Blog: Other Regions

Ɖorgovska mahala, Serbia

The young generation is very open to the progress and application of Transformational Community Development (TCD) learning in their lives. I work with teenagers who have become part of our local community.

Ɖorgovska mahala, Serbia

Ɖorgovska mahala, Serbia

Life is almost returning to normal in Ɖorgovska mahala. Last month, we had home visits where I encouraged people to be self-sufficient. Their opinion that they are strong, that the virus will not reach them, and that they do not have to stay at home has slowly been changing and has led to changes in habits regarding personal hygiene and health care.

Thank you!

Snezana
GHNI Partner

Ɖorgovska mahala, Serbia

Ɖorgovska mahala, Serbia

The beginning of March saw a state of emergency introduced in Serbia following the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. People were restricted from gathering and movemen,t except for purposes of procuring basic needs.  Schools were closed and things came to a standstill. 

Spitak, Armenia

Recently, Tamara and Sam were preparing for a trip to Europe. For Armenian citizens, it is a long process to apply for EU Schengen and UK visas. They spent a whole month preparing all the necessary documents! Finally, they received all three visas for the UK but the approval process with the embassy for Switzerland took a long time. The embassy working for EU countries gave them visas in one day. The ambassador, himself, showed them favour.
 

Ɖorgovska mahala, Serbia

Last month, we focused on promoting the Transformational Community Development (TCD)  focus of Health, specifically eye health. This is because people have no understanding that, even though in some cases the illness can go away without symptoms, the problem can be very serious when it is discovered too late.

Ɖorgovska mahala, Serbia

Stanica is a 40-year-old mother of 3 grown children. She and her husband are diabetics and she takes medication to control her illness. She works hard all summer to meet her basic needs and is part of our Transformational Community Development (TCD) group. 

Spitak, Armenia

We had a great opportunity to take people from Spitak to the Tufenkian hotel for a two-day Transformational Community Development (TCD)  training, including a parenting course. The proprietor heard about the TCD work in Spitak and he kindly donated gift certificates to all who attended the training to stay at the hotel.

Ɖorgovska mahala, Serbia

The busy season here in Ɖorgovska mahala has ended,  allowing community members to spend more time at home, where they now enjoy electricity in every house.