December 2008

	Exhibition of authentic culture of persons with disabilities during the Programme.		Experts on Human Rights and Disabilities from twelve countries in Stockholm		Zamira Hyseni and Hiljmnijeta Apuk during Mingle Party in Stockholm City Hall, The Prince´s Gallery

“October, Month of Disability Mentoring Days - DMD”

The traditional one month campaign in Kosovo ‘’ October - Month of Disability Mentoring Days - DMD’’(Initiative of the New freedom which started in the USA ) aims to promote professional abilities of persons with disabilities and lobbies for providing access to equal opportunities for employment for persons with disabilities by eliminating the barriers that prevent persons with disabilities from participating fully in community life.

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Press Conference of the campaign

and exhibition authentic culture of persons with disabilities

Partnership of NGOs appealed at this conference to the Government and local as well as International Institutions, private business and craft workshops that during this month they offer this opportunity to persons with disabilities and provide promotional employment for one or several days in their institution with a payment per day.

Visual exhibition of author Ms. Hiljmnijeta Apuk was opened during the press conference. The art works expressed respect for integrity, dignity and diversity of persons with disabilities as authentic culture of persons with disabilities and promotion of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

" Because of discriminatory behaviour and such practice the persons with disabilities usually lives in the shadow and in the society margins.

The highest rate of unemployment is among the people with disabilities and between 18 -65 years old, and there is no existence of any development program or the Code that regulates an employment or ensures fundamental working conditions in relation with access to the state or private sector workplaces.

Furthermore the numerous architectural barriers are the reality today and in the construction and renovating of the public facilities should build proper accessibility based on the needs of their clients/beneficiaries; otherwise the traditional discrimination will be continued in the environmental design by creating barriers in accessibility for the persons with disabilities and by limiting their freedom of movements.

In the “Universe design” it is necessarily to include principles for standard and guidelines development for the accessibility in the public buildings and services, with the intention of non-discrimination of persons with disabilities

Needed measurers for improving a positions of the persons with disabilities are not only the ethics or moral issues of individuals and society, but they are the issues in relation with law principles, and in connection with the same we are requesting that appropriate measures and action to be taken in order to enact the amendments and laws and implement the same that will consist/involve an elements of the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.

Even though that is impossible to define fundamental price of human rights, for some steps in enacting and implementation of such laws the financial funding will be needed, and with existence of our confidence and the hope we believe that international financial aid will support state resources for the needs of persons with disabilities in Kosovo." - Ms. Hiljmnijeta Apuk stressed during the conference.

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September - Month of Anti Discrimination in Kosovo

The Government of the Republic of Kosovo during its 34 meeting held on 3 September, 2008, has declared September as Month of Anti Discrimination in Kosovo.

The announcement of the anti-discrimination month is aimed to implement a series of activities regarding the promotion of equal opportunity and anti-discrimination legislation, the principle of equal treatment of the citizens of the Republic of Kosovo, with no distinction, the promotion of institutional mechanisms on both central and local levels, as well as for the notification of the wide public on the commitments of the Government to ensure protection and respect to its citizen's rights and freedom, in conformity with international Human Rights standards.

During this month a series of activities was undertaken by Little People of Kosovo and multiethnic NGOs partnership of Voluntary Promotional Program of Disability Mentoring Days - DMD.

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As a part of these activities on 17 and 19 September 2008 Little People of Kosovo and NGOs of Program of DMD organized two - day exhibition of visual artworks pointed to new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Author of the artworks is Ms. Hiljmnijeta Apuk. The exhibition was organized in Hotel Grand in Pristina during debate and press conference of the Office of Prime Minister/Advisory Office on Good Governance. FES Office in Pristine supported in kind contribution.

From left: Mr. Habit Hajredini, Director of the Office of Prime Minister/Advisory Office on Good Governance, Ms. Hiljmnijeta Apuk, author of artworks and Mrs. Besa Luzha, Director of foundation “ Friedrich Ebert Stiftung - FES” Office Pristine.

Little People of Kosovo in KFOR

International Children Day 01 June 2008

" Children of Kosovo deliver this message of peace, friendship and tolerance to all the children of the world”.

PRISTINA, Kosovo. 1st June 2008 – COMKFOR, Lieutenant General Xavier de Marnhac, hosted at HQ KFOR a multiethnic group of Children Ambassadors, which included some children with disabilities from the NGO Little People of Kosovo. From Film City, they delivered a letter for the children all over the world, with the message that we are all born free and equal.

“Persons with disabilities make the minority group of 10% of population in every country all around the world, and in our conditions, persons with disabilities make the largest multiethnic minority group”, stated Ms. Hiljmnijeta Apuk, from Little People of Kosovo, adding that “everything we do now for persons with disabilities will affect future generations”.

“Children are the future of Kosovo, the mission of KFOR is to ensure peace and stability for all people of Kosovo especially for children” stated COMKFOR. Reminding his motto, Peace with Determination, LTG de Marnhac said that “KFOR soldiers are determined to fulfill their mission because most of them are parents themselves”.

“In this specific period of time, KFOR will not tolerate any disruption of peace”. COMKFOR reminded to the “people who may have this temptation that they are responsible to build a good future for their children”.

LTG de Marnhac finally stated that “This is very symbolic that the children of Kosovo deliver this message of peace, friendship and tolerance to all the children of the world”.

Conference Little People of Germany - BKMF
01 – 04 May 2008,

Agenda of the Conference from 01 – 04 May 2008 year included many workshops, receptions for parents, teens, siblings, international representatives … etc along with children’s room, fun-zone, talent show, and banquet.

Little People of Kosova, Little People of Finland, Little People of Netherlands, Little People of Italy, Little People of Germany, representatives from EURORDIS and the European Skeletal Dysplasia Network (ESDN) have started to found EU Association of Short Stature concerning consultation and cooperation between organizations for people with restricted growth in the EU.

Mrs. Hiljmnijeta Apuk, representative of Little People of Kosova has organized exhibition of artworks of authentic culture of persons with disabilities by way new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was promoted. During the exhibition author Mrs. Apuk promoted new logo of persons with short stature and her proposal was sent to discussion by EU countries.

Donated by FES - Office in Pristine

Week to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
21 – 28 April 22, 2008

The campaign was opened by visual art exhibition as expression of authentic culture of persons with disabilities that was held in the International Airport Republic of Kosova

This event gathered youth, persons with disabilities, representatives of local and international institutions, in order to promote jointly the human rights, equality and non – discrimination with a special emphasis on the respect for human diversity by gender, race, mental or physical disabilities, age, ethnic origin, nationality or any other stats.

Volunteer of DMD Program Ms. Dijana Toska organized this event.

Author of the artworks is Hiljmnijeta Apuk. Artworks promote and sensitive public opinion to the new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Opening speeches were by Ms. Laura Hochla, Representative of USA Embassy Pristina and Skender Bucolli, Spokesman of International Airport Pristina. and Fazile Bungu from NGO Hendifer Ferizaj

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