Društvo Lojtra

Built in 2014, “NGO Lojtra” is a young and devoted youth organization. Our devotion aims to:

- Permanently establishing a space, where young people aged from 15-30 are finding a safe environment, to comfortably express their thoughts, feelings and beliefs.
- Enhancing critical thinking about our opinions and what can be done about them in the local community.
- Empowering youth to organize different activities to help developing local community which will serve them better and at the same time use those activities as learning opportunities for personal and professional development.
- Providing different working contexts and contents to maximize AHA moments and ensure high quality learning outcomes.

We believe in non-formal educational approaches such as experiential learning and participatory learning. Regular reflections and evaluations, which assure the learning processes, are supported by young youth leaders and trainers willing to improve their competences. We found extremely important, that benefits from different activities, are gained from all the stakeholders included.

Social inclusion is next important chapter of our work. Our organization is place for youth with different backgrounds, different dreams and different needs. We are trying to work as inclusively as possible, knowing this is a path and not an objective.

In 2015 and 2016 we are dreaming and working on:

- Getting a proper place to regularly implement our activities,
- Start cooperating with the local high school,
- Start implementing street youth work in Litija,
- Enhance our international cooperation,
- Develop the local youth strategy (together with other youth organizations in our community and the local council).

We are learning constantly, we are making friends around the globe, we are included in the matters which affect us or our values, we are nurturing respectful and responsible behaviour towards ourselves, others, community and the nature. We are crazy and we are having fun. We believe the future is bright. We are young.