On December 3rd, 2015, the awarding ceremony of the contest “Year’s Award in Supporting the Persons with Disability” took place. The contest was organized by the Office of the Ombudsman of the Republic of Latvia Juris Jansons in cooperation with the National library of Latvia and Organization of people with disability and their friends “Apeirons”....
This is already for the second year that the organizers of the art exhibition “Art Riga Fair 2015” invite MOTUS VITA team to participate in the Fair not only as visitors, but also as active participants of this important international event. This is a big privilege for us. To show creative achievements of our talented...
On October 11th, 2015, members of the organization of people with reduced capabilities MOTUS VITA had an opportunity to visit the Art Museum RIGA BOURSE. In the frame of Boris and Ināra Teterev’s Arts Programme TÊTE-À-TÊTE 2015 the museum offers an art exhibition “With Seven-League Boots. First Station – Denmark”. The exhibition offers to see...
The next meeting in the framework of the project “Bibliotherapy” was held in October 3rd. This meeting was devoted to poetry set to music-a song. We wanted to understand how the poem is born, how the music is born and how it connects to the song. The honorable guest of this meeting was a young,...
On the 5th of September Latvian Society of Neuroimmuologists in cooperation with Association of people with special needs MOTIS VITA organize the event for patients “The day of myasthenia”. The open speech was made by Irina Vinnik, deputy of the Municipality of Riga. Irina’s’ words were taken from heart, and it was the key for...
On the 23 rd of August , 2015, there was a great dinner in the elegant hall of the Baltic Beach Hotel in Jurmala. Motus Vita members and guests visited the dinner. There were some reasons to gather. The sixth anniversary of the founding of MOTUS VITA, and recent successfully held the 11th annual ALS...
“To everyone who celebrates life the „Chocolate Museum“ will undoubtedly give some joy of living through chocolate, for it is one of the classic delights” – that is like the slogan of the Pure Chocolate Museum sounds. We, members of MOTUS VITA and International Nordic ALS/ MNS conference participants, are exactly the persons to whom...
The 11th International Nordic ALS/NMD Alliance Conference took place on August 21 – 23, 2015 in Jurmala, Latvia. A welcome speech was delivered by Ms. Silvija Simfa, Deputy of the Saeima of the Republic of Latvia, Ms. Ilona Jursevska, Director of SIVA, Ms. Gunta Anca, Head of SUSTENTO and Vice-President of the European Disability Forum,...
On June 27, 2015, a long-awaited meeting dedicated to fairy tale therapy took place in the frame of the “ Bibliotherapy” project. The meeting was welcomed by the „Svētās Ģimenes Māja” Centre (The Holy Family House) at 5 Klostera street in Riga. A nunnery was located in this building at the 13th century. After the...
On June 13th, 2015, in the frame of the program “Technical Assistive Devices” we have received a next lot of humanitarian aid from our friends from the “Humanity For Good” Foundation. We have received wheelchairs, lifters, multifunctional beds, ramps, accessories for bathrooms and toilets, as well as a plenty of other assistive devices and accessories...
On May 16, 2015, MOTUS VITA organized a collective visit to the Art Museum RIGA BOURSE. We had a chance to enjoy an amazing collection of works of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Raoul Dufy, Pablo Picasso, Paul Gauguin, Marc Chagall, Vincent van Gogh, Aleksejs Naumovs, Henri Matisse, and Paul Cezanne. The exhibition was made possible by efforts...
April 18, 2015 the long-awaited second meeting of the project “Bibliotherapy” dedicated Fairytales therapy. This time the issue about location was even sharper: it was necessary to find not just a building, it was necessary to get a “fabulous” place, filled with history. And there was such a place. We had a courtesy room at...
