Thanks to the enormous help of all teams, and thanks to a special request we received, we have decided to take another charity project. We are involved already in two Orphan houses :  Dzeguzite from Irsi and Raiskums near Cesis.

Because we needed more space to store all the goods, we asked our hotel (Maritim Park Hotel) if they had an extra  room or office available which we could use as a storage. This was no problem…. Than we got a request from Liga Elsina, employee of the Maritim Park Hotel. She asked help for the poor people in her home town Cesis. She told us as follows :

Cēsis is a beautiful town located in the northern part of Latvia. Just some years ago it had 20 000 inhabitants. Unfortunately because of crisis and lack of jobs,  many of them had to leave to Riga or went abroad. Those people who  stayed, very often do not have jobs or are pushed to work for low salaries. Especially it is hard for families with children. Unfortunately the state does not help them. The money which family gets for one child per month is 8.00 LVL  (approx. 12 euro). That is why it is very important to help them to get things for daily living. Cēsis St. Johns church (Cēsu Svētā Jāņa baznīca) has a deaconry. To the deaconry belongs a charity room where are stored all kind of goods and everyone who needs goods can go there and take the necessary goods.

As we said before, thanks to the enormous help, we are in a great position we also can donate goods to Cesis St. Jons church. Liga personally brought the goods there in the weekend of  May 5^th. On May 8th 2012 we received an e-mail from Liga : I have brought all the things to St. Johns church deaconry room. The head of deaconry Vaira Novica says HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who donated their belongings to people who might not be that fortunate as we are. When I arrived, the first thing what Vaira told me was: "Yesterday a 5 years old boy came to deaconry and his wish was to get a toy. There was just one toy left in all the room and he asked me: "Vaira, is this the last toy?" I said: "Yes, the last one" and then he told me: "OK, then I will give it to my sister." This was the most touching story somebody has ever told me. His unselfishness paid back. The boy will get a nice toy for himself because YOU all have big heart. Good works always pay back. When you hear a story like this, you really understand that it was worth it!!! You can find the photos on our chapter Photos : Photo album Charity Latvia!

Charity projects Riga Cup 2012

We want to thank Pelimatkat Sport Travel for their great donation for our Charity day 2012
which will be held for the children of Raiskuma on April 25th 2012. After a call with the director of
Dzeguzite, we had to re-plan the big day for Dzeguzite. For the children of Dzeguzite we hired a
professional photographer for making a professional photo session (a great wish of the children).  That event will take place somewhere in May 2012. When we know the exact date, we will publish that date on this website. On tuesday April 24th we will drive to Dzeguzite to bring them already a lot of presents and donated goods! A big thanks to all coaches, parents and childeren for bringing over so many gifts for the children! You are really doing a great job!!!!! Please follow our website, so we can update you about our Charity project!