MTÜ Rabarada (est. 2020) is non-governmental non-profit private educational organization located in Pärnamäe, ESTONIA (near capital Tallinn).

Objectives of MTÜ Rabarada are to foster and promote: STEM and environmental education for youth and adults; entrepreneurial mindset and sustainable, socially responsible and environmentally friendly entrepreneurship practices for youth and adults; healthy lifestyle, e.g sport and eating habits; local heritage, both tangible and intangible; collaboration with local communities, and support local initiatives for responsible citizenship.

To achieve it MTÜ Rabarada organizes walking tours and programs for schools and companies; initiates projects on local, national and international levels, applies for Erasmus+ grants, national Education Funds etc; provides educational programs and courses on-demand.

News

PARTICIPANTS FOUND! ERASMUS+ KA152_2022 "Press Alt for Tourism" training course in Busot, SPAIN is looking for participants from Estonia pilt
PARTICIPANTS FOUND! ERASMUS+ KA152_2022 "Press Alt for Tourism" training course in Busot, SPAIN is looking for participants from Estonia

Erasmus+ youth training course "Press Alt for Tourism: The Youth’s contribution to alternative tourism in the EU " in Busot, SPAIN will take place from 25th of April – 2nd of May 2023. Busot is a village located in Province of Alicante. 8-days youth training program is created to promote alter...

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Final transnational project meeting of the project “United colors of young European businessmen” in Madeira, Portugal, 18th January – 20th January 2023 pilt
Final transnational project meeting of the project “United colors of young European businessmen” in Madeira, Portugal, 18th January – 20th January 2023

Madeira – a sub-tropical volcanic island 500 kilometers off the coast of Morocco and settled long ago by Portuguese explorers – was the final destination of our project “United Colors of Young European Businessmen”(2020-1-ESO1-KA227-SCH-095202). Two main business activities of islanders are touris...

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Erasmus+ KA227 project "UCYEB" in Tallinn, 5.-9. of December 2022 pilt
Erasmus+ KA227 project "UCYEB" in Tallinn, 5.-9. of December 2022

Imagine that you live on a Caribbean Island, let us say for instance St. Maarten, or 4862 km to the east on another island, Madeira. For most of your life, you have been enjoying warm temperatures and sunshine. Well, it is also true that a hurricane from time to time might change the routine. And on...

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Projects

ERASMUS+ KA152_2022 "Press Alt for Tourism" training course in Busot, Spain pilt
ERASMUS+ KA152_2022 "Press Alt for Tourism" training course in Busot, Spain

Training course for youth will take place in Busot, Spain in April 2023. About the project. “Press Alt for Tourism: The Youth’s contribution to alternative tourism in the EU” will involve 35 participants from 7 different countries: Spain, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Netherlands, Hungary, and Estonia...

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ERASMUS+ KA105_2022 youth mobility project “Green yourself” in Florence, ITALY approved! pilt
ERASMUS+ KA105_2022 youth mobility project “Green yourself” in Florence, ITALY approved!

Youth exchange will take place 1st–7th of October, 2022 in Florence, Italy. OBJECTIVES OF OUR PROJECT Young people are usually more aware and ready to act but may feel disoriented and without practical guidance. Our project "Green Yourself" aims to reduce this distance by increasing awareness an...

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ERASMUS+ KA152_2021 youth exchange project “Eat green, behave clean, and build the dream” pilt
ERASMUS+ KA152_2021 youth exchange project “Eat green, behave clean, and build the dream”

Youth exchange will take place in May, 2022 in Belluno, Italy. Objectives of the project. Food lies at the heart of our lives. It is vital for our survival, and links us to our natural and social environment in a unique way. But our food system is unsustainable. Food insecurity and sustainability...

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About us

Rabarada's founder Heli

HELI ILLIPE (1974) is the senior manager of NGO Rabarada. She has been Erasmus+ projects’ manager at gymnasium since 2014, has initiated, written and managed KA101 (school staff mobility) projects and KA229 (strategic partnership projects for schools only) projects. Currently coordinating projects for school staff mobility and KA229 project “We start up” with 5 partners and topic on entrepreneurship skills and startups ecosystems in Estonia for high school students. Heli is working as a biology teacher since 2012 and has been active in environmental and STEM education initiatives. She also has a training in entrepreneurship education for schools and is an entrepreneurial education coordinator. She is a board member of the Association of Estonia Biology Educators and active member of Estonian Science Teachers’ Union, contributing as project writer, communication officer and photographer. Heli is volunteering in local community promoting healthy and sustainable lifestyle and love for nature. She is an author of 9 children books and the founder of the publishing company to promote science fiction in Estonia. Heli is fluent in English and Russian languages.

Rabarada's co-founder Berit

BERIT JUHKAM (1996) is the communications manager of NGO Rabarada and finished her master's studies in food technology at the University of Life Sciences in 2022. Her daily job is in a biotechnology laboratory in Tartu. Berit has participated in many Erasmus+ projects, being both a participant and a group leader, and has also hosted international students. Berit is very creative - she has published two young adult fantasy books and in her free time she likes to write songs, sing and play the guitar. Berit is a great communicator and a real life of the party, with whom it’s always a thrill to go hiking or traveling to more distant places. She also likes going to the gym and swimming at any possible moment. She takes interest in anything nutrition- or cooking-related and is committed to promoting delicious and healthy home cooking. Berit is fluent in English and has also studied German.