Children always were and remain main group in a society because they are its future. Thus their proper education is a main issue and concern to all governments. However, understanding about the proper education and means to achieve it varies greatly both among different cultures and across generations. In Lithuania, after the restoration of independence, ideas about various organizations, communities and collective actions become extremely unpopular and were considered outdated. The stress on individuality was put forward resulting in children’s inability to work as a team members, lack of wish and experience in a team-work and adequate values for it. Finally, they do not care about the others - their opinion, culture, individuality, etc. There are a lot of youth organizations in Lithuania that deal with children’s extra-curricular education. Their membership rates vary from a few hundred to several thousand members. The largest organization in Lithuania is Lithuanian riflemen organization, that unifies near 6000 young people. However, the activities of these organizations cover just a small number school age children. There are over 400,000 children in Lithuania from the age of 7 to 16 years old. Therefore, organizations need to improve their activities and enhance their effectiveness in order to achieve higher participation rates. It is these issues that this paper deals with. Aim of the research: to ascertain theoretical assumptions underlying enhancement of public... [to full text]