my personal participation in projects, but on the profitability of the business. Since we in the agency mainly reinvest profits, I have a fixed monthly salary of 300,000 rubles.

But expenses increased with the birth of a child. Although I am a professional marketer, I still fell victim to “baby” marketing: in the first months of motherhood, I made a lot of unnecessary impulsive purchases. We bought hyped Yoyo and Stokke strollers and soon sold them after hardly using them. Naturally, they lost money on this. If I had studied more reviews and had a more reasonable attitude to the desire to buy what my daughter is still too early to use, I would have saved at least 300,000 R a year.

Combining a child and work is not easy. The main psychological difficulty for me is the constantly oppressive sense of responsibility and the fact that there is not enough time for myself.

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I sometimes compare my former life with a sand castle that seemed indestructible until my daughter came and demolished its layer after layer with an iron scoop.

Now we just live and work in a new way. There will be no balance anymore – I just decided to admit it. As a guide, I use the advice of one of my clients: “Enjoy her infancy, this will only happen once and only with the first child.” I enjoy, but do not forget about my craving for work.

The pandemic has shown that we are more meerkats than primates in raising children

• Nicola Raihani
• professor at University College London

December 5, 2021

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Humans as a species are extremely ill-equipped to parenting in isolation from society, says evolutionary biologist Nicola Raihani. In this sense, we are very different from our closest relatives in evolution, the great primates – we are closer to meerkats, ants and bees. Therefore, the pandemic has become a cruel test for us.

Taking away the TV remote control from my offspring, I sat on the couch, trying to mentally prepare for the near future.

It was March 2020. The number of cases of an unprecedented terrible disease in the United Kingdom grew like a snowball. The prime minister was about to impose a lockdown. Schools and kindergartens were about to close for quarantine.

Like millions of others, I was to become not so much a mother as a school teacher, and this prospect filled me with horror.

And not just me. My phone was constantly buzzing as our school’s chat room was flooded with panicked messages from parents asking each other how to combine daily work with explaining the rules of circumstance and long division.

During the months that followed, many adults experienced physical and psychological shock. Information about new lockdowns was interspersed with reports of parental stress, excruciating anxiety and depression.

Some have wondered: why is it so difficult? What could be more natural than to raise your own offspring without outside participation? After all, did you somehow manage without schools and after-school groups before?

As an evolutionary biologist, I don’t have the answers to all the questions about pandemic family crises. I can say one thing with certainty: a person as a species is extremely poorly adapted to parental work in isolation from society.

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Image caption,

Human families are somewhat similar to meerkat communities

From an evolutionary history point of view, it’s no surprise that many of us get lost in unfamiliar surroundings. Despite the popular belief that the family is a small self-sufficient unit, we rely on someone to help us raise our children at every step.

For most of history, this assistance was provided by extended families spanning multiple generations. In today’s industrialized society, where the family mostly consists of parents and underage children, teachers, babysitters, and others have taken over the ancient tradition.

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Collective parenting sets humans apart from other large primates and is more like the way of life of species that are much further away from us – the same meerkats and even ants and bees. However, it has given us invaluable advantages in the course of evolution.

Some species live in large colonies and raise their offspring together. But with our closest relatives, the chimpanzee, things are different.

Like people, they also form stable groups with an internal hierarchy, uniting individuals both related by origin and individuals who are strangers to each other by blood. But every mother chimpanzee takes care of her babies alone. With rare exceptions, no one helps her in this, including their father.

The same can be said about gorillas, orangutans and bonobos (pygmy chimpanzees). In addition, female primates do not go through menopause, so they remain fertile throughout their lives.

As a result, mother and daughter are often raising cubs at the same time, and grandmothers cannot help in raising their grandchildren, even if it occurred to them.

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Photo caption,

People, like bees, are collectivists

We are clearly not like that. From the moment of their appearance on Earth, people most of the time lived in large families based on mutual assistance, including in terms of caring for children.

In many modern societies, this is still the case. Fathers are more or less actively involved in parenting, although the degree of their involvement is highly dependent on the particular culture.

In addition, children, their upbringing and growing up, are influenced by many relatives – older brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, cousins ​​and, of course, grandparents. Even very young children sometimes play an important role in supporting and protecting the younger ones. In short, babysitting is extremely rarely the responsibility of just one person.

Abby Page, an anthropologist who has studied the Aeta group of hunters and gatherers in the Philippines, argues that we are only getting closer to realizing the importance of family cooperation in the course of history.

For our children, play and useful activities are clearly separated from each other. Looking at the child of Aet, it is difficult to distinguish when he is playing and when he is picking a fruit from a bush for food.

According to Page, among peoples who lived by gathering, children were largely self-supporting from the age of four. Aet’s children also protect the younger ones from the dangers.

Abby Page recalls sitting on the dirt floor of a cabin with a four-year-old boy and his tiny sister one day when a scorpion crawled into the cabin.

The guest was completely at a loss and could not move, but the baby, fortunately, knew what to do: “He immediately jumped up, snatched a firebrand from the fire, smashed the scorpion and jumped for joy. ” He may have saved his sister’s life that day.

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Image caption,

Female bonobo single mothers

The experience made Paige think about what good parenting is. In the West, it is generally accepted that a parent or other responsible adult should not only look after the child, but also constantly entertain and entertain him, and if he does not do this, for example, because of employment, a feeling of guilt arises.

In her paper, Page looks at other effective forms of childcare that go beyond the ongoing involvement of parents.

In particular, the key feature of collective education is the active involvement of older brothers and sisters in caring for the younger ones.

Meerkats, for example, share their found food with them and sit with newborns in holes as nannies, and then teach them how to properly handle potentially dangerous hunting objects. Young female meerkats are even capable of producing milk for their sisters and brothers.

And in people at an early stage of development, the most important function of older children was to protect the younger ones from predators and other dangers, as in the case of the boy who crushed the scorpion.

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Image caption,

Orangutans, our closest relatives, are individual nurturing

Collective nurturing increases the resistance of species to adverse environmental conditions – for example, living in hot and dry regions of the planet. Primitive humans have successfully populated places with harsh climates and hard-to-get food where other large primates do not live.

Our anthropoid cousins, on the other hand, are strictly limited to regions with a stable climate and generous vegetation, resembling a giant natural bowl of salad. There are no fossil remains outside of it.

It is paradoxical, but true: our evolutionary inclination towards collective parenting played against us in the conditions of lockdown, making it mentally and physically harder.

Quarantine has deprived us of the support of grandparents, as well as schools, kindergartens and various hobby groups that successfully replaced the ancient structure of society.

We have decided that we must devote ourselves entirely to our little families, and we suffer because we are not able to do so.

Despite women’s emancipation, in the current Western conception of the family, the main responsibility for education still lies with mothers, who, according to expectations, were to become something like qualified nannies.

Rebecca Shore, professor of evolutionary anthropology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, argues that the self-sufficient nuclear family, consisting of a male breadwinner and a female caregiver (and their children), has not been the main type of hostel at all times and among all peoples.

In her opinion, such an idea is based not on historical facts, but on the personal experience of Western scientists and was formed in an era when “wealthy white men dominated the academic environment, who had before their eyes the example of their own families and thought that this was always the case” .

The term “nuclear family” originated in the 1920s, but the nuclear family itself is much older and developed during the Industrial Revolution, when a massive shift from farming to factory work created a freer lifestyle, says Professor Shore.

In her opinion, the ban on marriages between cousins ​​and more distant relatives, which was actively supported by the medieval church and led to the drying up of branched families-clans, played a role.

In the 20th century, the idea of ​​the omnipresence of the nuclear family was finally entrenched thanks to popular culture, especially cinema and television.

“The situation when parents and children live with each other separately from all other relatives is not so common,” says Professor Shor. “There are other family models in the world, united by the fact that someone helps parents raise their offspring This is true even for the Western middle class.”

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Photo caption,

In terms of family life, people are halfway between ants and monkeys. In many cultures, it is considered to be “traditional”, but this is not entirely true.

Not only in modern, but also in many ancient societies, women played an important economic role and were “providers”.

Based on this, our requirements for ourselves during a pandemic can and should be different. You need to understand that outside help in raising children is normal. The situation is not normal when parents, especially mothers, have to take everything on their shoulders.

Perhaps this realization will help us to be more indulgent towards ourselves and others and to endure temporary difficulties more easily.

Demanding that people raise their children like chimpanzees is like taking an ant out of its colony. We are created for something else, and often such attempts end badly.

Recognizing that we need help, we do not sign weakness. It just means that we are human.

***

Nicola Raihani is Professor at University College London and author of The Social Instinct: How Cooperation Shaped the World. The original article in English can be read on the BBC Future website.

From Ukraine to Latvia

Help for refugees from Ukraine in Latvia

Arrival in Latvia

Long stay

Cities and regions

Social support

Accommodation

healthcare

Children

Finance

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Education

Culture and socialization

Support and helpful resources

Information updated on 10/12/2022

Welcome to Latvia!

In these difficult times, the Republic of Latvia and its people are ready with
accept with an open heart the inhabitants of Ukraine fleeing the war.

We will provide housing, food and other assistance.

Unified information phone for available support for residents
Ukraine in Latvia:
+371 27 380 380
(round the clock and seven days a week)

I need help

Arrival in Latvia

When traveling to Latvia, please bring valid travel cards
documents if you have them. Lack of travel documents
or medical documents (vaccination certificate, test for
Covid-19) will not be an obstacle for Ukrainian citizens to enter
Latvia.

Upon arrival in Latvia through the border checkpoints, persons entering
with biometric passports, will pass the border
control.

Visas will be issued to Ukrainian citizens who arrive in
Latvia from another European Union country and have other
travel documents but do not have a valid visa to enter
Schengen zone.

If a person arrives without travel documents, the identity of the person
will be established in cooperation with the competent authorities
Ukraine.

Citizen of Ukraine staying in Latvia on the basis of a residence permit
residence, is obliged to declare his place of residence in
Latvia within one month from the date of receipt of the type card
for residence. Information on how to declare a place
residence in Latvia, you can
find here.

Transport to Latvia

Tickets to Latvia can be purchased through bus platforms
carriers such as
www.ecolines.net
www.flixbus.com
www.luxexpress.eu If you need help getting to Latvia from
Polish-Ukrainian border, contact the movement “I want to help
refugees”, by completing
this form. You will be answered within 24 hours.

Pets

If a pet is traveling with you, please, after
after settling down at your place of residence, contact
nearest veterinarian to arrange a visit. Veterinarian
will examine, register, microchip and vaccinate for free
animal. Phone +371 67095245.
Website of the Food and Veterinary Service:
www. pvd.gov.lv

Contacts

Information about crossing the state border (24/7)
can be obtained by calling the State Border Guard
+371 67913569,
+371 67913568

Website of the State Border Service
www.rs.gov.lv

Website of the Ministry of the Interior of Latvia
www.iem.gov.lv/lv

There is a volunteer center at the bus station in Riga, employees
who will be happy to help you (the center works every day with
8:00-24:00)

Long stay

Citizens of Ukraine do not need a visa for the first 90 days (only those with
who has a biometric passport). In cases where a person
have a biometric passport, will be provided
free long stay visa. You have the right to submit
application for a long-term visa with the right to
employment. In Latvia, a special
law on Ukrainian citizens, therefore, applying for refugee status is not
necessarily.

Long-term visa will be issued for one year. Possibility
extension of the visa depends on the further development of the situation in
Ukraine.

Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs

Phone +371 67209422 and
+371 67209400
(Monday – Thursday 8:30 – 16:00; Friday 9:00 – 15:00) You
have the right to contact and receive answers in a language you understand,
and request the services of an interpreter.
More detailed information
on the UDGM website.

You can apply for a visa:

• in the Unified Support Center for Residents of Ukraine, st. Amatu 4, Riga
• in territorial offices
  OCMA outside Riga
• by mail or courier, sending documents to: Migration
  OCMA department in Riga, Chiekurkalna 1. line 1, k-3, LV-1026 or
  any territorial branch outside Riga

Documents required for obtaining a visa:

1. a copy of the passport (passport and pages with visas and / or marks about
   border crossing).
2. when sending documents by mail – photo 35mm x 45mm
   Mandatory, when submitting documents in person, a photo is not required.
3. application for a long-term visa.

The visa will be issued in the same place where it was requested. Decor
visas are free.

State and municipal services can be received in person at
138 state and municipal single centers
client service. In these centers for citizens of Ukraine
assist in obtaining visas, residence permits and
registration of individuals. The centers also provide advice and
help to apply for e-services in
in electronic format.

Ukrainian refugees who have been issued a visa or temporary
residence in Latvia, or assigned a personal code must
apply for cancellation of their status of temporary protection and
visas or residence permits to the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, when
they intend to return to Ukraine or leave for another country,
Additional Information.

Help in municipalities

Support Center in Riga

Riga Support Center for Ukrainian Residents is located at
Amatu street 4 and is open on weekdays from 9.00 to 17.00.
Additional information on the website
riga.lv
or call +371 80000 800.

The support center provides advice and practical
support to the civilian population of Ukraine, including:

• visa processing,
• filing an application for the issuance of a personal code and obtaining
  personal code,
• receiving a food package, personal hygiene items and
  household items,
• obtaining information about educational opportunities in
  Latvia,
• obtaining advice on employment,
• applying for child, pension and disability benefits
  allowances for civilians in Ukraine,
• receiving a free Latvian SIM card and an electronic
  public transport tickets,
• obtaining information about the possibilities of assistance from representatives
  non-state sector,
• receiving psychological consultations from the Skalbes center.

Residents of Ukraine registered in Riga can also:

• applying for a crisis benefit,
  guaranteed minimum income and housing allowance,
  certificates for receiving food packages,
• receiving a free Latvian SIM card and an electronic
  public transport tickets,
• obtaining information about registration in schools and kindergartens.

Residents of Ukraine registered in other municipalities,
should contact the respective local municipality.

Support in other cities

For more information about support options
contact the relevant municipality:

• Daugavpils
  

• Jelgava
  

• Jūrmala
  

• Liepaja
  

• Rezekne
  

• Riga
  

• Ventspils
  

In other cities:
more info here. Local municipalities can also provide
additional help and support depending on their
opportunities.

Social support

Residents of Ukraine in Latvia can receive the following benefits:

• One-time allowance in a crisis situation – 272 euros per
  adult and 190 euros per child.
• Additional monthly allowance of 109 euros for
  the first person and 76 euros for each subsequent person in
  civil household of citizens of Ukraine.
• Other material support or social services in
  according to the individual needs of the person.

Contacts

Free information line for social support
civilian population of Ukraine
+371 80700011 (from Monday to
Thursday from 8:30 to 17:00, Fridays from 8:30 to 15:00) (also on
in Russian).
detailed information
website of the Ministry of Welfare.

Residents of Ukraine will be eligible for support if they receive
certificates from the city social service about the crisis situation:
one person will be able to receive two food packages, a set
with hygiene and household items, two additional
a set of baby food, if the family has small children in
ages 7 to 24 months plus an additional fund package
hygiene, if the family has small children under 2 years old. Besides,
families with children of primary and secondary school age will be able to
get a set of teaching aids.

With help available, you can receive support packages in any
from more than
400 distribution points
throughout Latvia. This certificate can be obtained from the municipality.
(see “help in municipalities”).
Persons can receive ready-made meals in free canteens without
presentation of a certificate or other documents.

More information here.

Citizens of Ukraine will be able to use free of charge (as well as
carry luggage) by regional public transport –
by trains and buses – upon presentation of a document,
certifying identity.
More information here.

Citizens of Ukraine registered in
Riga Support Center, may
free use of public transport in Riga.

Accommodation

Latvia provides free accommodation and food for citizens
Ukraine during the first 120 days for those who started receiving services
until May 24, and 120 days of accommodation and 30 days of free meals
for those who started receiving services from May 25.

Starting July 20, municipalities can decide on
provision of housing for up to 60 days, if in the relevant
the municipality cannot provide housing for up to 120
days. The municipality will be able to decide on placement for a period
up to 60 days only if 80% of the actual
number of Ukrainian civilians to be placed in
municipality, and it is not possible to provide housing in another
municipality.

If you need accommodation, please contact the 24/7
information line
+371 27380380.
If
you are in Riga, you can also contact the city
helpline in Riga
+371 80000800
(every working day from 8:00 to 18:00).
Civilians
Ukraine are mainly accommodated in service hotels and
tourist bases, as well as in the families of residents of Latvia.

Separate groups of persons who, for objective reasons, may
there will be difficulties in providing housing after the period
provision of housing by the state, will be able to receive housing
subsidy after the 120-day period, but no longer than before
December 31 of the current year.

Persons eligible for residence after 60 or 120 days:
have a disability; care for the disabled; pension
age according to the retirement age in Latvia;
receiving full-time education in preschool, primary, general
secondary or vocational secondary school or
transferred to the next level of education, receiving
higher education or continuing education
education in Ukraine in absentia or remotely in primary, general
secondary or vocational secondary educational institution; woman,
registered for pregnancy; child’s parent or guardian,
caring for a child under two years of age;
takes care of a child of preschool age, and the child is not
can attend a preschool educational institution; child
preschool age who cannot attend preschool
educational institution.
Detailed information on groups of persons entitled to housing
support after 60 or 120 days in accordance with the Law on
assistance to civilians in Ukraine.

Residents of Latvia who place free of charge in their homes
citizens of Ukraine, state support is provided.

Households can receive a compensation of 100 euros per
month for the first resident and 50 euros per month for each
subsequent person, but not more than 300 euros per month. In the presence of
an individual has several residential premises in which
Ukrainian citizens are accommodated, compensation can be obtained for
each housing in which citizens of Ukraine are accommodated. Statement of
compensation must be filed with the municipality within 14 days
from the start of your stay.

Similarly, individuals and legal entities, free of charge
housing the civilian population of Ukraine may be reimbursed
expenses for a period exceeding 120 days, but no later than December 31
2022 if they host persons who cannot
find a place to live on your own (see above). More detailed
information
available here.

Persons who rent their own housing to Ukrainian refugees and do not
are registered with the State Revenue Service (SRS) in
as subjects of economic activity, from September 24
2022 are exempt from paying personal income tax on income. This benefit
will be valid as long as the lease agreement is in force, but not
longer than December 31, 2022. If you have any
questions, please contact the SRS advisory line:
+371 67120000.

Citizens of Ukraine, whose housing cost exceeds their income,
or their income does not fully cover the cost of housing, may
apply for housing assistance. Benefits
provided and paid to the municipal social
service. For the first three calendar months, the allowance is paid without
assessment of the financial situation, and after the first three
months, the allowance is paid after assessing the material
provisions. Information on how to apply for benefits and
necessary documents,
find here.

The municipality can conclude a lease agreement with a private person
(landlord) to accommodate citizens of Ukraine. In this case
the municipality pays a private person (landlord) a fee for
use of residential premises in the amount of 100% of the agreed
rent, which will include all payments related to
using residential premises, including utilities
payments, but not more than 300 euros per month for housing.
In this case, an individual does not charge rent from a resident
Ukraine. Support is available for up to 120 days, but no longer than 31
December 2022.
More information.

Website
majasbegliem.lv
allows Ukrainians to find housing in Latvia without intermediaries and
communicate with his landlords. On the site you can find detailed
description of the rental process, sample contract, practical advice
rental housing, including what financial assistance is available and
how to get it.

Short visit

If you want to look for housing on your own, we recommend that you look for
short-term housing for:

• Booking.com
• Airbnb.com

Long stay

We recommend looking for apartments for a long time on the following
sites:

• SS.com
• City24.lv
• CityReal.lv
• Zip.lv
• RentInRiga. lv

healthcare


Public health services

Every citizen of Ukraine who arrives in Latvia or already
is here, will receive all medical services,
paid by the Latvian state (including medicines,
which are also available to residents of Latvia) free of charge.

Citizens of Ukraine in Latvia have the opportunity to use
various health services. More about available
medical services can
find out here.

Medical emergency

If you or a member of your family upon arrival in Latvia requires
medical emergency, notify staff
of the State Border Service, working at the point
border crossing, or call the number
113.

Covid-19

For Covid-19 vaccinations including a free fourth
booster vaccine, contact your family doctor
the vaccination room of your healthcare facility, or
register electronically on the website
manavakcina. lv, if you have an electronic signature or an internet bank account,
registered in Latvia. Map of GPs and medical institutions,
vaccinating can be found
here, and more information about vaccinations can be found
here.

In the autumn period it is recommended: to make a primary vaccination if
it hasn’t been done yet; revaccination if: 3 months have passed since
last vaccination for persons aged 65 years and older and persons with
weakened immunity; 6 months (but not earlier than 3 months) after
last vaccination to other people; 4-6 months (but not earlier than 3
months) after Covid-19 revaccination.

Contacts


Helpline for medical services
+371 8000 1234.
Phone for calls from abroad:
+371 67045005
(Monday-Thursday 8:30 – 17:00; Friday 8:30 – 15:00)


Website of the Ministry of Health
www. vm.gov.lv
Website of the National Health Service
www.vmnvd.gov.lv

Medical care for children

The Children’s Hospital Foundation offers assistance to children of Ukrainian citizens in
coordinating the receipt of medical services, as well as financial
support in cases of unpaid medical services,
transportation to a medical institution, psychological
assistance, medicines or medical supplies.
More information here. Phone +371 25680140

Psycho-emotional support

Children, teenagers and their families receive free
psychoemotional support.

More information here.

Family Therapist Advice Line

If you need medical advice from
non-working hours from general practitioners, call the number
66016001 (Monday-Friday from
17:00 to 8:00; weekends: around the clock).

Tuberculosis treatment

TB treatment information and support, services
diagnostics available
here.

Support from non-governmental organizations

Information about public organizations providing support
citizens of Ukraine,
available here. The list also includes organizations that provide support
people with hearing and vision impairments, people with disabilities
opportunities, as well as assisting in the design
a parking card for the disabled and the provision of other
auxiliary means.

Medical services and assistance for pregnant women

Residents of Ukraine can receive state-paid
medical services for pregnant women and for childbirth. More
information about available services is available
here.

Termination of unwanted pregnancy

State paid
abortion is available in Latvia
for citizens of Ukraine affected by violence during the war
Russia in Ukraine. To receive the service, you only need
identity document. List of medical
institutions providing this service
available here.

Disability

Disability status from Ukraine is not accepted in Latvia, therefore
Ukrainian citizens must undergo a disability assessment in order to
determine your disability status in Latvia. With status
disabled, you can receive various state support,
e.g. disability child care allowance,
caring for a disabled person in need of care. State
social assistance for people with disabilities can be obtained,
if a citizen of Ukraine has lived in Latvia for at least three months
from the date of issue of a long-term visa or residence permit. For
receipt of these benefits to a citizen of Ukraine or his legal
representative must apply to the Agency of State
social insurance. More information here.

Citizens of Ukraine in Latvia can receive benefits in connection with
childbirth, childcare, as well as state
family allowance. Information about the amount of benefits and their conditions
receiving
available here.

Many Latvian companies and non-governmental organizations
offer children the opportunity to participate in various
educational activities of interest at a discount or
is free. The offer can be found here:
https://propozycii.lv/

Every child who comes to Latvia as a refugee from
Ukraine, has the opportunity to get an education in
state language or in a minority education program in
Ukrainian language at the level of preschool and primary education.
Also, children will be able to attend hobby groups without restrictions.
Information about admission procedures is available at
website of the Ministry of Education and Science.

The Children’s Clinical University Hospital (BKUS) provides
all the necessary medical care for children from Ukraine. Applications for
medical care and examinations can be obtained by
phone +371 256 801 40.
Support information can be found at
BKUS website. Information about vaccinations for children can be
find here.

Legal representatives and professionals (e.g. educators)
Ukrainian children with behavior problems and communication difficulties
can receive advisory support from the State
inspections for the protection of children’s rights. For more
information.

Information on what to do if:

• the child arrived in Latvia without a parent or known to him
  adult,
• the child arrived in Latvia with another Ukrainian family, but without
  parents,
• the child came to his friends, relatives, but without
  parents,
• if a group of children from the Ukrainian nursery arrives in Latvia
  home is available here.

Information about children’s rights in Latvia
available here.

The “Honorary Family” (“Goda ģimene”) certificate is issued to families with
three or more children under the age of 18, persons over 18, but
under the age of 24, receiving a general, vocational or higher education
education, and families caring for a child with a disability
or adults under the age of 24 with a disability I or II
groups. Cardholders can enjoy discounts on services,
offered by public and private enterprises in Latvia.
Additional Information.

Job offers


Citizens of Ukraine can find a job in Latvia if they
received a long-term visa or residence permit, with the right to
employment without restrictions for up to one year. At
employment, a citizen of Ukraine has the right to
one-time employment allowance in the amount of 500 euros.
You must apply for benefits within
one month after starting work. Information on how to apply
application for benefits
available here.

The State Employment Agency (SEA) helps Ukrainian
citizens to find work in Latvia. You can contact:

• At the Riga Support Center at Amatu Street 4,
• At any Southeast Asian customer service point in person or by phone
  (Monday to Thursday from 9:00 to 16:30; Fridays from
  9. 00 to 15.00).

Contacts

Phone of the free reference service employment agent
+371 80200206
Available vacancies and other relevant information on the website
State employment agency.

Information about various vacancies and job opportunities,
as well as practical information about employment in Latvia
available on the platform:

www.ukraine-latvia.com/jobs

Ukrainian refugees registered as self-employed in
tax register of the State Revenue Service (SRS), may
apply for a one-time allowance for
self-employment (500 euros) at the State Employment Agency
(GAS). You must apply within one month
after registration with the SRS. If a Ukrainian refugee
registered with the SRS until September 24, 2022, an application for
benefits must be submitted to the GAS within one
months from this date, i. e. until October 23, 2022
(inclusive). The benefit will not be given to those who
previously received a GAZ allowance to start work. If the face
at the same time is entitled to receive as a start-up allowance
work, as well as benefits for starting independent work
activities, he/she can only receive one of these
allowances. More information about the starter grant for
self-employed citizens of Ukraine is available
on the GAS website.

For more information on employment requirements in
Latvia is available on the website
State Labor Inspectorate.

Information about opportunities to get started in education
available here.

Information about job opportunities in the field
health care
available here.

Information about employment opportunities in cultural and
creative professions
available here

Finance


From September 5, it will be possible to exchange the Ukrainian hryvnia for the euro.
Currency exchange will be available at the branches of “Industra Bank” in Riga and four cities of Latvia and “Rietumu banka” in Riga.

• Commission for exchange operations is not charged;
• the exchange will be carried out only for banknotes with a face value of 100,
  200, 500 and 1000 hryvnias;
• badly damaged banknotes are not subject to exchange;
• the maximum amount that one Ukrainian can exchange
  a refugee, is 10,000 hryvnia;
• all Ukrainian refugees registered in Latvia can
  exchange money.

VISA and MasterCard payment cards issued by Ukrainian
banks, work in Latvia, but technical problems are possible.
These payment cards can also be used to withdraw money from
ATMs.

Citizens of Ukraine can open payment accounts free of charge in
most Latvian financial institutions.

To open an account and issue a payment card, you must personally
visit the bank’s customer service center with
travel document or identity card issued in
Ukraine, or a residence permit (ID) issued in Latvia. Should
note that most banks serve customers personally
by appointment only. So please
contact a specific bank before visiting and arrange
visit.

More information here
and in Latvian banks:
SEB,
citadel,
Swedbank,
Luminor,
Industry Bank,
Regional investment bank.

Education


Citizens of Ukraine can continue their studies as students
exchange, and researchers can work in Latvian
research institutions, receiving the same
support in studies, as students in Latvia or research staff
in existing research cooperation programs.
List of higher education institutions, study programs and contacts
available here

From September 1, 2022, minor citizens of Ukraine
receive education in Latvia in the Latvian language. At the level
pre-school education or basic education child also
has the right to enter the minority education program, which
implemented in Ukrainian. Free lunches funded
from the state budget for children enrolled in programs
basic education in grades 1, 2, 3 and 4.

On July 5, the registration of refugees for study in
universities and colleges, and can apply for study
like Ukrainian refugees who in the previous academic year
studied in absentia at a Ukrainian educational institution and received
a document on secondary education, and those who entered
the Latvian education system and received a document on secondary
education recognized in Latvia. Ukrainian young people
who started their studies in Ukraine and interrupted it due to military
action, may also apply for continuing education.

Additional information about the possibilities of getting initial,
secondary, vocational and higher education in Latvia
for residents of Ukraine.

Latvian scientific institutions in
Register of scientific institutions
may establish labor relations with Ukrainian scientists or
offer internships at your institution. If Ukrainian
researchers will be offered a free internship, the state
until August 31, 2022 will provide a scholarship of up to 900
euro per month for scientific and academic work.

Culture and socialization


Citizens of Ukraine have the right to visit all
state museums of Latvia. The list of museums can be found at
website of the Ministry of Culture.

Books in English, Ukrainian and Russian are available at
municipal libraries of Latvia
. Libraries can use common areas with
computers and internet connection, socialize, and
also participate in events organized by the library.

Website
propozycii.lv provides information about special offers
Latvian companies and public organizations especially for
people from Ukraine. The calendar of events is available at
https://podiyi.lv/

Useful Resources


Website www.propozycii.lv contains information about special offers of Latvian
companies and public organizations for residents of Ukraine. On this
website you can find free Latvian language courses,
veterinarian, hairdresser, buy a bike, drink coffee or
get information if you need other services or just
community support. The page is regularly updated with new
ads from Riga and other cities of Latvia – these services
free or with a special discount.

Integration Foundation
society provides an opportunity for adult citizens
Ukraine to learn Latvian for free at the level A1 and A2.
The deadline for applications is 15 October. Courses also available
for high school graduates (from 17 years old). Courses are held as
in person and remotely throughout Latvia. Additional
information can be found
on the SIF website
and on your Facebook profile.

Website
https://www.kartadopomogy.lv
created to help unite those who want to donate
clothing, shoes, furniture, household appliances, children’s products, etc.,
and those who need this help. It contains information
about more than 110 places in Latvia where you can donate or
get the necessary things.

Ziedot.lv provides assistance to Ukrainian refugees in Latvia in the same volume as
as the Latvians. On the portal
Ziedot.lv
there is a special section in Ukrainian and an application form for
Ukrainian refugees to receive assistance in treatment, rehabilitation
and medicines, as well as advice and support in emergency
situations.

Social mentor

Citizens of Ukraine have the opportunity to receive social services
mentors. This is free hands-on support to help you
deal with day-to-day situations (for example, providing
information or assistance in reaching such
institutions such as the National Employment Agency, kindergarten,
school, medical center, community organizations and contact
them). In order to receive the support of a social educator, it is necessary
contact the social services of the city. It is available for 60
days. More
here.

At the NGO Information Point at the Riga Support Center
civilian population of Ukraine, st. Amatu 4, Riga, 1st floor
(separate entrance from Amatu street) you can find out where to find
humanitarian aid (clothing, footwear, hygiene products and other
essentials for children and adults). ), where
take free household items, where to go if you need
free legal, psychological or veterinary
consultation about current cultural events and
activities for families.

Other useful resources

• Embassy of Ukraine in Latvia
• Facebook group “I want to help refugees”
• Online resources for learning the Latvian language
• Latvian news in English:
  eng.lsm.lv
• Latvian radio 4
  daily at 18:05 broadcasts the news of the Ukrainian public
  radio (in Ukrainian)
• Every Saturday at 18:10 Latvian Radio 4 broadcasts
  “Mi from Ukraine”
  for the Ukrainian population of Latvia
• Ukrainian TV program “RADA” is broadcast free of charge on
  Ukrainian
• Latvian news in Russian:
  rus. lsm.lv
• Law on Support for Civilians of Ukraine
• Center for Social Initiative in Riga
  Commonground.lv, with an accessible reading room, co-working spaces, children’s
  game rooms and other services that are provided
  is free

If you want to volunteer but don’t know when
organizations, please
fill out this questionnaire, indicating your skills and capabilities!

Volunteering opportunities:
–
Association “Tavi draugi”
–
Association “Young Folks”
–
Common Ground Initiative
–
Volunteer driver group “I want to help refugees” for cases when assistance is needed in moving people
or things, mainly in Riga
– Latvian Language Teachers’ Club
refugees”

Support Startup companies


The Latvian startup community will be happy to welcome employees
technologies and their relatives, as well as start-up companies in
Latvia.