International relief & Development

BPRM program

BPRM - IDP Program for Southern Serbia (2000- 2002)

BPRM 2000-2001. International Relief and Development has been operational in southern Serbia since 2000. The first program assisted more than 80,000 IDP’s and Refugees through humanitarian assistance distributions. The program also provided an agriculture support program for 3,000 IDP families and implemented a pilot income generation project with 482 vulnerable IDP women.

BPRM 2001-2002 In the second year IRD implemented a program, funded by the United States Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, that utilized a community development approach toward its information dissemination, stabilization and return preparation program. IRD believes in giving equal support to IDP's who wish to return to Kosovo and to those who wish to remain in Serbia.
The goal for this project was to promote the stabilization and repatriation of minority Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Southern Serbia to Kosovo. IRD implemented a self-reliance & community revitalization assistance program by using a participatory, community development approach to identify priority interventions for both the host and IDP return populations.
Significant program accomplishments included:

Development and maintenance of an information database of 3,791 IDP families (or over 15,000 individuals) in Southern Serbia, consisting of demographic information, skills assessment of each family, and main concerns IDPs have regarding returning to Kosovo.

Distribution of over 30,700 information packets to IDP populations throughout southern Serbia

Organization and facilitation of 28 information seminars and 5 town hall meetings in 14 municipalities throughout southern Serbia.

13 “Go and see” visits in 17 Kosovo villages for 79 IDP family representatives.

Successful return of 24 IDP families (83 individuals) to Kosovo. Each family received a home starter kit valued at approximately $800

Identification, selection and approval of 167 income generation grants for IDP microenterprise development, creating over 350 new and sustainable jobs.

Identification, selection and approval of 14 community stabilization projects valued at over $80,000 in IRD targeted municipalities, using community participatory mechanisms. Including four children’s playgrounds.

Distribution of 5,000 supplementary BPRM food parcels to IDP families in 22 municipalities, thus providing food support to over 26,000 IDPs.

Distribution of 515 Metric Tons of food commodities - 440 MT of WFP basic food items and 75 MT of the USAID funded “Breedlove” supplemental food items - to IDP and extremely vulnerable communities in southern Serbia.