Education Kosovo Project #43811

A new centre for new opportunities

by The Ideas Partnership

Project Report | Dec 27, 2022
The long -wait day has come

By Almedina Ajvazi | Private Donor Co- ordinator

Reading Club activity

After 557 days since the beginning of the work for the educational center of the Azure communities in Fushe Kosova, it has finally been opened, although not completely, let's say half way there. All this was possible thanks to the help of local and international donors, foreign embassies and NGOs. A total of 224 individuals, companies, donor, foundations have donated and all these donors have enabled the dream of more than 300 children, young women, who will follow the activities offered by the Azure learning center, to come true.

December 19th was a very special day for all the staff of The Ideas Partnership but also for all those who will benefit from this learning center because their dream has become a reality from this center of hope for children and their families. For Hysni, who is the first worker in the organization, this was just a dream come true. He turned to Elizabeth who is the co-founder of the organization and said "Have you ever thought that after 11 years of work we will sit in the new center and we will welcome visitors in a center that is only ours, without worrying about rent or other things".

Meanwhile, for Xhevahire, who is a regular participant in the activity of the reading club, this new center is very important for her. She said "Now that we are in the new center and we will keep the activity here, it will stimulate us even more to come and read different books together with my peers."

On this day of joy for all of us, we also had friends and colleagues who came and visited us and saw closely the activities that were being held starting from kindergarten, parenting classes, health classes, reading club and young leaders as well as the spaces of the new center and saw that thanks to their donations this miracle could happen.

The visitors were from the most diverse, starting from the Ambassador of the Netherlands Carin Lobbezoo, the Ambassador of England in Kosovo Nicolas Abbott, various representatives of institutions from the central and local level, representatives of various organizations and other individuals and representatives who expressed interest in cooperating with us in the future.

Despite the fact that the new Azure learning center is open we still need a lot of work because only the first floor is functional and we still need tools to finalize the complete works on the second floor.

We wish very much that there will be people interested in donating for the completion of the works on the second floor, as they have donated so far for me to finalize these works, while all those who have donated so far are all the beneficiaries and we are very grateful and thankful.

With love,

THE IDEAS PARTNERSHIP

TIP staff from all centers

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Sep 30, 2022
Azure Center - By the community, for the community

By Almedina Ajvazi | Private Donor Co- ordinator

Community workers building the new center Azure

More than 480 days have passed since the first works began at the Azure Center and great progress has been made. During the past months, 10 workers from these communities had the opportunity to be employed for the completion of the work.

With your donations, other companies have come to install the water, electricity and central heating pipes, and the flooring has been laid. We are so excited to be planning our move to the Centre at the beginning of November, the fulfilling of a dream

All the staff members are very happy when we go to the centre and see some new changes. For Sami, who works in the centre as the extracurricular activity leader but is also a beneficiary of our bursary programme, the new centre is very important. He says, "The development of extracurricular activities will be easier and the working environment will be better. There will be a new energy for us workers as well as for the children. We are looking forward to moving and carrying out our work and activities in a more stimulating and creative environment”.

The Azure centre will not only be a place of hope for all those children, young men and women, mothers and fathers, but it will also be a place where they will dream and achieve their own and their parents' dreams.

Gzimi, who attends our daily kindergarten, says, "I’m happy to be going to the new centre soon because there is more roomto play with my friends there."

This Sunday, September 25, young men and women, staff members and volunteers from the community participated in the Prishtina Marathon to raise funds so that the works for the new centre can be completed as soon as possible.

The joy and enthusiasm with which all these participants ran was a taster of the feelings they’ll have when the doors of the Azure centre are opened.

Not long now! We thank you for enabling us to reach this beautiful and important moment for all of us.

With love,

THE IDEAS PARTNERSHIP

Marathon Day

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Jun 6, 2022
Blue sky ahead at our new centre

By Vahide Spanca | Private Donor Co-ordinator

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