Un Ponte Per has been working in Serbia since 1999, in the aftermath of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, when it started an intervention in the villages around Kraljevo, the city that had registered the largest number of displaced people from Kosovo and Metohija. Today, the weight of the economic crisis aggravated by the conflict in Ukraine is putting many families in difficulty, particularly in rural areas and among the most vulnerable communities. Through the distance support programme "Svetlost" and the "Donate a Greenhouse" campaign, Un Ponte Per has been working for years to support them, and to guarantee the right to education of children and young people belonging to single parent families, without a stable income and who have minors with disabilities. By donating greenhouses to the families with the support of those who donate to UPP, we enable them to produce food even during the harsh winters.
As part of our Sponsorship Programme for children in conflict or post-conflict zones, which has programmes in Iraq and Lebanon, we also have 'Svetlost - Light on Invisible Children', designed to financially support orphans or families in need in Serbia together with the Kraljevo Red Cross. After 20 years, the war in the Balkans continues […]
