The overall objective: to promote civil society contribution in reducing the economic and social differences by improving quality of life of poverty-exposed children, youths, and seniors in the Kandava and Kuldiga regions, providing cooperation between generations in learning the rabbit breeders craft through a "Rabbit Fans' School‖ and rabbit farm building in the Kabile and Vane counties in the year 2011.
Specific goals: The Association in Jan-Dec of 2011, will provide 10 members-seniors from the "Vanes mežrozīte‖ pensioners society, and 35 children and youths from the Kabile and Vane counties' poor or low-income families, or whose parents are long-term residents abroad, and 10 youths, who are unemployed or seeking jobs, participation in a "Rabbit Fans' School‖ and rabbit farm building to learn the rabbit breeders craft, thereby contributing to the improvement of the quality of life of the poverty-exposed children, youth and seniors, as well as their families.
Participants will acquire the necessary theoretical and practical knowledge, and receive initial breeding material and self-made rabbit cages, thus with minimal material investment supplying their families with healthy and good quality food and establishing possible basis for future business.
It is planned that at the end of the year 2011 at least 25 participants from Kabile and Vane counties will establish active self-subsistence rabbit farms1 and at least 5 of which will be registered at the VA LDC2. At least 30 participants will have improved quality of live, according to the assessment of the participants.
Establishment of a Section for Children and Youths and extensive industry advertising among children and youths will ensure a sustainable rabbit breeding industry in Latvia.
Start date of project: 01.01.2011.