LOCAL NGO ‘INSPIRACIJA’ HAS SUPPORTED ROMA AND ASHKALI WOMEN IN MARKING THE EARTH DAY IN COOPERATION WITH DRC

On April 17-22, a local NGO ‘Inspiracija’ had an opportunity to be a part of Earth Day campaign with the implementation of tailoring activities with women from Roma Mahalla/Mahala. NGO ‘Inspiracija’ engaged Rifadije and Antigona from Roma and Ashkali communities for a period of seven days.

During this activity, engaged women produced cotton reusable bags and had an opportunity to generate income in order to support their families. ‘Inspiracija’ reached out to DRC with an idea of partnership, given that DRC has sewing machines avaliable in Social Bussines Incubator located in Roma Mahalla/Mahala.

As result of this activity, the women sewed 150 reusable bags that were distributed among the people in Mitrovicë/a South in front of the shopping centres. The main goal of this collaboration was to promote the use of eco-friendly bags instead of the plastic ones that are among the main polluters of the planet.