Reuters AlertNet Full site
Homepage | Newsdesk | NGO Latest | Crisis briefings | Country profiles | MediaWatch | Jobs | Alerting | Login

FROM THE FIELD

Kosovo’s Kids for Peace celebrate 6 years
11 Jan 2008 16:13:33 GMT
 Source: World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe office (MEERO)
wvmeero logo
“Black and White” Stefan (12) and Milan (12) after successful performance in roles of baker and chimmney sweep respectively, sharing the message: Diversity is very useful.
Previous | Next
“Black and White” Stefan (12) and Milan (12) after successful performance in roles of baker and chimmney sweep respectively, sharing the message: Diversity is very useful.
World Vision MEERO, http://meero.worldvision.org

Background

•  Kosovo future

•  Kosovo future

MORE >>
Kids from the 14 Kids For Peace Clubs (KFP) performed songs, dances and recitals with passion and enthusiasm during their 6th year celebration, urging their distinguished audience once more to work with them to continue to build a culture of peace and tolerance throughout Kosovo.

Adults in Kosovo may find themselves trapped in vicious circles of inter ethnic hatred however, parents and teachers work hard through KFP clubs to convey a strong message to all by encouraging their pupils and children to free themselves from stereotypes and behaviour that reinforce separation of the communities.

, We spread peace and happiness, not hate therefore I believe our clubs have future', said fourteen year old Zijad, the leader of the Janjevë/Janjevo KFP club and a veteran member of KFP. Although he speaks very little Albanian, he is keen to forge new friendships with kids from other ethnic groups.

Guests included school directors; teachers and parents as well as representatives of UNMIK, UNDP, KFOR and KOPF.

The anniversary ceremony also marked the conclusion of a series awareness raising trainings on HIV and AIDS conduced during the month of December by World Vision in cooperation with KOPF - Kosovo Population Fund, a local NGO. Top three clubs which attained highest marks on test were praised and awarded with a DVD player each donated and handed over by UNKT (United Nations Kosovo Team, a consortium of UN agencies operating in Kosovo).

,


"In the light of latest political developments, along with fear and uncertainty closer to final status, peace making is something Kosovo needs most", says Rita Llulla, KFP project coordinator

WV Kosovo with its Kids for Peace Project has spent the last 6 years building a culture of peace and promoting responsible living amongst the children of the ethnically divided province of Kosovo. 14 clubs host some 350 children from all ethnicities. In order for this work to continue on a self-sustainable basis and expand in other areas, close monitoring and facilitation assistance is provided by WV Kosovo, particularly to schools with the least capacity to run clubs independently.


[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]

Email this article       Send comments

Topics

•  Children

MORE >>

Emergencies

•  Kosovo future

MORE >>

Members

•  World Vision Middle East/Eastern Europe office (MEERO)

MORE >>

NGO latest

•  Street children celebrate New Year and new winter clothes
WV MEERO - Cyprus

•  Snow Patrol visit Uganda
Save the Children - Australia

•  Young & Rubicam Creates Chilling Radio Advert to Support Landmine Victims
Clear Path International - USA

•  Kosovo’s Kids for Peace celebrate 6 years
WV MEERO - Cyprus

•  CWS children's rehabilitation centers in Afghanistan fan embers of hope
CWS

MORE >>

Latest news

•  FEATURE-Love, hope for shunned kids in India AIDS school

•  EGYPT: Iraqi refugee return driven by lack of money

•  Bomb blast kills three children in Somalia

•  Q&A: Better to be safe than sorry

•  KENYA: Lucy Awino: "I pray that things will go back to how they were before"

MORE >>

[ Any views expressed in this article are those of the writer and not of Reuters. ]

Related articles

Breaking stories
FEATURE-Love, hope for shunned kids in India AIDS school (1 minute ago)

EGYPT: Iraqi refugee return driven by lack of money (1 minute ago)

AlertNet insight
Climate change and conflicts: Is there a link at all? (1 minute ago)

Aid agency news feed
Street children celebrate New Year and new winter clothes (1 minute ago)

Blogs
What next for Kosovo? (1 minute ago)

Maps
Overview of Fires in the Autonomous Province of Kosovo - July 2007 (1 minute ago)


Country information

Briefings
Kosovo future - [Who works where]

Topics
Children
Statistics graphs
Refugees residing here (2006)
Chart for Refugees residing here
View more stats

Del.icio.us Del.icio.us  |   Digg Digg  |   NewsVine NewsVine  |   Reddit Reddit   
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-01-14T042633Z_01_DGM10_RTRIDSP_2_COLOMBIA-HOSTAGES_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/DGM10.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-01-14T003903Z_01_MUM06_RTRIDSP_2_INDIA-AIDS-SCHOOL_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/MUM06.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-01-14T003743Z_01_MUM02_RTRIDSP_2_INDIA-AIDS-SCHOOL_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/MUM02.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-01-14T003646Z_01_MUM07_RTRIDSP_2_INDIA-AIDS-SCHOOL_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/MUM07.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2008-01-14T003440Z_01_MUM01_RTRIDSP_2_INDIA-AIDS-SCHOOL_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/MUM01.htm

Colombian politician Clara Rojas embraces her son Emmanuel at a foster center in Bogota January 13, 2008. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, rebels on January 10 freed Colombian ...


More pictures | Galleries
Disclaimers |  Copyright |  Privacy |  Contact Us |  Feedback |  About Us |  RSS XML

Last updated:Mon Jan 14 08:24:29 2008