VšĮ DUKU
Viešoji įstaiga DUKU
Vilnius, Lithuania
About
Founded in 2009, VšĮ DUKU is a non-governmental organisation based in Vilnius, Lithuania working on children & youth, community development, housing & homelessness.
VšĮ DUKU is a Lithuanian public benefit enterprise (viešoji įstaiga) founded in 2009 that works with children, young people and families in Vilnius. Its activities include street and mobile youth work, open youth spaces, day centre programmes for children and teenagers, temporary accommodation and crisis-recovery support for families through Galimybių Namai, school outreach, summer camps and hiking trips, and renting its experiential training base. It is funded largely by Vilnius city municipality, national ministries and EU youth programmes, alongside earned income. The organisation states its mission is based on Catholic social teaching, aiming to strengthen communities and promote the inclusion and dignity of all members. It also supports a school in Guatemala and runs volunteer and internship placements.
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Ten kur esu
Children & Youth · Lithuania
Programme for children under 11 offering individual relationships with children, day centre activities and summer camps, accredited as a day care centre (VDC) and funded by the Ministry of Social Security and Labour and Vilnius city municipality.
Ofisiukas
Children & Youth · Lithuania
Programme for teenagers aged 12 to 15, accredited as a day care centre (VDC) and regularly funded by the Ministry of Social Security and Labour and Vilnius city municipality.
Gatvės darbas su jaunimu
Children & Youth · Lithuania
Street work with young people in Pilaitė, Vilnius, funded by the Ministry of Social Security and Labour and Vilnius city municipality.
Mobilus darbas su jaunimu
Children & Youth · Lithuania
Mobile youth work in the Lazdynai and Karoliniškės neighbourhoods of Vilnius.
Atvira Jaunimo Erdvė
Children & Youth · Lithuania
Open youth space in Vilnius offering youth support, accredited in 2024.
Galimybių Namai
Housing & Homelessness · Lithuania
Accredited temporary accommodation and intensive crisis-recovery support for families in Vilnius, funded by Vilnius city municipality.
Jaunimo socialiniai metai
Children & Youth · Lithuania
Youth project involving young volunteers, funded through the Youth Initiatives Support programme of JRA and Vilnius city municipality.
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Vilniaus miesto savivaldybė, Socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerija, Jaunimo tarptautinio bendradarbiavimo agentūra, Vilniaus rajono vietos veiklos grupė, Lietuvos Caritas, Centro Maya Asunción
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