{"id":808,"date":"2017-11-20T15:11:07","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T15:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/?page_id=808"},"modified":"2018-04-02T09:56:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T09:56:33","slug":"santa-survilla","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/el\/santa-survilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Survila"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1177 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Santa-Survila-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1823 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Santa-Survila-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Santa-Survila-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Santa-Survila-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Santa-Survila-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Santa-Survila-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Santa-Survila.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><div class=\"otw-sc-tabs ui-tabs ui-widget ui-widget-content ui-corner-all\"><ul class=\"ui-tabs-nav ui-helper-reset ui-helper-clearfix ui-widget-header ui-corner-all\"><li><span class=\"tab-title\">Santa Survila<\/span><\/li><li class=\"ui-state-default ui-corner-top\"><a href=\"#tabs-1\"><i class=\"general foundicon-smiley\"> <\/i>About Me<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ui-state-default ui-corner-top\"><a href=\"#tabs-2\"><i class=\"general foundicon-star\"> <\/i>My Background<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ui-state-default ui-corner-top\"><a href=\"#tabs-3\"><i class=\"general foundicon-plus\"> <\/i>My Experience<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ui-state-default ui-corner-top\"><a href=\"#tabs-4\"><i class=\"general foundicon-tools\"> <\/i>My Skills<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ui-state-default ui-corner-top\"><a href=\"#tabs-5\"><i class=\"general foundicon-star\"> <\/i>Hints &amp; Tips<\/a><\/li><\/ul><div id=\"tabs-1\" class=\"ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom\"><p><b>Name Surname: <\/b>Santa Survila<br \/><br \/>\n<b>Country:<\/b> Latvia<br \/><br \/>\n<b>City:<\/b> Riga<br \/><br \/>\n<b>Nationality:<\/b> Latvian<br \/><br \/>\n<b>Background: <\/b>Master's degree from University of Latvia in Finance trading, currently studying Human Resource Management in State's Social Integration Agency.<br \/><br \/>\n<b>Sector:<\/b> Non-governmental or Third sector<br \/><br \/>\n<b>Position: <\/b>Volunteer worker, project and events manager.<\/p><br \/>\n<p><iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_KgGZp_4Cqw' width='560' height='315' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen'><\/iframe><\/p><br \/>\n<p>Due to a genetic disease called muscular dystrophy or myopathy Santa is in a wheelchair, but it has not been an obstacle for her to be a socially active woman. Santa works as a project coordinator for an organization called \u201cWings for Wheels\u201d. This organization works for the benefit of people with reduced mobility. In addition to other activities, it organizes camp called \u201cThe Challenge\u201d for people with disabilities. Santa also actively participates in government meetings and discussions in order to protect the interests of people with disabilities. She also works as a representative of the NGOs in the advisory board for disabled people in Riga City Council.<\/p><br \/>\n<p><\/p><\/div><div id=\"tabs-2\" class=\"ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom\"><p><\/p><br \/>\n<p>I have a Master's degree from University of Latvia in Finance trading but currently I'm studying Human Resource Management in State's Social Integration Agency. Even though I have worked regular jobs - I've been a sales woman in an internet shop and I even worked as a guard, volunteer work in various organizations and taking an initiative in spheres where it's lacking describes me the best. I also take an active participation in state's parliament activities and discussion groups by defending interests of people with disabilities. Thanks to my active participation, I\u2019ve become the coordinator of Saeima\u2019s and NGO forum. It includes cooperation with different organizations and Saeima\u2019s chairman, as well as organization of annual conference. During the conference, various problems within society are analysed and through the view of different NGO\u2019s possible solutions are discussed. Later these solutions are discussed and voted upon in Saeima\u2019s sessions in order to improve our legislation.<\/p><br \/>\n<p><\/p><\/div><div id=\"tabs-3\" class=\"ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom\"><p><\/p><br \/>\n<p>One of the biggest obstacles concerning integration of people with disabilities is the lack of information, bureaucracy and person\u2019s unwillingness to improve their life. The biggest support I\u2019ve received from my husband Aleksandrs which is my friend and support. Also, many of my personal characteristics helped me not to give up and always finish what I\u2019ve started. Enterprise, purposefulness and result may be the key words. Initiative \u2018Whings for Wheels\u2019 and these initiative\u2019s director Kaspars Apinis have significantly changed my perception of life \u2013 he encouraged me to go on, always reaching for the best result. This encounter completely changed my life, inducing the interest of questions regarding people with disabilities and giving the possibility to care for those people when they are not able to defend themselves and changing their life for the best. Volunteer work fills my life with purpose, gives me a lot of joy and gratification.<\/p><br \/>\n<p><\/p><\/div><div id=\"tabs-4\" class=\"ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom\"><p>I\u2019m a  much better employee than I am a manager, however, when there are critical situations when there is no one to count on, I can also undertake management. I don\u2019t find myself very creative, rather I like to follow more traditional and systematic paths, but similar as with managing \u2013 if there is a situation, I can also do things in a creative way. I\u2019m good at recognizing and knowing the right methods for my work. I have no problem with communicating new information to others. Thanks to my work\u2019s specifics, I\u2019m able to listen and pay attention to other people problems. I\u2019m good at and I enjoy making collaborations. I\u2019m good at organizing and planning my work, I\u2019m also analytical and systematic. Professional development of people I work with, is really important to me, I\u2019m good at taking advices and appreciating their experience. In my work, ability to listen deeply to people\u2019s stories and taking the most important parts from those stories are crucial, because through this story we can find a way how to help this person. I think that I have developed this skill successfully, by applying it daily in my work.<\/p><\/div><div id=\"tabs-5\" class=\"ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom\"><p>The most important thing is not to be afraid! Start with what you have \u2013 do not wait for the perfect day or coincidence of circumstances, because the perfect day to start doing something, is today!<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1823,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-808","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-country","category-latvia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=808"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2294,"href":"https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/808\/revisions\/2294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/100mirrors-inc.eu\/el\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}