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Ghetto is not an easy word, and Raimonds Elbakjans a.k.a. Ghetto Daddy has his own uneasy and complicated background to tell you about.
Raimonds' relentless passion to bring hope and energy to his neighborhood Grīziņkalns, has given this word now a ring of power and style.
Ghetto Games, one of Raimonds Elbakjans' central projects, is now a youth sports movement that spreads far beyond its humble roots in a degraded district, and Raimonds has no intention to stop at that.
He knows there are too many demotivated, meandering young people that can be given hope and direction, by setting example and showing that their involvement matters.
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