- Behind Green Gates
- We have been assisting the local charity, Rescue Foundation, in their work with prisoners in the maximum-security penitentiary of Aiud (a city near Cluj), a prison with over 1,000 men and women prisoners. It is an incredible feeling one has upon entering the three sets of huge green gates.
- Highlights of Our Prison Ministry
- Some highlights of our prison ministry: A Christmas show in the men’s section. Celebrating Valentine’s Day in the women’s section. For this occasion we prepare songs, some reading material, cards, and gifts for the women. Celebrating Mother’s Day in the women’s section.
- 52 Pallets of Humanitarian Aid Distributed
- We visited three camps for Kosovo refugees who are living in temporary shelters in southern Serbia, in order to deliver humanitarian aid and do programs for the refugee children.
- Summer Camps
- We held two volunteer training camps for 18 attendees during the months of July and August. Each of the camps lasted one week.
- Football Shoes and Other Small Miracles
- Living in a place as needy as Kosovo, there is so much to do that we sometimes feel that our efforts are like a drop in the ocean. But as Mother Theresa said, “The ocean would be less if that drop were missing.
- Giving her own shoes to another in need
- We have delivered approximately 500 kilos of humanitarian aid in the form of clothing, shoes, toys, dishes, and cleaning fluids and supplies to scores of displaced families that are still, after two years, living in temporary metal shipping containers.
- Easter Visit
- A highlight of the year was the Easter concert we organized for the elderly. The director of the old folks home opened the concert with a little introduction, and expressed her appreciation for our work and collaboration with her institution.
- Albania "Distance Adoption" Program
- Our project "Distance Adoption" consists of taking on the care of children from needy families. We focus on their standard of living, their education, and their moral and spiritual training.
- Other Seminars in Rijeka
- We hosted three seminars--one evening session on clown therapy for an audience of approximately 200, followed by a three-week training course for new clowns; one three-day seminar for ten attendees on various aspects of volunteering; and we started an ongoing parenting seminar, mainly for parents