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Creative activities for children in Bujanovac Reception Center

One of the Caritas activities visited by a large number of children housed in Bujanovac Reception Center is the “Artistic corner”. Within this workshop, children have the opportunity to develop their creative spirit by making various figures and decorations of plastic, cardboard and color paper. In addition to this workshop…

Support to refugee children who attend school in Presevo

For the duration of the school year, the Caritas team of psycho-social support, who is active at the Presevo ​​refugee center, focused part of their activities on the refugee children who attended the regular school. Caritas was one of the organizations that participated in accompanying children to school, as well…

Study visit to Milan – Italy

In the framework of the project SOCIETIES a study visit to Milan – Italy has been organised from the 21st to the 25th of May. During the visit the participants had a chance to see the functioning of a system of social welfare, based on community services and social enterprises….

Planting action with the first graders in Valjevo

On Friday May 4th 2018 – International firefighter’s day, in cooperation with the First elementary school from Valjevo and Caritas Valjevo, Caritas Serbia organized a workshop about disaster risk reduction in the park Pećina in Valjevo for 30 first graders. The park is located on a small landslide, which was…

How to fight against stress? A training for operators in the refugee centers in Serbia

On Friday 4th of May 2018, in the premises of the Regional Centre for Professional Development in Nis – Serbia, the training named “Prevention against burn-out syndrome of professionals in social protection“ was held. The training gathered staff members of Caritas Belgrade Archbishopric and Caritas Srem, involved in direct assistance…

REGIONAL CARITAS CO-OPERATION IN THE LIGHT OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

The commonwealth and the responsibility of all national Caritas organization through project SOCIETIES contributes to quality project implementation. On 27th of April 2018 Caritas Serbia organized a project management meeting of the SOCIETIES project – Support Of CSOs In Empowering Technical skills, Inclusion of people with disabilities and EU standards…

“Psycho-social artwork“ exhibition opened in Valjevo

One of the techniques of psycho-social support, provided to the refugees in the Asylum center Bogovadja is the “Psycho-social artwork“. Through vivid colors of collage paper, newspapers, crayons and markers, it’s possible to notice difficult experiences of war, the journey to Europe, memories of homeland, family, but also desires and…

Peace football cup held in Belgrade

On Saturday 14th of April, only a few hours after the derby between Red Star and Partizan in Belgrade and just a few kilometers away, “Peace Football Cup“ was held, organized by Refugee Aid Serbia and the Consortium, created by the organizations Care, Caritas Serbia, Oxfam and Red Cross. The…

Family reunification – from Syria to Germany through Belgrade

During 2016 then 10 year old Yazan Irwani fled from Syria to Germany, where his older brother arrived a few months before him. After two years, in March 2018, the brothers received the approval of family reunification from the German authorities, so that their father, mother, brother and sister, who…

Creative workshops for women in the Asylum center Krnjaca – Belgrade

Caritas of Belgrade Archdiocese continues organising occupational activities for women in the Asylum centre Krnjaca – Belgrade. Numerous women are gladly participating to the knitting workshops and thanks to the skills learned from their grandmothers and mothers, but also from other women who participate, they make for children and for…