Although they are growing up in the predominantly Albanian village of Sopot in North Macedonia, the youngest Mitrovićs are the biggest fans of our football team and are proud of it. Of course, the boys, Aleksandar (13) and Nemanja (7) lead the way: My name is the same as our striker Aleksandar Mitrović, I follow […]readmore

On June 17th, the seventh “Three Pointer from the Block” event was held successfully in New York City.readmore

We live in a converted garage, the conditions are terrible. When it starts to rain, the basins shake. There is no shortage of mold. The children live in anxiety, that’s all they know. We most fear for their health because they inhale all the dampness – the terrible words of mother Alexandra hit like a bolt […]readmore

I had faith in you!  In just under two months, Serbs for Serbs finished our house. Everything was done very professionally – Ivica Cvetković happily pointed out. His life story, along with his words “I was poor all my life” left no one unmoved. For a long time, Ivica and his wife Marija struggled to […]readmore

Milan (16), Tijana (14), Ivan (9), Luna (6), Melani (4) and Tamara (2) welcomed us with worn-out socks, barefoot, looking at us as if we were from another planet. And we are. We arrived from the planet of comfort and carefree living, while their corner of the world is like the desolate surface of the […]readmore

My children only eat meat at Christmas and Easter. Sometimes they ask for it, but I don’t have the means. And then I cry, feeling guilty that I don’t have the opportunity to provide them with better living conditions. Every morning they cross themselves and pray to God to get a house! – thus starts […]readmore

Can you imagine in 2023, children living in a dilapidated house, not having enough beds, turning on a generator to study because they don’t have electricity, bathing in a trough because they don’t have a bathroom?readmore

Windsor, ON – Serbian Orthodox Christmas in Windsor was unlike any other this year as the Association of Serbian Student Philanthropists through the University of Windsor announced a life-changing Christmas gift for impoverished families in Serbia and Montenegro — help with a new home.readmore

The mushroom picking season, when my sister, brother and I collect and dry mushrooms, has just ended. When we’re not studying, we help mom with the housework and dad with the farming – says hard-working, unusually named, Lutka (12), standing in front of an old and ruined mud house.readmore