The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Real lives

Mothers in TFYR Macedonia battle the cycle of poverty with reading, writing and arithmetic
The day Marieta's* daughter turned 10 was a bittersweet reminder of her own tenth birthday. That day, more than 20 years ago, was a painful personal milestone. It was the year her parents removed her from school.

Peace education programme provides opportunity for learning, life skills and leisure
Residents of Tetovo will tell you that gunfire can still sometimes be heard from the hills above the city today. It is a positive irony that peace is blooming in a community youth centre, located in the very city in which the worst of the violence took place.

"Children are the same, even when they are different"
Goran was born without arms and was abandoned in an orphanage at birth. The same fate befell his foster sister Vesna, after she was classified as having a learning disability.


 

 

 
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