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A newcomer to the convoy experience
Speaking as a newcomer to the convoy, I find it takes a long time to wind down after being in Kosovo. In fact my thoughts are constantly returning there.
Maggie, Jaki, Anna and I stayed on a couple of days after the rest of the flying team had left, along with Jeff and Ian. During our flight home Maggie gave us a vivid account of her stay with Lumi's family.
She had introduced us to his mum and sister at the airport, and tears were shed when we heard of their hard life style, with five family members living in just one room.
This is a short extract from one of the Convoy Diaries that you can read in full by clicking here.
As you will see, not all the volunteers drive all the way from England to Kosovo. Some fly out to help with the sorting and distribution.
Please take a little time and read some of these diaries and see the pictures they took on the way and during the distribution of this so essential humanitarian aid.
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Kosovo's Daily Bread Now More Expensive
By Arbana Xharra in Pristina
Increasing bread prices and market instability are pushing more and more Kosovars to the edge of poverty.
Alma Gjekaj, a 28-year-old woman from Pristina, is just back from shopping and sorting out the goods she bought. This time she had to leave a lot of items off her usual shopping list, because bread and flour prices have recently doubled in Kosovo. Many other prices have also gone through the roof.
"I just don't know how I will manage", she says despairing. Only two months ago, a loaf of bread, weighing 600 grams, cost €0.25. Today it's €0.50, and many in Kosovo predict the price may go up to €0.70 within another few months. "I receive a monthly salary of €150. We can't cope with these prices", says Gjekaj, a mother with a three-old-year son, whose husband is currently unemployed.
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