If you didn’t realize yet: our project Magic Hands consist of two parts. Currently, we are in Plemetina, Kosovo, where we are documenting handicrafts of Roma women, but a month ago, another group of volunteers explored a different world. We spent two weeks in Tavankut, in Vojvodina, with the community of Bunjevci. We had the…
After an exciting and intensive first week in Plemetina, we went to explore city life in Kosovo 🙂 Luckily, in Prizren currently Dokufest is taking place, an international documentary film festival. This year’s topic: Migration. Between movies we spent time with eating Burek and strolling through the wonderful old town. Another highlight was the excursion…
We came to Plemetina with a very ambitious and big goal in mind: to share everything we learn in a book. In this book we will collect the tutorials of the handicraft, as well as stories about what we learn about Plemetina and its inhabitants. In an attempt to contribute to mutual understanding and peacebuilding,…
“Who are we?” Under this slogan the first workshop with youth from Plemetina and international Magic Hands volunteers took place. Thanks to hospitality of the local organisation Roma Road we could all meet and, by easy games that involve writing, drawing and talking, everyone got to know each other. Successfully, as you will see. The message…
Today we had the first day of workshop. We met our teachers, Mamudija and Mira and the girls who will help them already yesterday, but today we got into action. Women are teaching us how to make art out of glass beads. Mamudja started doing this crafts about 7 years ago when her sister in…
Our volunteers arrived to Plemetina! Time to start the second* part of the project “Magic Hands”! The first day of the workcamp has just passed and brought a lot of excitement. Before we start our workshops with Roma women and learn the traditional handcrafts they do, before we begin to work on the book and…
Call for participants Climate camp for young people from Kosovo will be organized from 3rd till 6th of September in Bajgora, near Mitrovica. If you are: young and living in Kosovo highly interested in climate justice and activism willing to get more involved in climate justice activities after the camp coming from an impacted community…
GAIA SCI KOSOVO calls for youth to join summer workcamp projects abroad. Each year thousands of volunteers join international voluntary workcamps which are being organized on all continents. The idea of international voluntary workcamps started right after the World War I, in 1920, when volunteers from ‘’enemy countries’’ joined forces in reconstruction of destroyed…
Service Civil International – GAIA Kosovo CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS Regional re:ACTION Prishtina & Plemetina 15th – 24th of April 2015 “Every chapter of history presents its own challenges. The biggest challenge of today´s world is climate change: a growing threat to peace, non-violence and human rights.” 15 young people from Southern Europe will gather in…
in the frame of SCI’s international “Create a Climate for Peace campaign” SCI Germany and SAVA working group warmly invites SCI volunteers to apply for the Climate Change & Sustainability Training, Berlin, 23 – 31st May 2015 Altogether we invite 18 participants from Germany & SEE. The training will be led by an experienced international…