Caritas Academy in Riga

The project „Caritas Academy“ aims at three main goals:

• to structure the work already done in the field of the volunteer work, to develop it and to do it in even more professional way;
• to create Caritas Academy, where volunteers could receive holistic approach in their service for those in need;
• to provide ongoing learning and supervision opportunities for Caritas volunteers.

To achieve those goals, we will carry out a broad variety of activities:

• Upgrading documentation package regarding volunteer work
• Fundraising
• Educational: trainings twice a year; continuing education lectures once per two months
• Integrational: experience exchange trip once a year
• Spiritual: retreats once a year
• Supervisions: face-to-face encounters with new or existing parish groups twice a month; supervisions for volunteers in institutions once per month

With our work, we hope to strengthen the Caritas volunteer groups in Latvia, who are an indispensable part of the church.