A helping hand to 6 families in need in Kosovo

Project Report | Feb 3, 2026
From hunger to hope: Standing with families in Fushe Kosova and Janjeva

By Almedina Ajvazi | Coordinator of Private Donations

In a small house in Fushë Kosova, Naim's wife carefully plans each day around what little she has. Her biggest worry is not herself, but whether her children will be able to continue going to school with full stomachs and a sense of dignity. Just a few kilometers away, in Janjeva, another family faces the same quiet struggle — choosing between basic necessities and the costs that come with education.

In 2025, thanks to the generosity of you donors, we were able to stand beside six families living in extreme economic hardship — three families from Janjeva and three from Fushë Kosova. What united these families was not only poverty, but also their determination to ensure that their children continue attending school regularly, despite the challenges they face at home.

Through monthly food and hygiene support, we helped ease the constant pressure these families live under. For parents, this support meant one less impossible choice. For children, it meant the ability to focus on learning, to sit in class without hunger, and to feel equal among their peers.

One mother shared with us that for the first time in months, she felt relief knowing that her children would not go to bed hungry — and that they could wake up ready for school the next day.

Because the need remains urgent, six new families have been selected for support this year — three from Fushë Kosova and three from Janjeva. These families face similar hardships, and their children are equally committed to continuing their education. With your help, they too will receive consistent support throughout the year.

Every donation is more than food on a table. It is stability, dignity, and hope.
Thank you for helping families survive today — and for helping children build a better tomorrow.

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Oct 7, 2025
Sunlight in Janjevo/a

By Debbie Matthews | Volunteer

After a morning working with the children in summer school at Janjevo/Janjevë, my son and I had the opportunity to retreat from the heat and talk with a young mother and her children supported by the Helping 6 Families In Need fund. They told us how life is not easy—of the struggle to provide the basics of food, clothing, and hygiene for their little ones. Her conversation carried the weight of daily worry and when asked how the support of The Ideas Partnership has helped, the mother said simply:

“It helped me a lot, especially the nappies for my small children.”

The food and hygiene packages you’ve helped provide do not last from delivery to delivery, but when they do arrive, they bring enormous relief. We asked what she would most hope for in future packages her answer was immediate: “Nappies.”For a mother of two very small children, the youngest just a babe in arms, that one essential is making the difference between despair and reassurance.

As she gave us a message to be shared with those who give to the fund, her voice softened:“I would like to thank them from the bottom of my heart—and mostly for the support of my children.”

It is a reminder that your donations do not only supply food and hygiene. They say to a struggling mother: “You are not alone.” Without these packages, she said, “Life would be too hard”.

Whilst volunteering with The Ideas Partnership, I read a line in my book that has stayed with me:“Your days are numbered. Use them to throw open the windows of your soul to the sun.”

Your giving does exactly that. It opens windows of hope and light in places where walls of hardship might otherwise close in. It allows families like this one to feel the warmth of care and the reassurance of dignity, even in their hardest days. Because of your generosity, a mother can bathe her children, wash their clothes, and tuck them into bed with food in their bellies. She can feel proud. She can whisper a prayer of thanks that someone, somewhere, cares about her children’s future. Your kindness is keeping families alive—and keeping hope alive too.

Thank you for opening the windows and showing Ramiana the sun.

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Jun 30, 2025
A helping hand to the family of Ilaz - Providing hope stability, and a chance for a better tomorrow

By Almedina Ajvazi | Coordinator of Private Donations

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