Our cooperation with Latgale coordinator Astrida started thanks to the power of thought. We were planning on returning even before we heard of this remigration campaign. We intended to return to Latvia because of our child, because we wanted to bring him up in a Latvian environment, we wanted him to have close bonds with relatives and our own hearts longed for the loved ones left in our homeland.
One day I mentioned to my husband that I had read about the remigration campaign and asked whether we should contact the coordinator for our region – it wouldn’t hurt to ask! While we were considering this, Astrida got in touch with us first! So, we started communicating regularly. She gave us advice about the available aid and the necessary contact information. If you asked me whether the coordinators are necessary, I’d definitely say yes! What we gain from this depends on the municipality. But in order to know what you can ask the municipality, how to do it better, where and who to ask – it was to these questions the coordinator provided us with the answers and information. And it encouraged us, which is no less important. Thank you, Astrida, for contacting us! We really encourage municipalities to be more involved in this campaign!