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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
  • 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
  • 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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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 bombed homes and with no one to turn to for support.
    cinzia_widowsofwar03.jpg
  • 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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  • 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 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
  • 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 unfinished homes and no one to turn to for any support.
    cinzia_widowsofwar011.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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar04.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_widowsofwar05.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
  • 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_widowsofwar014.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar09.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 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
  • Meje is a village in the district of Gjakova, which has no men left as a consequence of the war. Maria Sokoli, 80 years old 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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  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar029.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_widowsofwar027.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_widowsofwar012.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar010.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
  • Widows of war receive 60Euros for maintenance. With this meagre income they can hardly make ends meet.  If they do have sons, they allowed them to take charge in the upkeeping of the family.
    cinzia_widowsofwar030.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_widowsofwar021.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_widowsofwar020.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar08.jpg
  • Serbian enclave in Kosovo.  Signs of vandalism and the recent war are still visible.
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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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar040.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
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar07.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
  • 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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  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar05.jpg
  • There are some villages in Kosovo where there are no men left, being taken from the serbian army and still today many are missing.
    cinzia_widowsofwar016.jpg
  • A father stands in front of the grave of his son being killed during the war in the Balkans.
    cinzia_widowsofwar015.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
  • 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
  • An anti war banner hanging on the exterior of a building in Berlin, Germany.
    cd_demonstrations_08.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
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar012.jpg
  • There are some villages in Kosovo where there are no men left, being taken from the serbian army and still today many are missing.
    cinzia_widowsofwar08.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
  • Some homes still remid of the war and its effects.
    cinzia_kosovo_08.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
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar037.jpg
  • Protesters in Hyde Park against the invasion of Iraq.
    cd_stopthewar_003.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar038.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_widowsofwar026.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar07.jpg
  • 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.
    cinzia_widowsofwar039.jpg
  • Protesters outside the Parliament demanded that the English and Americans pull out from Iraq, London, UK.
    No war
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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.
    serbianenclave_ 02.jpg
  • Serbian enclave in Kosovo.
    serbianenclave_ 019.jpg
  • Crowds gathering outside the English Parliament in protest to the invasion of Iraq.
    CD_demo_007.jpg
  • Serbian enclave in Kosovo.
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  • Serbian enclave in Kosovo. A serbian woman in the U.N. clinic after being injured  by Kosovans.
    serbianenclave_ 022.jpg
  • Protesters outside the British embassy in Berlin, Germany.
    cd_demonstrations_019.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.
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  • 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.
    cinzia_kosovorefugees014.jpg
  • Kosovo, kids playing football outside during school time.
    cinzia_kosovo_04.jpg
  • Linda is a child from Kosovo.  Her parents sought refuge in London Uk. They entered the Uk 5 years ago, however their status is still pending.  At any time they can be asked by the Home Office to leave the country. Their lives are pending.  They cannot work, they don't know if they have to leave, they cannot go anywhere.  In the meanwhile, many children, some even born in the new country adapt and don't know any other place which to call home.
    cinzia_kosovorefugees03.jpg
  • kosovan boy.
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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.
    serbianenclave_ 07.jpg
  • Serbian enclave, a house being bombed.
    serbianenclave_ 020.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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  • A young girl living in the serbian enclave in Kosovo. People in the enclave cannot freely move without a police escort.
    kosovoserbianenclave.jpg
  • Kosovo, kids playing football during school time.
    kosovo014.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
  • Serbian enclave in Kosovo.  Some children are born in the enclave and never been outside of it.
    serbianenclave_ 017.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
  • Linda is a child from Kosovo.  Her parents sought refuge in London Uk. They entered the Uk 5 years ago, however their status is still pending.  At any time they can be asked by the Home Office to leave the country. In the meanwhile, many children, some even born in the new country adapt to the new country and become English.  They don't know any other place to call home.
    cinzia_kosovorefugees01.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.
    serbianenclave_ 09.jpg
  • Children in the serbian enclave in Kosovo.  Some children have never been outside the enclave.
    serbianenclave_ 021.jpg
  • Serbian enclave in Kosovo. A youth center in the enclave founded by the Italian Ngo Amici dei Bambini.
    serbianenclave_ 018.jpg
  • Children in the serbian enclave in Kosovo.  Some children have never been outside the enclave.
    serbianenclave_ 014.jpg
  • Linda is a child from Kosovo.  Her parents sought refuge in London Uk. They entered the Uk 5 years ago, however their status is still pending.  At any time they can be asked by the Home Office to leave the country. In the meanwhile, many children, some even born in the new country, adapt and don't know any other place, which they would call home.
    cinzia_kosovorefugees02.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_widowsofwar034.jpg
  • For years most women live in a limbo. They write letters, go out to demand justice but they have so far no replies.
    widows_of_war_kosovo_005.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.
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  • Demonstrators in Hyde Park, London protesting the country invasion of Iraq.London, UK.
    cd_stopthewar_002.jpg
  • No war in Syria protester in London.
    Protester
  • No war in Syria
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