Global Recycling Day (18th of March) brought together and established an effective synergy between Help Mission in Kosovo, the Kosovo Correctional Service Shërbimi Korrektues i Kosovës, and the Municipality of Prishtina Komuna e Prishtinës in the financing, producing, and assembling of garbage bins within the city of Prishtina. The significance and uniqueness of this project lies within the production of the trash bins, as they were produced and welded by the prisoners of the Dubrava Prison where Help previously provided professional training in the field of welding and necessary materials. Help keep your cities clean by everyday actions #ThinkLocalActGlobal#GlobalRecyclingDay
Based on the analysis obtained from the implemented projects, Help presents the figures with the data generated by sectors supported through grants. 📈📉
Bazuar në analizat e marra nga projektet e realizuara, Help paraqet shifrat me të dhënat e ndara sipas sektorëve të mbështetjes përmes granteve. 📉📈
Për Ditën Ndërkombëtare të Gruas, Help dhuroi një makinë për qëndisje dhe materiale shkollore në Qendrën për Mbrojtjen e Grave dhe Fëmijëve në Mitrovicë. Gratë e strehimores, ndjekin kurse rrobaqepsie dhe kjo makinë do t’u mundësojë atyre të zgjerojnë më tej aftësitë e tyre dhe të zhvillojnë gjendjen e tyre ekonomike për t’u vetëpunësuar dhe për të ruajtur mirëqenien sociale për fëmijët e tyre. Në këtë ditë, është e rëndësishme të kujtojmë se zhvillimi shoqërisë sonë matet në fuqizimin e të gjitha grave dhe mundësimin e zhvillimit të tyre social dhe ekonomik.
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For International Women’s Day, Help Mission in Kosovo donated an embroidery sewing machine and school supplies to the Centre for Protection of Women and Children in Mitrovica. The women of the shelter, attend sewing courses and this machine will enable them to further develop their skills and enhance their economic situation to become self-employed and maintain social welfare for their children. On this day, it is important to remember that the strength of our society is measured in empowering other women and enabling their social and economic development.
24 February – Representatives of Help-Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe Shqipe Breznica – Country Director in Kosovo and Masa Bubanj Programme Manager had a meeting with the Forth President of the Republic of Kosovo, Ms. Atifete Jahjaga where possible joint initiatives were discussed.
An organization’s ability to learn, utilize that knowledge and convert it into action, is the ultimate advantage towards growth and development. Our staff has started the training “Training of trainers” where they are being taught and trained on the methodology of training, developing training curricula, and the principles of effective training that will be utilized in the field to enhance the dissemination of information to our beneficiaries.
WEE SIMPLE is the third and final component of the Women Energy Entrepreneurs-WEE, designed to support and encourage women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses through a more efficient use of energy. Women Energy Entrepreneurs-WEEis part of the broader Women in Energy Program implemented by Millennium Foundation Kosovo (MFK) supported by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
Within this component business trainings, which are implemented by Help Kosovo, have been successfully conducted. The trainings were held during the period December 2021-February 2022, for beneficiaries of the following municipalities: Prishtinë, Prizren, Gjakovë, Ferizaj, Podujevë, Gjilan, Fushë Kosovë, Graçanica and Mitrovica North.
The training program lasted 2 (two) training days and consisted of topics that are crucial for business owners to succeed namely, Entrepreneurship Concept and Best Practices, Canvas Business Model, Strategic and Marketing Planning, Financial Planning and Tax System in Kosovo, Business Registration in Kosovo, and Environmental Health and Safety. The participants have played an integral role in the trainings by actively participating in discussions and conducting various business analysis to adapt to the market demands.
The training program has been facilitated by the Organization for Socio-Economic Stability (OSES) to conduct, monitor and supervise the development of the training.
Contracts were signed with the beneficiaries from the Millennium Foundation Kosovo (MFK) within the component of the Women Entrepreneurs in Energy Program (WEE) implemented by Help Mission in Kosovo.
WEE SIMPLE is the third and final component of the Women Energy Entrepreneurs-WEE, designed to support and encourage women entrepreneurs to grow their businesses through a more efficient use of energy. Women Energy Entrepreneurs-WEEis part of the broader Women in Energy Program implemented by Millennium Foundation Kosovo (MFK) supported by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
The pilot grant scheme was initially implemented in the following municipalities: Ferizaj, Fushë Kosovë, Gjakovë, Gjilan, Graçanicë, North Mitrovicë, Podujevë, Prishtinë and Prizren.
This component is designed for new businesses with bright ideas, limited funding, or less advanced social groups, with investment needs of up to € 3,000, including own contribution.
Some of the prisoners have been living behind the bars of the women’s prison in Lipjan for more than a decade. Each of them has different reasons for staying here.
While serving their sentences, prisoners have the opportunity to receive training in various trades at the same time.
Out of about 40 convicts in the Women’s Correctional Center in Lipjan, 8 of them are currently undergoing training in making filigree jewellery.
B.H is one of the convicts who has been engaged in this training, and who is very much enjoying the handicraft he is learning inside the prison. But according to her, such activities are lacking in prisons.
She hopes that the craft she is learning here will serve her when she goes abroad, and turn it into a profession for her future.
The filigree coach, Bashkim Tejeci, shows that the interest in learning this craft has been beyond his expectations. He and two other coaches travel from Prizren to the women’s prison twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays.
He adds that some women in the beginning were not so enthusiastic about this opportunity, but now they are all trying to do the job properly and create their own filigree work.
In addition to the craft of filigree, trainings are being held for informatics and technology, and due to the small space, each group has 5 convicts.
Convicts who complete the training will be provided with a certificate from the Vocational Training Center.
Director of the Women’s Correctional Center in Lipjan, Fatlinda Mustafa, says that the center constantly have trainings of various trades.
She points out that convicts constantly have requests for training to be increased and to have their own variety, but as a result of the pandemic, not all of them have been feasible.
Through these trainings, the women held in this center will be enabled to develop their activities through vocational training and in the cultivation of the filigree craft. It will also increase their chances of getting a job after their release.
The training will be held for 1 year and it is supported by the organization “Help Kosovo”, which has provided the equipment to implement the I.T. training.
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