International Youth Gather in Serbia to Inspire the World
Kosjeric is a small town 146 kilometers from Belgrade, halfway between Valjevo and Uzice. There are many historical and cultural landmarks in and around Kosjeric, but what really attracts young people to the village is the Art Camp every summer...
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Western Serbia Companies Increase Access to the Russian Market
International Relief and Development (IRD) is providing market and product assistance to private companies and business associations to create jobs and support economic development. Within the framework of these program components, IRD implemented... |
Assistance for Victims of Domestic Violence
Domestic violence is a criminal act and a serious social problem. The victims are mostly women and children, regardless of their age, race, nationality, education or economic status.
In Uzice region in 2003 police reported 20 complaints monthly... |
Everyone for English - English for Everybody
According to the data from the Ministry of Education, the English language was taught only in the Town’s schools while in the rural schools the Russian language remained the first and only language. This somewhat limited the opportunities for... |
Voluntary Blood Donations Level Increased
According to the words of Rada Smiljanic, project coordinator, blood donation conditions in Uzice region have significantly improved, so that Uzice transfusion department became the strongest center in Serbia in this area.
Voluntary blood donation... |
Foundation of Information and Education Center for Youth in Sabac
Cultural center in Sabac is an institution founded in 1963 which worked with many generations of young people, trying to keep up with progress and cultural and technical needs of every new generation. In 2005, Center have found partners in young... |
Collective step ahead
During IRD’s Social services projects planning campaign in spring 2005, Regional Association of blind persons, Association of Paraplegics of Macva district and NGO “Svasta mogu”, all from Sabac, applied with 3 separate projects based on activities... |
First E-Mail to US Ambassador
On May 28, 2005, nine persons with special needs, ages 15-44, became the first students of the new “Center for IT Education” in Kosjeric. They received certificates for successful completion of the basic informatics/computer technology course... |
Mrs. Mihailovic’s egg-laying hens farm
Mrs. Natasa Mihailovic is a divorced, single mother of two children from Arilje. She lives in her grandfather’s house and, until recently, had no source of income other than a modest financial help from the government and small wages she earned... |
Valjevo Day Care Center for Children with Special Needs
There are over 1,300 children with special needs living in the Valjevo municipality, according to local NGOs and municipal services. Most come from poor families; much of their life is spent in isolation... |
Improved Medical and Rehabilitation Services for Children
Reconstruction of Children’s Ward in Special Rehabilitation Hospital in Banja Koviljaca |
Supporting Small and Medium Enterprises
The Mraovic family came to Sabac from Croatia. In 1998, they sold their property in Croatia and Mrs. Mraovic decided to utilize her twenty-year experience as a textile worker and begin private textile business in Sabac. |
Western Serbia Farmer Cooperatives United in Action
USAID sponsored the participation of 40 Western Serbia cooperatives at the 71st International Agricultural Fair held in Novi Sad from 15th to 22nd May 2004. |
Continued fight against breast and cervical cancer
Cervical and breast cancers are the second cause of death among women in Serbia. There is an attitude among women in Serbia to understand the diagnosis of breast or cervical cancer as a death sentence... |
For healthy and clean Sebia
Communal enterprises in Western Serbia face the problems of unsanitary waste dumps, obsolete equipment with high maintenance costs, and a general lack of equipment and facilities... |
USAID brings future to vulnerable families in Serbia
The five-member family of Goran Jaric had to flee from their home in Croatia in 1995 during the war... |
USAID in Serbia supports reproductive health
New Maternity Ward for Loznica, Western Serbia |
Women and Doctors Fight Breast and Cervical Cancer
Between December 2002 and February 2003, approximately 3,500 women were tested for breast and cervical cancer through the USAID-sponsored Community Revitalization through Democratic Action Program operating in Western Serbia |
“No blood in Uzice – not Even for Babies”
“No blood in Uzice – Not even for Babies” was the headline of the headline in “Blic” on May 20, 2003, defining the alarming problem of lack of safe blood donations in the Uzice region |
Schools in Ruma – Safe and Beautiful
Two primary schools in Ruma shared not only their schoolyards but also the problem of old dilapidated facades and windows that threatened to fall out at any moment |
GRAY Economy Turns WHITE and BRIGHT
DAFI Co. Ltd was established in 1998, a “one-man company” whose owner was a mediator regarding loan and business arrangements between French fashion companies and the local textile industry |
Supporting Quality Business Management System and New Markets
As a part of its economic revitalization program within USAID funded CRDA program IRD is running an exciting program aimed at increasing the competitiveness of Western Serbian Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises |
Youth to Youth Tell the Story Better
From July to August 2003, more than 50 young people from Western Serbia had the chance to participate in three training programs for reproductive health peer educators organized by the Standing Yugoslav Medical Students’ International Committee (YuMSIC), |
Doctors and Medical Personnel Improve Patient-Centered Skills
From June 30 to July 2, 2003, 50 participants from Western Serbia attended a Client Oriented/ Provider Efficiency (COPE) training seminar in Zlatibor. This seminar was organized through USAID-funded CRDA program for Western Serbia |
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