On August 24th, 2018, a seminar “Where to Find Health?” was held in the premises of the Association “Svētās Ģimenes māja”. What are the factors influencing the state of our health – feelings, emotions, food, physical activities? How to find your own balance? The answers to these and other questions where given by Valerijs Rakovs, Chairman...
The Motus Vita organisation has participated in the final of the International humanitarian mission “The Sails of the Spirit”. It was a unique possibility to share the experience of social innovations with the colleagues from abroad. The organisers of the event regularly hold seminars dedicated to realization of the potential of disables persons in various...
On June 1-2, 2018, at Riga Sport Sailing Center the 15th stage of the international humanitarian mission “The Sails of the Spirit” took place. On the first day MOTUS VITA participants met team members, professional yachtsmen, had safety education and training, performed a trial sail in. And the regatta itself with the participation of three...
It is a well-known fact that physical health is closely related to our inner condition. To manage emotions is also much easier if you understand yourself, your abilities and possibilities, as well as your complexes and psychological barriers. The more we learn to know ourselves, the higher is our self-confidence. And this ground helps to...
With the support of the Latvian Association of Ergotherapists we have planned to organize a cycle of seminars on safety and comfort in everyday life for persons with special needs. The seminars shall comprise an exhaustive scope of information about the possibilities to receive and to use technical aids taking into account factors of falling...
“I don’t believe!” – this phrase of the famous Russian theatre director, theorist and teacher Stanislavski is known to every theatre lover. But how is it possible to make not only Stanislavski, but also surrounding people to believe you? What do we need for this? What is disturbing us? This is exactly the “secrets” that...
On January 25 and on February 13, 2018, the Training Centre of the Riga International Airport hosted a seminars for the airport’s employees working directly with passengers. The main purpose of seminars was to provide useful information to the staff regarding the ways of ensuring maximum comfort and safety to the passengers with special needs....
At the awards ceremony of the annual competition “Year Award to support people with disabilities” a certificate of honor in the category “Social Campaign” was officially presented to society “Motus Vita”. It is one of seven nominations, which non-governmental organizations can engage, concerned with disability. The competition is organized by the Ombudsman’s Office of Latvia,...
On December 3rd, 2017, a charity event “Colourful paws” was held in the pet centre Dino Zoo Pasaule. Latvian artists and dog handlers from the association Bezvests.lv together with their pets, search and rescue dogs, participated in the event. The organizer of the event – the association for people with special needs MOTUS VITA. Every...
“I want to be understood”, “I want to be an interesting interlocutor” – we hear such phrases quite often. Social certainty means even more to people with special needs. It is in this purpose that the Association MOTUS VITA has started its cooperation with the Theatre Studio STADIA. With the support of the Charity Foundation...
On July 19th, at 18.00 at the premises of the HAPPY ART MUSEUM an evening with the composer and theatre producer Boris Levi was organized by the association MOTUS VITA. Some friends of Boris also participated in the event – theatre producer and lecturer Aba Gercbah and writer Sergejs Cernikovs. The creative activity of Boris...
The world-famous PRADO museum presented several masterpieces from its collection for an exhibition at the Art Museum Riga Bourse from March 25 to July 16, 2017. MOTUS VITA members are very grateful to the Boris and Inara Teterev Foundation which offered us an opportunity to enjoy the paintings of the great authors. The twelve masterpieces...
