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  • Skenderaj in Kosovo is the most destroyed area from the war. The war started in this region and it ended here. It has had the majority of numbers of civilian killings and some villages like Meje have no men left: there are only widows with their children.<br />
Nowadays, the situation of the widows looks even more perilous after international organisations are slowly moved from the Balkans. Some of the widows live in homes that were slowly being rebuilt with the aid of international aid organizations but now left half built. Many of the widows are still homeless. The luckier ones take shelter with relatives but many live in very devastating conditions: in tiny rooms with a little stove, mattress on the floor to sleep and to sit on.
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  • A father stands in front of the grave of his son being killed during the war in the Balkans.
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  • Ageja Sokoli. Widow of war. Her four sons are still missing and husband were taken away by the serbian police in a night raid. She has never seen them since. Their bodies have never been found. She is holding a picture of her husband.
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  • Ageja Sokoli. Widow of war. Her four sons are still missing and husband were taken away by the serbian police in a night raid.  She has never seen them since. Their bodies have never been found. She is holding a picture of her husband.
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  • Ageja Sokoli holding a photo of her husband, who was taken by serbian army. Her four sons and her husband were taken away by the serbian police in a night raid.  She has never seen them since. Their bodies have never been found. She is holding a picture of her husband.
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  • Ageja Sokoli. Widow of war. Her four sons are still missing and husband were taken away by the serbian police in a night raid.  She has never seen them since. Their bodies have never been found. She is holding a picture of her husband and of herself.
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  • During my time in Kosovo, one of the widows invited me to live with her and her children. This is M. who lives with her children in Mitrovice. Her husband was killed during the war.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
    cinzia_widowsofwar013.jpg
  • Serbian enclave in Kosovo.  Some children are born in the enclave and never been outside of it.
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  • Serbian enclave in Kosovo.  Some children are born in the enclave and never been outside of it.
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  • Serbian enclave in Kosovo.  Some children are born in the enclave and never been outside of it.
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  • Children in the serbian enclave in Kosovo.  Some children have never been outside the enclave.
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  • Serbian enclave in Kosovo. A youth center in the enclave founded by the Italian Ngo Amici dei Bambini.
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  • Children in the serbian enclave in Kosovo.  Some children have never been outside the enclave.
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  • Kosoli family, missing brothers ( from left, Kastriot, Kriste, Simon,Gjerg,Filip). One night the Serbian military invaded many homes in the Meje village. All the men were taken away and since then are missing. Their bodies have never been found.
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  • Serbian enclave in Kosovo.
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  • Kosoli family, missing brothers ( from left, Kastriot, Kriste, Simon,Gjerg,Filip). One night the Serbian military invaded many homes in the Meje village. All the men were taken away and since then are missing. Their bodies have never been found.
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  • Sarajevo youths try to make something out of the empty properties left behind from the war. This group meets and use the space for practicing music.
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  • Widows of war receive 60Euros for maintenance. With this meagre income they can hardly make ends meet. Often if they have a son, he is going to work at an early age to help out the family.
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  • Serbian enclave, a house being bombed.
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  • A UN health center in the serbian enclave in Kosovo.  This is the only health center providing for the serbian population in the enclave.  It is supported by Greece and Russia funding under the wings of the UN.
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  • Serbian enclave in Kosovo.  Signs of vandalism and the recent war are still visible.
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  • Widows of war receive 60 Euros for maintenance. With this meagre income they can hardly make ends meet. Often if they have a son, he is going to work at an early age to help out the family.
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  • Serbian enclave in Kosovo.
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  • Sarajevo's serbian population lives in the eastern part of the city in the area called Republic Srpska. This part is noticebly poorer.
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  • Young people of Sarajevo use disused buildings around the city for meetings, playing music and being together.
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  • Serbian enclave in Kosovo. A serbian woman in the U.N. clinic after being injured  by Kosovans.
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  • The aftermath of the war is particularly raw in the empty spaces. A child is playing football outside what once used to be his school.
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  • Roma in the illegal camp of Zitkovac in the outskirts of Mitrovice.  The camp lies next to the rubbish dump of the town. Roma are unwanted by both the Serbian and the Kosovan side of the town. They survive with some support from humanitarian organisations and by sellin things they found in the skips.
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  • Tuzla Roma enclave. Roma live without access to education, health, adeguate housing and employment.
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  • Roma in an enclavein Tuzla, Bosnia Herzegovina. Roma live without access to education, health, adeguate housing and employment.
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  • Enclave of roma gypsies in Kosovo, outskirts of Pristina. The roma are heavily discriminated with no access of health, housing,education and employment.
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  • Vedad, Davor,Vedad,Faruk in Sarajevo. Unlikely they would be friends some time ago, this group of friends formed a music group. All the members of this group have a cultural background that differs from the other starting from religious.beliefs; from Catholic, Muslim, Orthodox.
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  • Sarajevo's serbian population lives in the eastern part of the city in the area called Republic Srpska. This part is noticebly poorer. Children playing outside a Save the Children creque aimed at those with psychological or physical disabilities.
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  • Sarajevo, Rock Teatar Cafe. A group of friends and also a music band. Interestingly their ethnic origins and beliefs wouldn't have allowed them to sit at the same table not long time ago. The friends are all from different backgrounds, from Catholic, Muslim and Orthodox.
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  • Young people of Sarajevo use disused buildings around the city for meetings, playing music and being together.
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  • Skenderaj in Kosovo is the most destroyed area from the war. Many of the women live in what once used to be their home, and now are just empty and half destroyed rooms. The war has left women widowed, without means to support themselves and their children and homeless.
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  • In the village of Meje there are no men left. The official line is that they are missing. Diana points to her dad among the missing. Here, A. is pointing to the men of her family and her father that she has never seen again.
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  • The Meja massacre was the mass execution of at least 377 Kosovo Albanian civilians of whom 36 were under 18 years old. It was committed by Serbian police and Yugoslav Army forces in the Reka Operation which began after the killing of six Serbian policemen by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). The executions occurred on 27 April 1999 in the village of Meja near the town of Gjakova, during the Kosovo War. The victims were pulled from refugee convoys at a checkpoint in Meja and their families were ordered to proceed to Albania. Men and boys were separated and then executed by the road.[2][3] It is one of the largest massacres in the Kosovo War.[4] Many of the bodies of the victims were found in the Batajnica mass graves. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia has convicted several Serbian army and police officers for their involvement.
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  • There are some villages in Kosovo where there are no men left, being taken from the serbian army and still today many are missing.
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  • Children in a field outside a school in the outskirts of Pristina, Kosovo.  Schooling is provided with the aid of ngo aid.
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  • A commission from Save the Children, UK to work a project on the Roma communities in Tuzla in Bosnia Hercegovina.
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  • Roma in Tuzla in an enclave in Bosnia Hercegovina. Roma are segregated and to survive they rely on support from humanitarian aid.
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  • oma in Kosovo, enclave Zitkovac in the outskirt of Pristina.  Roma are segregated and unwanted. They are forced to live in enclaves.  They don´t have access to any health, education, employment and they rely on humanitarian support for food and assistance.
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  • Roma in Kosovo, enclave Zitkovac in the outskirt of Pristina.  Roma are segregated and unwanted. They are forced to live in enclaves.  They don´t have access to any health, education, employment and they rely on humanitarian support for food and assistance.
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  • Roma in Kosovo, enclave Zitkovac in the outskirt of Pristina.  Roma are segregated and unwanted. They are forced to live in enclaves.  They don´t have access to any health, education, employment and they rely on humanitarian support for food and assistance.
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  • Roma in Kosovo, enclave Zitkovac in the outskirt of Pristina.  Roma are segregated and unwanted. They are forced to live in enclaves.  They don´t have access to any health, education, employment and they rely on humanitarian support for food and assistance.  Medicos del Mundo is delivering health assistance to the roma in the enclave.
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  • Roma in Kosovo, enclave Zitkovac in the outskirt of Pristina.  Roma are segregated and unwanted. They are forced to live in enclaves.  They don´t have access to any health, education, employment and they rely on humanitarian support for food and assistance.
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  • Roma gypsies in an enclave in the outskirts of Pristina.  Roma are segregated and not accepted.
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  • Roma in the illegal camp of Zitkovac in the outskirts of Mitrovice.  The camp lies next to the rubbish dump of the town. Roma are unwanted by both the Serbian and the Kosovan side of the town. They survive with some support from humanitarian organisations and by sellin things they found in the skips.
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  • Roma in the illegal camp of Zitkovac in the outskirts of Mitrovice.  The camp lies next to the rubbish dump of the town. Roma are unwanted by both the Serbian and the Kosovan side of the town. They survive with some support from humanitarian organisations and by selling things they found in the skips.
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  • Medicos del Mundo team is delivering health checks to the community of roma in Kosovo.  They gather a team of volunteers doctors to go with them.  These are the only health checks given to them.
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  • Some of the international aid organisations like Medicos del Mundo opened workshops rooms for widows to use to sew and knit and make clothing that they could sell. A woman says that there is more comfort in being together with other women living similar circumstances in making an income as generally most women in Kosovo know how to sew or knit.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo. After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left. Many widows have no means of sustainment. Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes. However, the Ngos support has diminished to null after they have been moved to Iraq and Afghanistan. This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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  • In Kosovo, some of the villages like Meje has no men left. The widows with their children have a difficult life. Their homes are mostly unfinished after Ngos were sent away from the country and their meagre support of 60Euros is meant to support the whole family for a month. A widow of Meje with 5 children.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo. After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left. Many widows have no means of sustainment. Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes. However, the Ngos support has diminished to null after they have been moved to Iraq and Afghanistan. This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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    Refugee in Tuzla
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  • Roma in Tuzla in an enclave in Bosnia Hercegovina. Roma are segregated and to survive they rely on support from humanitarian aid.
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  • After the war, some villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment and left in derelict homes.
    Widow of War, Kosovo
  • Kosovo, kids playing football outside during school time.
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  • Roma are not welcomed and are segregated in Kosovo.  They live by rubbish dumps and poisonous areas.
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  • Roma in the illegal camp of Zitkovac in the outskirts of Mitrovice.  The camp lies next to the rubbish dump of the town. Roma are unwanted by both the Serbian and the Kosovan side of the town. They survive with some support from humanitarian organisations and by sellin things they found in the skips.
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  • Roma in Tuzla in an enclave in Bosnia Hercegovina. Roma are segregated and to survive they rely on support from humanitarian aid.
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  • Roma in an enclave in Tuzla, Bosnia Hercegovina. Roma rely on support from humanitarian aid as they are discriminated and have no access to proper housing, education and health.
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  • Roma in Kosovo, enclave Zitkovac in the outskirt of Pristina.  Roma are segregated and unwanted. They are forced to live in enclaves.  They don´t have access to any health, education, employment and they rely on humanitarian support for food and assistance.
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  • Roma in Kosovo, enclave Zitkovac in the outskirt of Pristina.  Roma are segregated and unwanted. They are forced to live in enclaves.  They don´t have access to any health, education, employment and they rely on humanitarian support for food and assistance.
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  • Enclave of roma gypsies in Kosovo, outskirts of Pristina. The roma are heavily discriminated with no access of health, housing,education and employment.
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  • Medicos del Mundo team is delivering health checks to the community of roma in Kosovo.  They gather a team of volunteers doctors to go with them.  These are the only health checks given to the roma population.
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  • Roma in Mitrovice in Kosovo. Roma are unwanted and heavily discriminated. In Mitrovice they settled in s camp adjacent to the rubbish dump of the city. Medicos del Mundo is the only ngo left that is giving them aid. A wooden hut dedicated to schooling has being built by the ngo within the camp. Children seem to attend because of the promise of food.
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  • Roma in the Mitrovice illegal camp. Roma are unwanted and heavily discriminated. In Mitrovice they settled in the camp adjacent to the rubbish dump of the city. Medicos del Mundo is the only ngo left that is giving them any aid. A wooden hut dedicated to schooling has being built by the ngo within the camp. Children seem to attend because of the promise of food.
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  • Roma in Kosovo, enclave Zitkovac in the outskirt of Pristina.  Roma are segregated and unwanted. They are forced to live in enclaves.  They don´t have access to any health, education, employment and they rely on humanitarian support for food and assistance.
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  • Young people of Sarajevo enjoy the weekends with a lot of drinking and music in local bars till early mornings.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
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  • Maria Sokoli is 80 years old and has 5 members of her family missing: Simon, Krista, Filip, Kastriot and Pashka. Her niece Diana sitting next to her is looking after her.
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  • In the village of Meje there is no men left. They were taken away by the Serbian police in a night raid. Since then most families don't know where they were taken to.  The official line is that they are missing.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in bombed homes and with no one to turn to for support.
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  • Widows of war receive 60Euros for maintenance. With this meagre income they can hardly make ends meet. If they have sons, they normally take charge in the upkeeping of the family with their mum.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
    cinzia_widowsofwar028.jpg
  • In Kosovo, some of the villages like Meje has no men left.  The widows with their children have a difficult life.  Their homes are mostly unfinished after Ngos were sent away from the country and their meagre support of 60Euros is meant to support the whole family for a month.
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  • In Kosovo, some of the villages like Meje has no men left.  The widows with their children have a difficult life.  Their homes are mostly unfinished after Ngos were sent away from the country and their meagre support of 60Euros is meant to support the whole family for a month.
    cinzia_widowsofwar025.jpg
  • In Kosovo, some of the villages like Meje has no men left.  The widows with their children have a difficult life.  Their homes are mostly unfinished after Ngos were sent away from the country and their meagre support of 60Euros is meant to support the whole family for a month. A widow of Meje with 5 children.
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  • Widows of war receive 60Euros for maintenance. With this meagre income they can hardly make ends meet. If they do have sons, they normally take charge in the upkeeping of the family with their mum.  Ngos like Medicos del Mundo have opened workshops rooms where the widows can engage in creating house wares like cloths, towels, etc. by knitting and sewing. They then sell their products. A woman says that overall there is more conformt in being together than in making an income as generally most women in Kosovo know how to sew or knit.
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  • Widows of war in Kosovo.  After the war, some of villages like Meje have no men left.  Many widows have no means of sustainment.  Ngos assisted the widows in rebuilding their homes.  However, the Ngos support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This decision has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
    cinzia_widowsofwar014.jpg
  • Kosovo, a child playing outside his home.
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  • A UN health medical in the serbian enclave in Kosovo.  This is the only health center providing for the serbian population in the enclave.  It is supported by Greece and Russia funding under the wings of the UN.
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  • A UN medical center in the serbian enclave in Kosovo.  This is the only health center providing for the serbian population in the enclave. The services provided are few and the equipment is outdated and primitive.  They only have one blood bank given by Russia.  It is supported by Greece and Russia funding under the wings of the UN.
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  • A UN health medical in the serbian enclave in Kosovo.  This is the only pregnancy scanner in the enclave and the only maternity clinic.  The Harriet Tubman clinic.
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  • A UN health medical in the serbian enclave in Kosovo.  This is the only pregnancy scanner in the enclave and the only maternity clinic.  The Harriet Tubman clinic.
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  • A UN health center in the serbian enclave in Kosovo.  This is the only health center providing for the serbian population in the enclave.  It is supported by Greece and Russia funding under the wings of the UN.
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  • Some homes still remid of the war and its effects.
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  • Kosovo, bathers enjoying a day out.
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  • Roma in Kosovo, enclave Zitkovac in the outskirt of Pristina.  Roma are segregated and unwanted. They are forced to live in enclaves.  They don´t have access to any health, education, employment and they rely on humanitarian support for food and assistance.
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  • Roma in Kosovo, enclave Zitkovac in the outskirt of Pristina.  Roma are segregated and unwanted. They are forced to live in enclaves.  They don´t have access to any health, education, employment and they rely on humanitarian support for food and assistance.
    cinzia_kosovoroma_15.jpg
  • Roma in the illegal camp of Zitkovac in the outskirts of Mitrovice, Kosovo.  The camp lies next to the rubbish dump of the town. Roma are unwanted by both the Serbian and the Kosovan side of the town. They survive with some support from humanitarian organisations and by selling things they found in the skips.
    cinzia_kosovoroma_04.jpg
  • Roma in the illegal camp of Zitkovac in the outskirts of Mitrovice.  The camp lies next to the rubbish dump of the town. Roma are unwanted by both the Serbian and the Kosovan side of the town. They survive with some support from humanitarian organisations and by sellin things they found in the skips.
    cinzia_kosovoroma_03.jpg
  • M. with her children. She is left a widow and receives 60 Euros<br />
a month for maintenance.  With this meagre income she can hardly make ends meet. Her eldest son has had to take charge in the upkeep of the family to help.
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