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NGOs and their volunteers try to fight poverty by giving work skills

by K2000l1ve | Oct 26, 2017 | Longform

N.A. is a 68-year-old who has been living in poverty for thirty years. He lives with his wife, his two sons, and his daughter-in-law in a shack in the neighborhood “Bregu i Diellit” (Sunny Hill) in Prishtina. He used to be a construction worker but never had an...

The idea that the university is the only way to get a job is a changing perception

by K2000l1ve | Oct 24, 2017 | Longform

Is it true that most of Kosovar youngsters think going to university is the only way to get a job? While Kosovo, compared to other European countries, has a higher number of students who go on to university, something seems to be changing. Students have an...

Martyrs’ wives are also denied their inheritance

by K2000l1ve | Oct 24, 2017 | Longform

After S.K. was told that her husband, who was a member of KLA (Kosovo Liberation Army) was killed, she still decided to live with his family. Together with her young sons, she went to Germany, where her brother-in-law lived. She returned to Kosovo after two months and...

Recycling is still more a notion than reality

by K2000l1ve | Oct 20, 2017 | Longform

When it comes to classifying and recycling garbage, Merlinda Beu Muҫaj, executive director of the NGO “Green Art Center” (GAC) in Prishtina, says that we still have a lot to do. “We are still a long way from the processes, a long way because we have...

For gynecological exams, women are more comfortable with female doctors than male ones

by K2000l1ve | Oct 20, 2017 | Longform

A.G., mother of three, says that hesitating to do gynecological exams caused her to miscarry. She wasn’t married at that time and feared judgment, so after her pregnancy test came positive she hesitated to go to any gynecologist, be it a woman or a man. Her second...