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MOT (charity)

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MOT's life skills concept has five programmes which are offered to schools and municipalities on four continents – Europe, Africa, Asia and America.

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MOT
Formation1994 in Norway
TypeNon-governmental and non-profit national organizations - independent both religiously and politically
PurposeHumanitarian movement preventing social problems as exclusion, bullying, violence, substance use, crime, and mental problems
Region
Norway, South Africa, Denmark, Thailand, Latvia, Minnesota
ProductsOne life skills concept, three values, and five MOT programmes in schools and communities
MethodsPromote youth's robustness and quality of life, and safe class environments where all are included
MOT
InventorAtle Vårvik
Inception13 April 1994
Websitehttp://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 – the 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, and Latvia.

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Evaluations show that MOT prevents and protects against the most negative outcomes of the youth's time. There is less bullying, fewer youths without one single friend, fewer mental health problems, and substance use disorders in MOT schools.[citation needed]

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