Letter to Friends, March 2024

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, dear friends,we greet you warmly from Kosovo with our first letter to our friend this year. The “political situation” Although the political situation between Serbia and Kosovo is not relaxed at the moment, it is not as tense as it was after the terrorist attack in September. We have learned to live with the conflicts and tensions, but many of our…

Long-term mobility as part of the V2V project

In the period from 19.9.2022. until 13.12.2022. students Diana Rudi and Blearta Thaqi stayed in Čakovec on long-term mobility as part of the VET2VET project. The students completed courses for the profession of hairdressers and tailors at Diakonie Training Center, which is a twinning partner of the Čakovec School in the project of the same name. Diana did an internship at Simple hair salons in Čakovec and Evita…

Short term Mobility as part of the V2V project

Mobility of students from Kosovo at the Gospodarska Skola, Cakovec Since 8th of May until the 7th of June 2022 as part of the project V2V – Capacity Building in Western Balkans. Cakovec School hosted four students Floriana Latifaj,Amra Prekazi,Ilirjana Prekadini, Nora Morina accompanied by teachers Bahrija Lushta and Drita Januzi from Diakonia Training Center. Students participated in training for two professions: tailor and hairdresser, and they…

Donation from Adler Management Berlin/Germany

The managing director of the Adler Management Agency (AM), from Brandenburg, Mr. Marco Bünger, has been visiting us with business partners for several years.AM places trainees and nursing specialists in hospitals in Berlin and Brandenburg. Mr. Bünger is a friend and supporter of our work. For each trainee he gives €300 from the placement bonus to Diakonie Kosova to support our work. So we got…

Evaluator from Bread for the World ( BFDW )

Bread for the world is supporting Diakonie Training Center and his vocational training since 2013. From the help and support of protestant organization we can run trainings and qualify female and male students in hairdressing, heating installation, electrician, water installation, dry construction and tailoring. After three years of the ongoing project one evaluator from Germany Ms. Ann Christin Berger came to evaluate the project. She…

KFOR Soldiers – Cooking

Kfor – Male and Female soldiers get to know Kosovar cuisine. On Monday (04.12.2023) German Soldiers from the Kosovo Force (KFOR), came to our kitchen to cook traditional food. They learned to prepare byrek. There were onions and spinach to cut, dough and the filling to prepare. They all learned amazingly quickly. There was a lot of laughter and at the end we ate together.