STREETBASKET

ASSOCIATION "STREETBASKET" WAS ESTABLISHED ON MARCH 20TH, IN 2009.

ASSOCIATIONS “STREETBASKET” MAIN AUDITORIUM ARE YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 10 – 25 YEARS OLD, DISABLE PEOPLE, STREET CHILDREN, YOUNGSTERS, THAT HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME AND ARE EXPOSED FOR SOCIAL EXCLUSION. MOST YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE A DEVIANT BEHAVIOR, THEY HAVE THE LACK OF SUSCEPTIBLE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE TO SHOW THEMSELVES IN THEIR SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, THEY DON’T HAVE A POSSIBILITY TO SPEND THEIR FREE TIME WHOLESOME IN THE CITY, THEY ARE UNEMPLOYED BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC INSTABILITY, SOME OF THEM HAVE INVALID AGGRESSION.
ASSOCIATIONS MAIN ACTIVITIES AT THE MOMENT ARE:
- „GHETTO BASKET” STREETBALL TOURNAMENTS MANAGEMENT ALL OVER LATVIA AND MOSCOW ( YEARLY THERE ARE ABOUT 40 TOURNAMENTS)
- „GHETTO EXTREME” COMPETITIONS IN BMX, SKATE BOARD, INLINE DISCIPLINES (AROUND 4 EVENTS IN LATVIA),
- „GHETTO FOOTBALL” TOURNAMENTS (AROUND 15 TOURNAMENTS)
- „GHETTO DANCE” STREETDANCE COMPETITIONS (AROUND 4 EVENTS).
- „RIGAS SCHOOL SUPERLEAGUE” IS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS AMONG RIGAS SCHOOLS.
- ALL YEAR LONG WE ARE ALSO ORGANISING ACTIVITIY, CALLED „WE SUPPORT GHETTO KIDS” – WE ARE GATHERING SPORTS EQUIPMENT, SPORTS WEAR AND OTHER INVENTORY FOR THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DON’T HAVE A CHANCE TO DO SPORTS.
- WE ARE ALSO RUNNING OURE OWN TV – GHETTO TV. THIS TV CONTENT IS BASED ON EDUCATION AND ENTERTAINMENT (BROADCASTS FROM INTERESTING EVENTS, RUBRICS ABOUT TOPIC QUESTIONS THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN, ECT).
IN FUTURE WE ARE PLANNING TO BE INVOLVED IN NEW, INTERESTING PROJECTS, THAT WOULD HELP YOUNGSTERS TO DEVELOPE THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL SKILLS, TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR LIFES QUALITY AND BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE MORE FASTER IN SOCIETY. WE BELIVE THAT STREET SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES ARE GOOD METHODS THAT HELPS TO REACH THESE AIMS.