MOT (charity)
MOT's life skills concept has five programmes which are offered to schools and municipalities on four continents – Europe, Africa, Asia and America.
| Motto | Show Courage - to live, care and say no |
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| Formation | 1994 in Norway |
| Type | Non-governmental and non-profit national organizations - independent both religiously and politically |
| Purpose | Humanitarian movement preventing social problems as exclusion, bullying, violence, alcohol and drug abuse, crime and mental problems |
Region | Norway, South Africa, Denmark, Thailand, Latvia, Minnesota |
| Products | One life skills concept, three values and five MOT programmes in schools and communities |
| Methods | Promote youth's robustness and quality of life, and safe class environments where all are included |
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| Inventor | Atle Vårvik |
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| Inception | 13 April 1994 |
| Website | http://www.mot.global |
MOT originates from Norway. The initiative to start MOT was taken by the former Olympians and Norwegian speedskaters Atle Vårvik and Johann Olav Koss after the Olympic Winter Games in 1994. MOT was founded to prevent crime and social society problems.
MOT's life skills concept is founded on the purpose to create a safer society through strengthening youth's robustness, awareness and courage – courage to live, courage to care and courage to say no. The MOT Concept is offered to schools, municipalities and countries on a partnership premise.
MOT is operating in five countries: Norway, South Africa, Denmark, Thailand, Latvia.
Results
Evaluations show that MOT prevents and protects against the most negative outcomes of the youth time. There is less bullying, fewer youth without one single friend, less mental problems and alcohol and drug abuse in MOT schools.
External links
- Official site (Norwegian)