Assistance to flooded farmers

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…

One year of Caritas work in helping the people from the flooded areas

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 after the floods – Educational DRR activities in schools

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….

Presentation of the “Disaster risk reduction project” in Jabucje

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“,…

Disaster risk reduction project

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…

Lunch with the homeless in the parish of Christ the King in Belgrade

On 15th of April in the rooms of the parish Christ the King in Belgrade was organized a lunch with the homeless. This event was prepared by the parish volunteers and the parish priest Rev. Andrej Đuriček, with the support of Caritas of Belgrade Archdiocese. The Archbishop Msgr. Stanislav Hocevar…

First conference of the Network of Associations for Mental Health

As a result of work on the projekt „PRO.ME.NE – Promotion of mental health network“, which is implemented by Caritas Serbia, in the EU program of Support to the civil society, on the 17th and 18th of March in the Palace Hotel in Belgrade was held the First conference of…

Distribution of household electric appliances and furniture vouchers

Within the Rehabilitation project of helping the flooded households Caritas has distributed 932 household electric appliances and vouchers for the purchase of furniture for 376 families, in the value of 60.000 dinars per voucher. With the distribution of household electric appliances and furniture vouchers, by the end of February 2015, Caritas…

“Emprovement of mental health and prevention of mental disorders through education of students and professors of secondary schools“

It’s a great number of factors which contribute to the creation of different psychical problems – stress, different traumas, inadequate living conditions, genetic influence… The statistics show that every fourth person suffers from some kind of mental health problems once in a lifetime and if we take into account also the “milder“ conditions,…

Project „Developing ecological and civil awareness of the youth in Serbia“

Caritas of Belgrade Archdiocese and Caritas Slovenia started the implementation of the project „Developing ecological and civil awareness of the youth in Serbia“, with the help of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia. The project has been planned in two parts. The first is directed to the problem of the…