Diakonie Kosova and the German Embassy invites you to join our German Christmas Market, where we will have Glüchwein, waffles, Christmas cookies, gifts, music and much more. The event will be on December 7th 2019 starting from 14:00 to 18:00 at Diakonie Kosova grounds (Str. Andrea Alleshi, Mitrovica). We would be honored to have you there with us! Diakonie Kosova dhe Ambasada Gjermane ju ftojnë…
We had the honor of having the visit recently by Bavarian State Office for Asylum and Return, in which they saw up close the activities we have in Diakonie, and the work we do in the project we cooperate at, Counseling for Return and Reintegration. They were very pleased by our work, seeing the trainings we have, and visiting the city of Mitrovica, South and…
Eurodiaconia is a European network of churches and Christian NGOs providing social and healthcare services and advocating social justice with headquarter in Brussels. As member of this network we had the opportunity to host Mr. Florian Tuder, who is responsible for Funding, Youth, Research and Practice in Eurodiaconia, in our center. He had the opportunity to see our projects like the Diakonie Training Center (DTC), the…
Unfortunately, in Kosovo we have a big exception of minorities from society. The difficulty of finding a job is very high. Currently we can say that we have a Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian unemployed rate over 90%. While visiting a family in the Romadistrict in Mitrovica, an elderly man, father of several children, asked for a tricycle to collect plastic bottles. With the donations of…
Recently, the Head of Department of Diakonie Österreich/Bread for the World, Mrs. Nina Hechenberger and her colleague, Mrs. Stefanie Eichhorn visited us. We were very happy about this first visit and are planning to cooperate together. They have been touched by the difficult situation of people with disabilities in the country and have expressed their interest in cooperating with our farm to help these category…
Recently we had a visit from the regional church councilor Raphael Nikodemus (Rheinische Landeskirche) and Ulrich Christenn from the Diakonisches Werk Rhein-Westfalen-Lippe, who is responsible for the humanitarian organization “Hilfe für Osteuropa” – “Help for Easteurope”. The Rheinische Landeskirche has supported our work for years with several projects and collections. We are thankful to them and their community for supporting us!
The third training for food processing was completed on 25.04.2019. For the second time, the Swiss Ambassador, Mr. Jean-Hubert Lebet and other members of the Embassy were on the examination board. Our students had the great chance to present their gained knowledge during the 5 month training. They prepared test dishes like soups, salads, main courses and various desserts. The dishes were good to very…
On Monday the 17. June we had a visit from the AWO Nürnberg project in Prishtina. The Head of Department, Mrs. Martina Sommer and Project coordinator of the Kosovo office Mr. Nezir Kolgeci came to see our work in our farm/workings place for people with disabilities. They have seen the chicken and goat stables, the kitchen were we produce our cheese and then drunk a…
Diakonie Youth Center was a part of the Youth Exchange in Torre Pellice, Italy for the Erasmus+ funded project with the topic of Inter-religious dialogue. This project was very successful, the youngsters gained knowledge on religions by gaining tolerance, and besides that they had an opportunity to meet other youngsters from Italy, Estonia and Ukraine.
All dresses have been designed, made and presented by the students of our tailoring classes.
