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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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar01.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar013.jpg
  • Roma Gypsies living in Fakulteta Mahala, Roma Ghetto on the outskirts of Sofia, Bulgaria
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  • Tuzla Roma enclave. Roma live without access to education, health, adeguate housing and employment.
    roma_bosnia 003.jpg
  • Roma in an enclavein Tuzla, Bosnia Herzegovina. Roma live without access to education, health, adeguate housing and employment.
    romabosnia_01.jpg
  • 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_22.jpg
  • 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_16.jpg
  • Roma are not welcomed and are segregated in Kosovo.  They live by rubbish dumps and poisonous areas.
    romakosovo05.jpg
  • 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.
    roma_08.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_kosovoroma_25.jpg
  • 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_23.jpg
  • 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_20.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_kosovoroma_18.jpg
  • Families live close to the mines.  Their homes and lifestyles are connected to mining and to the use of coal.  Liupanshi, China
    cinzia_chinacoalminers_040.jpg
  • A roma community forced to live in an enclave in Tuzla, Bosnia and Hercegovina. Roma have no access to education, health and employment and are segregated in enclaves.
    cd_roma_005.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_kosovoroma_24.jpg
  • 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_21.jpg
  • Roma in an enclave in Tuzla, Bosnia Herzegovina. Roma live without access to education, health, adeguate housing and employment.
    dambrosi_romabosnia_02.jpg
  • 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_19.jpg
  • 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_17.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar04.jpg
  • The impact of war on children is devastating. Fending off their trauma, they miss out on forming friendships, schooling and their lives scarred by utter poverty.
    cinzia_widowsofwar010.jpg
  • Kosovan enjoying a family outing.
    cinzia_kosovo_07.jpg
  • 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.
    serbianenclave_ 04.jpg
  • A UN medical 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.
    serbianenclave_ 06.jpg
  • A UN medical 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.
    serbianenclave_ 03.jpg
  • A UN medical 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.
    serbianenclave_ 05.jpg
  • Roma camp in the outskirt of Mitrovice, Kosovo. The camp lies in the vicinity of the rubbish dumps of the area and in between the Serbian and the Kosovan part of the city.  Both sides do not want the Roma gypsies.
    cinzia_kosovoroma_01.jpg
  • A commission from Save the Children, UK to work a project on the Roma communities in Tuzla in Bosnia Hercegovina.
    SAVE THE CHILDREN (Bosnia & Hercegovina)
  • 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.
    romabosnia_02.jpg
  • 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.
    roma_03.jpg
  • Sarajevo is divided in the serbian part and the bosnian one. The people still have open wounds and many refer to ngos for aid. This is in the serbian part of the city, where a ngo organised by Save the Children has play time with children with psychological and/or physical disabilities.
    sarajevo_01.jpg
  • 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
  • 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.
    serbianenclave_ 02.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_kosovo_06.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_06.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_kosovoroma_02.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar02.jpg
  • Roma in Tuzla in an enclave in Bosnia Hercegovina. Roma are segregated and to survive they rely on support from humanitarian aid.
    roma_bosnia 001.jpg
  • 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
  • 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.
    romakosovo01.jpg
  • Roma in Tuzla in an enclave in Bosnia Hercegovina. Roma are segregated and to survive they rely on support from humanitarian aid.
    cd_roma_004.jpg
  • Enclave of roma gypsies in Kosovo, outskirts of Pristina. The roma are heavily discriminated with no access of health, housing,education and employment.
    roma_07.jpg
  • Enclave of roma gypsies in Kosovo, outskirts of Pristina. The roma are heavily discriminated with no access of health, housing,education and employment.
    roma_06.jpg
  • 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.
    sarajevo_06.jpg
  • Linda is a child from Kosovo.  Her parents sought refuge in London Uk 5 years ago. Their status is still pending, which means that at any time they can be asked by the Home Office to leave the country. Meanwhile, many children, some even born in the new country adapt and don't know any other place which to call home.
    Linda Kosovo Refugee
  • 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_widowsofwar05.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar031.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.
    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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar024.jpg
  • 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.
    serbianenclave_ 07.jpg
  • 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.
    serbianenclave_ 01.jpg
  • Children in a field outside a school in the outskirts of Pristina, Kosovo.  Schooling is provided with the aid of ngo aid.
    cinzia_kosovo_09.jpg
  • Roma in Tuzla in an enclave in Bosnia Hercegovina. Roma are segregated and to survive they rely on support from humanitarian aid.
    roma_bosnia_001.jpg
  • Roma gypsies in an enclave in the outskirts of Pristina.  Roma are segregated and not accepted.
    cinzia_kosovoroma_08.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_07.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 selling things they found in the skips.
    cinzia_kosovoroma_05.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
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar11.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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar09.jpg
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  • In the Roma ghetto many of the services provided to cities are not provided such as waste collection. The Roma in the Kjustendil ghetto use the area around the river crossing the ghetto for waste disposal.
    NK2_0314.jpg
  • Roma waiting to be examined by volunteer doctors in a roma enclave in Kosovo. Roma are segregated and not welcomed in the society both in the serbian and kosovan side. They have no access to basic needs such as health, education and housing.
    romakosovo04.jpg
  • 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.
    roma_04.jpg
  • 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.
    sarajevo_04.jpg
  • Serbian children in the street of East Sarajevo, Republika Srpska.
    sarajevo_013.jpg
  • 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_widowsofwar06.jpg
  • 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_widowsofwar036.jpg
  • 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_widowsofwar035.jpg
  • 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_widowsofwar033.jpg
  • 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_widowsofwar032.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar03.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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar022.jpg
  • In the outskirts of Skenderaj, I visited this lady who has 5 children to fend off by herself after her husband was taken away by the serbian army and she has never seen him again. She feels fortunate that she has some land and is able to feed her children in this way.
    cinzia_widowsofwar02.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar019.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar018.jpg
  • 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
  • A widow of war in Kosovo. Many widows are left without any means of sustainment.  After the war,  ngos assisted some widows of war in rebuilding their homes however support has diminuished to null after they have been moved to  Iraq and Afghanistan.  This policy has left the widows in unfinished homes and no one to turn to for support.
    cinzia_widowsofwar01.jpg
  • 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.
    serbianenclave_ 08.jpg
  • 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.
    serbianenclave_ 011.jpg
  • 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.
    serbianenclave_ 010.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_12.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 selling things they found in the skips.
    cinzia_kosovoroma_10.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar03.jpg
  • cinzia_widowsofwar02_bw.jpg
  • In the Roma ghetto many of the services provided to cities are not provided such as waste collection. The Roma in the Kjustendil ghetto use the area around the river crossing the ghetto for waste disposal and for burning the rubbish.
    NK2_0318.jpg
  • Vedad, Davor and Faruk in a room of a disused building part of a factory complex (UMC) in Sarajevo. The building is left partly destroyed by the war. Young people use the building for meetings and playing music.
    sarajevo_07.jpg
  • 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.
    sarajevo_05.jpg
  • A commission to document the work of Save the Children in Sarajevo in Bosnia Hercegovina.  This is  the Serbian side of the city of Sarajevo where the NGO run by Save the Children UK offers play time to children with psychological and/or physical disabilities.
    SAVE THE CHILDREN
  • 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_widowsofwar027.jpg
  • 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_widowsofwar011.jpg
  • A UN clinic in the serbian enclave in Kosovo, which has also the only maternity clinic.  The Harriet Tubman maternity clinic donated by the USA. Register of women that gave birth in the clinic and enclave. Among those are also some kosovan woman taken in emergency.
    serbianenclave_ 012.jpg
  • Roma in Tuzla in an enclave in Bosnia Hercegovina. Roma are segregated and to survive they rely on support from humanitarian aid.
    roma_bosnia_002.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 selling things they found in the skips.
    cinzia_kosovoroma_09.jpg
  • Coal is everywhere, even at the footsteps of homes.  A home in the village of Wangjiazhai.
    cinzia_chinacoalminers_042.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar014.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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar023.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar021.jpg
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