Kosovo
We first came to Kosovo during the war in 1998-1999 to provide humanitarian aid to refugees and people affected by the war. To support our efforts, we ran the SOS Kosovo appeal in the Czech Republic which aroused great solidarity from the Czech people. From the end of the war, to 2002, we focused on rebuilding schools and health facilities after which we withdrew from the country.
We returned in 2010, to support education, integration, and employment of people with disabilities. In these efforts, we collaborated with local NGOs.
In 2018-2019, we implemented our first cross-border project between Kosovo and Serbia. The project united professors and students of the Universities of Belgrade and Prizren.
From 2020 until now, we have supported citizen participation in planning social services and good governance, and supporting education of the children with disabilities in regular schools.
Today, we support the country's transition towards a circular economy and we cooperate with local CSOs. We also use the OWIS methodology, create teaching materials and educate young people about the region’s history.
