The NGO Virtsu Rahva Maja, formed over the weekend to promote the culture and youth work of the Virtsu community, hopes to save the community center left without a local cultural leader by the municipal authority, and wants to cooperate with the municipality for this purpose, and also started collecting signatures.
As of Tuesday, all existing cultural centers in the Lääneranna municipality will stop working as independent institutions. Unlike Kõmsi, Lõpe and Lihula community centers, the position of head of community center in Virtsus, the only second largest settlement of Lääneranna municipality, will be abolished, and there is still no information on whether and how it is planned to provide the community center services to the public. Also, in the opinion of the residents of Virtsu, it is incomprehensible why the active community is not involved in making such purchases and they are not consulted about how to contribute to the development of the cultural life of the municipality and the organization of cultural events. Unlike other centres, where there is currently a school and a youth room next to it, Virtsu still does not have a youth room, for which the residents of Virtsu have repeatedly turned to the municipality with requests.
“We will continue our activities here in Virtsu on the basis of volunteering and, most importantly, we will keep the community center in operation,” said Triin Raave, manager of the Virtsu community center, who was on the job for the last day on Tuesday. “We organized more than 50 events in Virtsu during the last year. In addition, we have circles, children’s workshops and the plan is to open more activities for young people,” added Raave.
According to him, they are fully open to cooperation with the director of the Lääneranna cultural and youth center. “We hope that the NGO formed by the community will be included as an equal partner in the development and organization of the cultural life of the municipality, and that the people of Virtsu will not be left out,” said Raave.
Virtsu is the second largest settlement in Lääneranna municipality, with great seaside potential. Unfortunately, during the last year, the rest of Virtsu has been without a primary school, i.e. fifth to ninth grade, even though it was the second largest school in the municipality. About 10 percent of the municipality’s residents and children live in Virtus. Neglecting such a large number of children and residents in this way is malicious, according to the locals.
To mark the closing, a big concert will be organized on Tuesday, in conjunction with International Music Day.
2024-10-01 07:45:34
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