SPEAK Lithuania
VšĮ SPEAK Kaunas, 2021
Lithuania
KTU Startup Space, Martynas Kandzeras
Contacts:
narmin@speakfounder.social
+37068387477
Creating inclusive cities by connecting
migrants, refugees and locals
www.speak.social
2013, October
Arriving to Lithuania
2 month
6 month
1 year
5 million people move to a new city every week
281 million international migrants in the world
43.1K immigrants In Lithuania, 2021
Source: World Migration Report
Source: Oficialiosios statistikos portalas
Language and cultural differences
The Problem:
Social Exclusion
Lacking a support network
Solution:
Connecting
Locals
Breaking the barrier of social isolation in 12 sessions.
Refugees
Migrants
SPEAK allows anyone to learn or share a language and meet new people in their city for free.
www.speak.social
Experience is community based
Learning is
not an end
in itself
Participants are the
changemakers
Uses
technology
for impact
SPEAK differentiators and innovation factors
Business Model
fundings & donations
“pay what you want” model
B2G - municipalities,
government institutions
B2B - universities, organizations, companies
SPEAK
Kaunas
Vilnius
Global community of 23 inclusive cities with more than 55K users from 200 nationalities.
(social-tech startup from Portugal)
Since 2020
SPEAK Lithuania
SPEAK Lithuania started in Kaunas in 2020,
from 2022 March expanded to Vilnius.
17.339 € raised
(sources: B2B, B2C, funding)
750+ users
14 partnerships
incubated at KTU Startup Space, 2021
70+ language groups
Scaling Impact
26.500 €
450 ppl
Agne Gumbyte
Marketing
Mykyta Tsygankov
Accounting & Finance
Narmin Aliyeva
Founder, Project Manager
Soizic Paillo
Community Management
www.speak.social
YOU
?
Let’s Connect!
/in/narminalieva/
narmin@speakfounder.social
Impact-driven Team
@speak.lithuania
Share your world!
Create diverse and inclusive cities in Lithuania
www.speak.social
@speak.lithuania
IN 12 SESSIONS
94%
of members
Improved their knowledge of the language.
92%
of members
Felt more connected
83%
of members
Are likely to keep in touch with their language group.
SPEAK’s
IMPACT
SPEAK impacts people and communities in many levels and externalities are countless.
There are 3 UN Sustainable Development Goals that are clear and solid guiding principles of SPEAK’s strategy and operations.
Annex
Online Spanish Conversational
Online Lithuanian with Russian language
Online Mandarin
Lithuanian International House Vilnius
Lithuanian Basic at Kaunas
Lithuanian at Kaunas Artist’s House
60+ Online & Offline
Language Groups
Museum Trip
Quiz Night
Nowruz Celebration
Nowruz at PARAKAS, Kaunas
Kaunas 2022 Courtyard Festival
Trip to Vytautas the Great War Museum
40+ Events
Community in Lithuania
Dharshan
SPEAK language platform has been a great stepping stone to refugees like me in Pabrade and other cities to learn Lithuanian language. And the platform also provide us with the materials and makes it easy for us to communicate and be educated. Extraordinary skilled friendly buddies not only teach the language but also about culture and the country. SPEAK is platform has already helped many and still helping many to communicate and be a part of the community.
Ina
My acquaintance with SPEAK started when I joined English language group. The important thing for me was not only we learned the language, but we were also able to share information about our country,
The desire to help others who want to learn Lithuanian language came naturally. That's how I became a buddy. It was a new experience for me- to teach, and to do it in English. But as far as I can say, it was worth it. I'm glad I discovered SPEAK.