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Riga and Hamburg – Harburg RC youth friendship camp

20.08 2015 Uncategorized

On 6-8 August 2015 LatRC Youth, in collaboration with LatRC Riga Centre branch, in the LatRC Social Centre “Kauguri” (Latvia) hosted an event – a friendship camp for Red Cross Youth divisions of Hamburg-Harburg (Germany) and Riga centre branch (Latvia). The main goal was to get to know each other better while participating at the joint activities and therefore to strengthen the international cooperation. The camp was attended by 12 youngsters in the age group of 18 to 25 years.

The participants introduced each other to their culture and traditions, as well as enjoyed the Nordic Walking session and helped in cleaning of the surrounding area of the social centre.

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