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TWI
for the Children
Success Stories
2009
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The
purpose of this page is to provide information on TWI projects
accomplished during 2009. These
successful projects included:
support for the Learning
Center for Special Needs Children in Sarajevo,
a Camp for special needs children and
their families, a Leadership Workshop
for Balkan University students, scholarships for
Balkans young adults and, Camps
to Kids teams working with more than 3,000 children
in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo and in Montenegro, and
humanitarian assistance in the Balkans.
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Training
Workshops
TWI for the
Children did not conduct Training Workshops in the Balkans in
2009.
Click
here to review Training Workshop activity in 2008
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CAMPS
TO KIDS
New
Jersey Synod camps for Children in Bosnia and Herzegovina -
This camp for
children in Bosnia and Herzegovina took 23 volunteers from the New Jersey
Lutheran Synod to 12 towns in Bosnia. This project was split into
two teams of volunteers and interpreters in order to cover the entire
country. The teams hosted more than 1,500 children during the two week period.
TWI
for the Children camps for children in Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina and
Montenegro - June and July 2009. This camp for children
concentrated on camps for schools in Serbia and Kosovo and orphanages in Bosnia and Montenegro
. Camps were held in two schools in Serbia and four schools in
Kosovo. Camps were held in orphanages
in Sarajevo, Mostar and a picnic for children from the orphanage in
Zenica.
A camp was also held at the orphanage in Montenegro
and with Roma children in Sarajevo. Most of the
camps at orphanages were two days in duration. More than 600 children were
hosted during the three week period. Games, crafts, stories and presentations were
built around the theme of "Little Red Riding Hood. Lunch/Snacks were provided at each school along with
games and crafts.
Click
Here: You Must read the Report
of the 2009 camp activity plus pictures.
CLICK
HERE to review the TWI "Camps to Kids" experience
in 2008.
Return
to Camps to Kids Page
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INTERNATIONAL
STUDIES
Educational
Support to Schools and Orphanages
TWI for the Children has concluded its highly successful projects to
provide educational support to orphanages in Bosnia and Herzegovina and
in Montenegro.
Click
Here for information on the "Education for
Orphanages" Project in 2008
SCHOLARSHIPS
ABROAD
Scholarships
Abroad:
Balkan
Scholarship Students. During school year 2008-2009, TWI sponsored
two Bosnian university students at Anatolia College, Greece; and a
student to attend school in the United States.
Click
Here to learn about our Scholarship Students in 2008
LEADERSHIP
CONFERENCE
Leadership
Training Workshop in Montenegro. TWI hosted a three-day
leadership workshop in Montenegro for university students from Kosovo,
Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia and Montenegro to discuss topics of interest
to students in the Balkans. The TWI
Leadership Training Camp brought teams from Bosnia-Herzegovina,
Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, and Croatia to join our
American team for the TWI camp program at the orphanage in Bijela,
Montenegro. The eighteen participants from around the Balkans and
the United States met together on the grounds of the orphanage in
Montenegro and took part in the TWI camp for kids at the orphanage as
well as participating in workshops and seminars of interest to the
university students. This was the second year for this conference
that brought together students and
adults from the different ethnic groups of the former Yugoslavia and
has successfully resulted in better understanding of the concerns of each new Balkan
State.
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HUMANITARIAN
SUPPORT
Learning
Center for Special Needs Children in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
TWI financially helps to support the Learning Center in Sarajevo that
works with special needs children and their families. The Learning Center
for Children with Special Needs in Sarajevo is designed to teach
children and their parents how to overcome disability and become
active, useful members of their communities. The
Learning Center in Sarajevo has been working with special needs
children since 2002 and although not self-sufficient financially, are
attempting to pay for their own expenses. The Center provides
educational and emotional assistance to more than 75 children monthly with
crafts, music and school instruction for the children and group therapy
for the parents. The 2009
report from the Learning Center provides details of programs of
instruction provided to students and parents participating in the Learning
Center.
Click
here to learn more about the "Learning Center for Special Needs
Children in Sarajevo".
Clothes
for Orphans in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In October 2009, American
University students participating in a month-long study in the Balkans
agreed to take eighteen suitcases of clothes for orphanages in Bosnia and
Montenegro that are part of the TWI for the Children "Camps to
Kids" project. Our thanks are
extended to Professor Elefterios Michael and the class for their
assistance in this project. The
clothes were taken to children in orphanages in Montenegro and in
Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina in December 2009 by the TWI Bosnian Team working with Children in Sarajevo.
Camp
for Children with Special Needs
TWI
for the Children camp for Special Needs Children and Family in Bosnia.
In July 2009, TWI hosted families and special needs children to a
weekend retreat at the Monastery at Rama in central Bosnia. Fifty-four
children and adults were hosted at the monastery at Rama in central
Bosnia. These families were treated to crafts, games
and presentations. They were provided with wonderful meals by the nuns
from the monastery. Time was provided for swimming and walks around the
lake. This is the ninth year that TWI has been able to provide this
weekend for these families from Sarajevo. Report
of the 2009 weekend is included.
Click
here for information on the 2008 Camp for children with special needs.
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