Stop Violence in Serbian Schools brings trained teachers into high-needs classrooms and underprivileged communities across Serbia to protect children who are most at risk of bullying and peer violence: disabled and disadvantaged. Through structured workshops and counselling sessions, we give children the emotional vocabulary and peer support skills to replace violence with kindness. Every session builds a school culture where no child is left unsafe, unseen or without someone to turn to.
In Serbia, peer violence and bullying are among the leading causes of school dropout, social isolation and poor mental health outcomes among children. In underserved neighbourhoods where support systems are weakest, children routinely experience exclusion and fear as part of their school day. The emotional wounds formed in childhood carry into adulthood, perpetuating cycles of disadvantage and emotional pain that entire communities struggle to escape.
Our trained teachers deliver 50 workshops and counselling sessions directly in schools serving Serbia's most vulnerable children, those from low-income families, with disabilities or facing social exclusion. Each session builds emotional literacy, conflict resolution skills and peer support habits. Children learn to recognise, name and respond to harmful behaviour, replacing silence and fear with voice and solidarity.
When a child learns to reject violence and choose empathy, that choice ripples outward. Over time, 10,000 children reached through this project will enter adulthood with stronger emotional regulation, healthier peer relationships and greater resilience against exclusion. Schools become safer for everyone, including children with disabilities and those from marginalised families. Communities where kindness is modelled early see less violence, lower dropout rates and stronger social cohesion.
