GAIA is present in the neighborhood of Gracanica (inhabited by Roma and Ashkali families) through its non-formal educational center ‘Imaginatorium’. The team of volunteers is providing basic education to all the children who are interested in attending, including the ones who do not attend regular school, as a way to fight the gap in education…
It was not such a long time ago that Mitrovica used to be one of the most popular city for enjoying music and festivals. If you ask any Mitrovicali about “The Big Band” orchestra, he will most likely recall it as one of the most well-known jazz bands from Mitrovica…
Mitrovica’s rivers have been at the core of the city’s life as long as people can recall. The Ibar, Sitnica and Lushta rivers have surrounded inhabitants lives, and through decades they have evolved with the transformation of the city. On Saturday 23 March 2019 we invited three Mitrovicali whose lives have…
From the Ancient Olympic Games to the next Football World Cup, sports have always had a tremendous importance in our civilizations. From the kids playing ball in a remote field to a renown professional champion, sport is an adventure that no one escapes from. It shapes who we are, as…
The past always has much to tell. Its stories are even more striking when change has been so brutal. On Saturday 19th January 2019, three women who lived long and fruitful lives in Mitrovica, three women from very different backgrounds linked by a common love for their city, came in the Diakonie…
After our workcamp in Imaginatorium, GAIA‘s educational center in Gracanica, I feel like a student who has just graduated from school and, looking back, reflects on the things he learnt, the ways he changed and the friends he made throughout those years, though in my case I was only there for little more than a…
Volunteering with Friedenskreis Halle e.V. was more than just being abroad and working in one place of assignment. The whole experience was a learning process. It was a process of growing personally and professionally. This experience has helped me become more independent, more organized, self-confident, it has even changed my approach towards various things. No…
From 24th until 29th of September 2018 a cultural exchange took place in the village of Velika Hoča/Hoçë e Madhe. Organized by GAIA Kosovo and Draganac Monastery, with the support of World Vision, the exchange gathered 16 participants from different places of Kosovo such as Drenas, Vushtrri, Mitrovica, Skenderaj, Prishtina, Rahovec but also from Albania,…
To the responsible institutions, media, NGOs and international donors Regarding illegal landfill in Brezovica ski resort in Sharr Mountain National Park GAIA, European Voluntary Service volunteers and young people from the Balkans want to express their resentment and frustration regarding the existence of an illegal landfill in Ski center Brezovica within the Territory of…
