Caritas Serbia’s team in Presevo has gained new members – refugees who are volunteering with us, distributing food, translating and looking after the needs of others. They are part of the group of 680 refugees, who are staying permanently in Presevo, since the Balkan route has been officially closed. One of…

For heavy rainfalls and spillages of watercourses in three cities and 14 municipalities of Serbia an emergency situation has been declared on the national level. For now 710 households have been flooded, while 171 persons have been evacuated. In 24 hours around 30 liters of rain per square meter has…

Thanks to the help provided by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in total 200.000 euros) and Caritas Germany, from 1st of September to 31st of December Caritas Serbia was able to provide support to refugees that are passing through our country, trying to ease their burden on the difficult…

In 2015 Caritas was active in providing support to the refugees that are passing through Serbia, hoping for a better life in the Western Europe. With the support of Caritas Luxembourg in August Caritas started providing food packs for the refugees, at the Reception center Presevo.               From the…

The German ambasador to Serbia Mr. Axel Dittmann visited the refugee center in Kanjiza, as well as the old brick factory in Subotica – informal refugee center, together with the representatvies of Caritas Serbia and Diocesan Caritas Subotica, who are providing support to refugees there. The German Ministry of Foreign…

With the beginning of spring Caritas started implementing the program of assistance to farmers, whose households have been damaged in the last years floods and who couldn’t renew their production since then. This program has been implemented in the following municipalities: Sabac, Krupanj, Lajkovac, Valjevo and Obrenovac. During the past months 1500 households received packages…

On Saturday 27th of June in Sabac Caritas organized a meeting of all the volunteers and staff members who worked in helping the people affected by floods in Serbia in the past year. Right from the first days of the floods Caritas was present on the field, providing assistance to…

One year has already passed since the disastrous floods that have striken our country and caused great damage. The causes of the disaster, like heavy rains and overflowing of river beds have deteriorated with the an inadequate preparation for these kind of situation and by human negligence towards the environment….

In the elementary school “Dimitrije Tucovic“ in Jabucje on 30th of April was held the first presentation for teachers within the Disaster risk reduction project. The coordinators of the project Jelena Ankic and Marina Sokic have presented to the teachers of this school the handbook for children “Let’s get ready with Herman“,…

Starting  from March 2015 till the end of year Caritas Serbia is implementing the Disaster risk reduction project, through the education of children and the work with the representatives of local communities. In this project will be organized workshops for teachers, during which the representatives of Caritas will present the handbook…