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Project title: Purchase of mechanical floating devices, bicycles and equipment to diversify leisure time spending options for the inhabitants of Kazdanga. Aim: Diversify leisure time spending options for the inhabitants of Kazdanga and nearby places, as well as guests, promote active recreation, demonstrate beauty of the dendrologic park of Kazdanga, diversity of trees and plants. Implementer of the project: Society KODOLS, reg. No. 40008114283 Address: 1 Ķiršu gatve, Kazdanga, Rural Territory of Aizpute, LV-3457 Contacts: Account Manager: I. Tīmane, phone: 29865154; e-mail: [email protected] Chairperson of the Board: M. Purviņa, phone: 26424505; e-mail: [email protected] Total costs of the project: EUR 72431.49 Public funding: EUR 17851.92 About the submitter of the project in a nutshell: Society KODOLS was founded on 2007. 26 members operate in the Society. Aims of the society is to promote development of education, entrepreneurship, tourism, culture, sports and development of various interests groups in the rural municipality of Kazdanga. Joint works for tidying up of the surroundings have been organised – in 2014 Society organised cutting of the grass in the lake. Small groups of Nordic Walking, yoga, needlework are organised. Older members of the Society have founded a singing ensemble of retired persons. Young people organise sports games and as voluntaries participate in the events organised by the rural municipality. Society organises regular gatherings to discuss wishes and needs of the inhabitants of Kazdanga and nearby territories and search for the possibilities to put them into practice. In total the Society have implemented 19 projects supported by different funds. Project description: In 2014, 13 bicycles were purchased within the frameworks of the project (two of them tandems) with equipment and three catamarans with 12 life-saving vests. It is a wonderful addition to the bicycle routes and places of recreation established in Kazdanga in 2013 within the frameworks of the LEADER Fishery Fund. People show a lot of responsiveness. The implemented project is a valuable investment for the inhabitants, pupils and guests of Kazdanga as it secures activities for several days in a row. Bicycles of the society and catamarans are used in the artists’ plein airs, camps of pupils, new scouts, dancers and singers, as well as people learn about the trees of the park and plants of the lake, active recreation is promoted in various ways. 47