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Fonds Sibīrijas Bērni

Nodibinājums Fonds Sibīrijas bērni

Rīga, Latvia

HeritageHuman rightsEducationArts & Culture
Operating foundationNational reach
Profile last updated: April 6, 2026

About

Fonds Sibīrijas Bērni is a foundation based in Rīga, Latvia working on heritage, human rights, education +1 more.

Fonds Sibīrijas bērni is a Latvian foundation that supports and commemorates people deported from Latvia to Siberia in 1941 and 1949, with a focus on the children and mothers deported. Its work includes travelling exhibitions in schools, libraries and museums, public commemorative concerts and events, film and documentary production, publishing books based on survivor interviews, expeditions to former deportation sites in Russia, and student essay and drawing competitions. Founded and directed by filmmaker Dzintra Geka-Vaska, the foundation operates mainly in Latvia and also presents its work abroad, including in Germany, Estonia and the United States.

Location

Rīga, Latvia

Organisation type

Operating foundation

Legal form

Nodibinājums

Legal name

Nodibinājums Fonds Sibīrijas bērni

Focus areas

deportationsSiberia19411949Latvian historyremembranceoral historydocumentary filmeducation

Languages

LVEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

HeritageHuman rightsEducationArts & Culture

How they work

Awareness & educationCommunity programmes

Programmes

Ceļojošā izstāde Sibīrijas bērni

Heritage · Latvia

Travelling exhibition of memories and photographs of children deported to Siberia in 1941 and 1949, shown in schools, libraries and museums.

Skolēnu sacerējumu konkurss

Education · Latvia

Annual essay competition for schoolchildren on the 1941 and 1949 deportations and Latvian history.

Skolēnu zīmējumu konkurss

Education · Latvia

Annual drawing competition for schoolchildren on the deportations and Latvian history.

Ekspedīcijas uz Sibīriju

Heritage · Russia

Expeditions to former Siberian deportation sites, filming and interviewing deportees and their descendants.

Countries of operation

LatviaRussia

Funding & support

Ways to support

DonateShop

Credentials & affiliations

Partnerships

Latvijas Loto, Ādažu novada pašvaldība, Ventspils muzejs, Okupācijas muzejs, Rīgas Kino muzejs

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