The European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of European Union designated 2011 the year of volunteering. Help MTS through volunteering. Infrastructure support of communities
Housing Program 2011
Mother Teresa Society (MTS) recently signed an agreement with the Mother Teresa Society of Switzerland to construct six new houses and two partial rehabs for eight vulnerable families living in Kosova. From 2000 to date, Mother Teresa Society has reconstructed 165 new houses in Kosovo.
The major donors involved were MTS Switzerland, Caritas Vienna, Diaconie Austria, and through the successful public donation of the public event: "The poor are among us let's find and help them."
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Socio-economic project
Beehive Support project
MTS works tirelessly to bring Kosovar families out of poverty by offering them with small-scale income generating projects. In 2011, (10) new families will be trained and equipped with beehives facilitating their advancement out of poverty.
The major donors of the Income generation projects are: Caritas Vienna, Loppan –Hoganas, and Swiss development and Cooperation (SDC).
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Humanitarian project
Hope and Aid Direct Humanitarian Convoy
In May of 2011, 26 HAAD volunteers together with MTS volunteers and other supporters managed to deliver aid to 1,423 families with a total of 7,865 family members during a one-week period.
The implementation of this extraordinary HAAD convoy would not have been so possible if it weren't for the collaborative help and support of the volunteer network of HAAD and MTS, Customs of Kosova, the Insurance Association of Kosova, AUK students, Food and Veterinary Agency and countless more.
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Safety Net Project
In 2011 alone, with support of Mother Teresa Switzerland, 100 families will be supported twice with food and essentials during month of Ramadan (July).
Also helping in the effort: "M&Sillosi" Mill from Xerxë is matching the flour quantity per family—doubling the amount of flour available to these families!
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Civil Society lead projects
"A voice for the voiceless" (those marginalized in Kosovar society)
Through a network of NGO's working together to gather information and research MTS has been able to encourage and support the following initiatives:
- Social inclusion
- Advocacy and lobbing on behalf of socially excluded communities
- Increased public awareness leading to i) ongoing public donation and ii) a growing network of volunteer groups
- Standing up for the rights of the 'voiceless'
Civic Dialogue Program
Civic Dialogue (CiD), a non-partisan, multi-ethnic initiative of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Serbia and Kosovo, was launched in 2002 to abrogate the consequences of the violent conflicts in former Yugoslavia.
This program includes, but is not limited to:
- Reconciliation: Coming to terms with the recent past
- Youth and Gender issues
- Freedom of Expression and media
- Free movement of peoples
- Free trade.
Voluntary Return and Reintegration Program
Mother Teresa Society, through Voluntary Returns and Reintegration programs, aim to promote sustainable voluntary return and reintegration of Kosovars returning from EU countries. This is done in an effort to improve economic prospects for the returnees and their families. From 2002 to date, MTS has facilitated the return of 59 families with a total of 325 families members safely to Kosovo.
MTS partnered with the following organizations to allow these families safe return:
Peace Ambassadors of Kosova
Based on MTS statistics, over 1300 children were orphaned in Kosovo with one or both parents killed during the war.
AMother Teresa Society seeks to work with children victims of the war and transform the anger and trauma these children have experienced into something beneficial to themselves, their families, community and tomorrow to the entire society. Each year MTS organizes a Summer Camp for PA with different topics and themes. This year (2011) in July, a group of P.A. will attend a 7-day camp with lectures on anthropology and ethnography of the village Theth in Albania.
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