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- The Mokovic family, a female headed household of three generations — mother Slavojka, daughter Marijana and granddaughter Nina — lost everything in the floods. To date, CWS is the only organization that has extended help to the family.
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- A new corn crop (100 kg) was donated to a farmer in Samac, Bosnia.
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- Dzavid Idrizaj and his son Emin are from the Mali Leskovac Roma settlement. Emin attends a day care center funded by CWS and the ELCA.
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- Ramiza Berisa (from the Mali Leskovac Roma settlement) and her husband are trying to find a permanent home for their family. CWS delivered food and hygiene packages to the family.
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- Roberta Sadiki and her two children received food and hygiene packages from CWS.
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- Food packages are being prepared for distribution and delivery to beneficiaries in Samac, Bosnia.
The ELCA has participated in flood-recovery efforts for more than a year in Europe’s Balkan Peninsula, providing humanitarian assistance to families, farmers and others. In May 2014, torrential rain produced floods killing dozens of people and affecting 22 percent of Serbia’s population. The storm also killed 23 people and affected 39 percent of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In response, the ELCA provided funds donated to Lutheran Disaster Response to support Church World Service’s (CWS) “Winterization 2014-2015” program, designed to sustain families and communities through the winter and beyond. For more information, click here.
