Education Serbia Project #14610

Give refugee children in Serbia hope for education

by Pomoc deci

Project Report | Feb 8, 2024
By giving others, we are showing who we are

By Pomoc deci | Pomoc deci

Dear Friends,

Hope you are doing fine and that 2024 started great for you and your loved ones!

We hope that this year will bring a lot of happiness to all of us, and of course, for all children, who are going to be the biggest force we will have in the future.

As they grow, we are getting older, and hopefully wiser.

While we are struggling to do our everyday errands, some are in a more specific situation.

According to the UNHCR Mid-Year Trends report, at the moment there are 30,866 refugees and people in refugee like situations and 209,796 internally displaced persons in Serbia.

What will happen to them, living lives without many bright moments and doing it for years?

Some of those children we help during the years that they are growing up. On that journey, you are our strong backbone.

By giving others, we are showing who we are and what kind of world we are hoping for.

By giving to those who don`t have enough to survive without our support, we are changing the outcome of their lives.

By giving to children, you are making a future for them, empowering them to be a vital part of the society they are living in.

Let`s hope that this year we can help more children than before. We are aware that we cannot help all of them, but we hope that most of them will feel the empathy of the world that treats them harshly.

With your help, everything is possible.

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Oct 16, 2023
Bad News from Kristina

By Ljiljana Vasic | Pomoc deci

Kristina's parents came to Raca, near Kragujevac, in 1999 from Kosovo and Metohija, from the village of Istok, near Pec. Seven years later, she was born. After finishing elementary school, Kristina goes to secondary school in Belgrade.

Two years ago, in 2021, she enrolled in the first grade of the Secondary Technical PTT School in Belgrade. Parents, older sister and younger brother remained living in Raca. Her first year in high school was difficult: she switched to more serious studies and responsibilities, but more importantly, she was separated from her family, so moving to a big city was difficult for her.

Kristina is diligent and recently successfully entered the third grade of high school.

When we called her a month ago, she did not answer. It was strange for this girl, who is always in charge. Time passed, but still no word from her. Until she called one rainy afternoon to tell us she had been released from the hospital.

She told us she had been sick a month ago and things were getting worse. Now she takes medicine and antibiotics. She seems to be better, but she is still waiting for the results of the samples that were taken from her. It is not known whether the problem is the bile, the esophagus or the stomach. Her struggle has been going on for a month, and it was more difficult for her in the hospital than now at home. She does not know when she will return to school and regular life, classes, socializing, the life her peers live.

Every year, Christina receives a scholarship from us, which we can provide thanks to your kind hearts and the donations you contribute to our project: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/support-displaced-children-education-in-serbia/

Now we'll have to cover Christina's treatment and hope for the best, for her health and for her.

Kristina`s sister is a student at the Faculty of Mathematics, her brother is in elementary school, and her parents do not have a job. They live on her father's disability pension, which is very small, and children`s allowance which cannot cover even the food for five persons.

Now is the time to help Christina with her biggest battle so far, to get well soon and continue her school days without worry. When we collectively direct our desire and resources where they are most needed, miracles happen. And every child's life is a miracle!

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Jun 22, 2023
Highschool diploma - just on a World Refugee Day

By Ljiljana Vasic | Director

Milena with her diploma

Dear friends,

Hope this letter finds you well. We wish you a happy summer, that just started!

One day before the beginning of the summer, on 20 June, World Refugee Day was marked across the globe.

On the same day, Pomoc deci was celebrating a big success that Milena made us proud of. And now I would like to share it with you, since all of it would not be possible without your generosity.

Over the years, thanks to your support and empathy, we have been able to provide hot meals, school supplies and educational scholarships to over 100 children and youth.

Milena just turned 18. She spent the last four years in a student dormitory. That was the place she could afford and it was directly thanks to you.

Milena`s family arrived to the village near Smederevska Palanka city in 1999, during the bombing. She wanted to be a geometer and to study for four years in Geodetic Technical School in Belgrade. From one point of view, it was a great idea to choose such an interesting profession, needed more and more every day, but from the other hand, it was an idea that was impossible to support by her parents, still just refugees in Serbia. With a sister in a university, mother working as a hygienist, and a father with a sessional job, Milena`s future was at stake.

But then, same as for Milena`s sister, Pomoc deci realized that together with all of you, we can make it happen. With a scholarship that she was receiving all four years, she could live in Belgrade, buy herself food and other essentials, and to study without fear that she could be left on her own.

And yesterday, it happened! Beautiful and diligent Milena sent us her photo with a diploma in her hands! The proud of her face was everything to us. We are sharing it with you, so you can see how valuable your donations were to someone who is just starting her life as an adult, but an educated adult, standing firmly on her feet.

Without your help over the years, Milena and many other modest kids would not have been able to continue their education. Donations from our friends, supporters, and members are the glue that holds our campaign together. We cannot do it without you.

Unfortunately, we are ending this school year with a lack of scholarships for the next year starting in September, and hopefully in September we are going to write to you that all is fine, and that all refugee children in Serbia can continue their education. You will be the first to know, because you are the one that can help us achieve this goal – support youth from underprivileged groups to educate themselves and fulfil their potential in life.

Thank you for helping us help them!

With Gratitude,

Yours, sincerely,

Pomoc deci team

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