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17. Oct 2022.

Global Hand washing Day is celebrated around the world on October 15 In the Reception center in Šid, in the children's corner, educators of the Ecumenical Humanitarian Organization marked this day with the youngest beneficiaries. Handwashing Day is now applied to the entire population, not children only.

13. Oct 2022.

Danijel Jovanović from Šimanovci is one of the beneficiaries of assistance for self-employment of unemployed people within the EHO project "Assistance for a New Start", to whom EHO handed over equipment for gardening this summer. He is a returnee from Germany, with good experience in gardening...

12. Oct 2022.

EHO, Center for Social Work and the IOM (International Organization for Migration), held an educational and creative workshop in PC Sombor, through the project "Empowerment of Women and refugee children". Participants pointed out that the most important for maintaining mental health are meeting with friends...

11. Oct 2022.

EHO provided humanitarian aid packages to vulnerable Roma families on the territory of Serbia through the project "EHO-Appeal 2022, support for vulnerable Roma families during Covid-19", in the period from January to September 2022. 150 emergency intervention food and hygiene aid packages were distributed to families...

10. Oct 2022.

The past week was dedicated to children in the reception centers in Šid and Sombor. Associates engaged in the project "Empowerment of refugee women and children" organized a series of educational, creative, sports activities, through which they encouraged children's socio-emotional development, cohesion and sense of belonging to the group...

09. Oct 2022.

During the previous week, within the project "Field work with children who are at risk of being involved in life and/or work on the street", all activities were aimed at celebrating Children's Week: workshop on the topis of the "Little Mermaid" and Sport Activities workshop...

05. Oct 2022.

Some forty people from Pivnice visited EHO on Saturday, October 1, 2022. In their visit of the EHO premises, they learned about our projects and talked with several employees. Director Anna Brtka Valent addressed them on behalf of EHO and briefly introduced them to the history and ongoing projects that EHO is implementing throughout Serbia. Our guests showed a special interest in working with the elderly...

03. Oct 2022.

EHO joins celebrations of the International Day of the Older Persons, which has been its focus since our organizational inception. This year, the International Day of Older Persons focuses on older women and the theme for 2022 is "Resilience and contributions of older women". In prevoius18 years and onwards, our organization is providing various...

30. Sep 2022.

Valentino Mujić from Sremska Mitrovica, to whom EHO handed over equipment for washing vehicles and carpets this summer, is one of the beneficiaries of assistance for self-employment of unemployed people within the EHO project "Assistance for a New Start".

30. Sep 2022.

The international conference "Poverty and educational deprivation of Roma children - challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic before and after 2022" was held in the period 22 - 23 September 2022. in Hotel Putnik in Novi Sad, organized by the Diakonie...

28. Sep 2022.

Occupational workshops have been held in the Reception center in Subotica since August as part of the project "Humanitarian Assistance and Protection Related Interventions to People on the Move in Serbia". When the weather permits, occupation workshops take place in Subotica in which music, dance, drawing and handcrafting small...

21. Sep 2022.

The importance of friendship, tolerance and peace was pointed out to the children through the conversation. Also, the children talked about what peace means to them, where most agreed that peace is when there is no war and when everyone is safe. This was followed by a joint activity, where children made...

20. Sep 2022.

Occupational workshops have been held in the family reception center in Šid since August as part of the project "Humanitarian Assistance and Protection Related Interventions to People on the Move in Serbia". During August, 8 workshops were held in which about 70 children, young people and adults participated...

16. Sep 2022.

In the reception center in Šid and Subotica, since August, over 70 migrants participated in various activities such as football, volleyball, badminton and table tennis within occupation workshops that use sports as a method. The workshops are conducted within the project "Humanitarian...

15. Sep 2022.

Occupational workshops have been held in the reception center in Sombor since August as part of the project "Humanitarian Assistance and Protection Related Interventions to People on the Move in Serbia". We use fine art as a method in the workshops. Occupational art workshops provide a significant potential for social...

14. Sep 2022.

In the reception center in Sombor, since August, they have been conducting occupation workshops that use sports as a method. The workshops are conducted within the project "Humanitarian Assistance and Protection Related Interventions to People on the Move in Serbia". During August, 3 sports workshops were...

13. Sep 2022.

The training held September 9-11, 2022 in Sremski Karlovci was aimed at helping the engaged workers in the reception centers to be better prepared to respond to the specific needs of migrants and/or minors/unaccompanied children on the move. The target audience of EHO activists were...

09. Sep 2022.

Within the EHO project "Social Inclusion of Roma and Other Vulnerable Groups 2019-2022" and in partnership with the Municipality of Žabalj and the Roma Inclusion Office of the AP Vojvodina implemented are activities with the children...

08. Sep 2022.

A workshop within EHO the project "Empowering refugee women and children" held in Reception Center Šid, presented eight types of literacy: basic, functional, informational, visual, social, IT, digital and media, applied every day through various activities, to emphasize literacy opportunities available...

08. Sep 2022.

Dragica Aleksa from the small Croatian village of Berak spoke about her two decades of peace activism and advocacy for a peaceful and friendly coexistence of people in her local context...