Žēlsirdības māja, alternatīvās aprūpes centrs

The Centre of Alternative care of handicapped youngsters “ Mercy House” was founded in Ventspils in 1995. It was registered as a social organization on December 7, 2001 and its number of registration is 40008063818. There is an intention to use methods of alternative care offering handicapped youngsters a kind of help in conditions that are close to family environment, to develop social and working skills for their successful integration into society. Psychological character and aims of the process groups of the programme of the Centre of Alternative care shows social categories of the orphans of Latvia: grown up people handicapped since their childhood with disorder of psychological development; children’ s home and special boarding school leavers. Creating an optimal routine for them is supposed to be as a concern motivated by Christianity. This organization was given a status of socially useful organization by the resolution No 176 of Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia on 04.06.2006. Ministry of Welfare of the Republic of Latvia issued a certificate No 13 which gives rights to offer social service on 09.11.2005. Tatjana Braznika is a chairman of the board of the Centre of care.