Culture Association “Alternate Reality” is established in 2013 by the group of enthusiasts for a purpose to learn and show other people to see the life in such different angle, thinking “out of a box”, getting more active participation in social life, keeping lifelong learning and self-improvement.
CULTURE PROJECTS
We organize multi-culture festivals, helping people to be actively involved in all organizational process of the project, making people more active in social life, especially yangsters and students.
Our open space festival-carnival “Count of May”, based on XV century Riga culture tradition was started from 2013, and it is the biggest spring carnival in Baltic states, and every year a thousands of people are participating in carnival program as well as in organizational and stuff support based on volunteers. More about annual festival “Count of May” in Riga read here.
SOCIAL PROJECTS
One of our social projects – integration project for kids from Latvian orphanages “Mandarinu Zeme” (MandarinLand). Started from 2013 and continuing every year, we are organizing interactive Christmas events for children
Project is organized by volunteers and active citizens. Every year more then 300 children from Latvian orphanages participates in it, play interactive team games based on communication and social integration, get sweet presents from Santa and a lot of tangerines. What is more important – these children get love from our volunteers and good feeling about people around them. Our goal in this project – is to make kids believe in real miracles and love.
More about project “Mandarinu Zeme” is here.
ERASMUS + PROJECTS
For youth mobility we are organizeing and taking part in Youth exchanges project supported by Erasmus+ program.
More about our actuals projects of Youth exchange please read here – BLOG
T30 CLUB
We created our own place for realization of creative ideas and projects. T30 Club is a place for meetings of all our volunteers and young teams, also it is a place for creating events for children and adults in very fairy tale atmosphere.
We create thematic events and birthdays for children and adults, trying to not only make fun, but in the same time introduce our guests with important values – self-improving and getting higher self-esteem, team-building, helping each other.
We do believe in miracles and want to share it with others.
SUMMER CAMP FOR CHILDREN
More then 3 years we oranize a summer camp “The Order of Golden Dragon” for children form 8 till 14 y.o. – adventure camp for young brave knights and amazones. Adventures and tournaments, medieval atmosphere and legends about brave knigths like king Arthur – we help children due playing games to get new knowledges in European history and introduce them such European values, as trust, responsibility, love, respect, team working and tolerance to all who is different in any way.
Feedbacks suggested that participation improved children’s skills, confidence and self-esteem.
