On cold winter nights, while  holiday lights brighten homes around the world, many children in the Balkans welcome Christmas in homes shrouded in darkness, cold, and filled with anxiety. The walls are black with soot, the ceilings leak, and the windows, covered with old rags, barely let in the sun’s rays. What is most lacking […]Read More

“She drags herself up the railing, climbs slowly… When she gets tired, I take her in my arms and carry her. We live on the fifth floor of a building without an elevator, and Andreja (16) has difficulty walking due to an illness, making it a struggle to provide her with a normal daily life“, […]Read More

“Nothing is as it once was, everything is more difficult since my mother is gone. We miss her a lot“, said Nenad (14), Stefan (13) and Dragan (11), boys who spend their days studying, playing football and working with their father.Read More

It breaks my heart that I can’t provide them with a house, so that they don’t grow up in this little 10m2 room. I am their father and mother, and often their only friend. Their mother left them a long time ago, says Negomir Luković, single father of Đorđe (12) and Anastasia (11).Read More

We have nothing, sometimes there is no bread for two to three days. For the children’s birthdays, we buy juice and pour half a glass for each of them. We have yet to have any guests visit us, painfully, and through long pauses, Elena, the mother of five children states, “It is very hard.” The […]Read More

The region of Krajina often goes unnoticed in our mainstream media. When it is mentioned, the focus tends to be on the elderly in abandoned villages, seemingly ignoring the younger generations. Fortunately, that’s not entirely the case! The Charity organization Serbs for Serbs proudly announces that over the past 15 years, it has helped as many as 500 families with […]Read More

We often think that our problems are the biggest and most unimaginable, until we get a harsh reality check from fighters like Darko and Ivana from Jagodina, parents of seven children, three of whom have developmental disabilities. This is the story of the Stanojević family – amazing courage, immeasurable sacrifice and endless love!Read More

Hide and seek, is one of the games that Dunja (2), Mihajlo (1), Andrijana and Marko (5), Snežana (7) and Miloš (8) enjoy. However, the smiles of these wonderful children are overshadowed by their hard life. They are growing up in the shadow of an old, run down house!Read More

A cramped cave in the village of Mošorin is the Čuturilov’s only home. Although they live near two big cities, Belgrade and Novi Sad, they are forgotten, living in unimaginable conditions. Stepping into their “house” is like traveling back several millennia. We couldn’t help but sadly think – how is this possible in 21st-century Serbia?!Read More

Lit up town squares, decorated homes and sumptuous tables – these are what we first associate with the upcoming holidays. Unfortunately, in the Radivojević family home in Trnjan near Doboj, instead of a richly laden table, we found a dining room that connected to the bathroom! We bathe and eat in the same room – […]Read More