Our story: Letter from Presevo

Our colleagues who are working in the field and – within the program “Solidarity” help refugee children, youth and adults build very special relationship with them. Few months ago, we got very special letter from Fahad, young man from Pakistan that is situated in Reception center Presevo. Letter is full of thankfulness for our colleagues that are working with refugees in Reception center and give then hope, help and care. With permission of the author, we are very proud to share letter with you.

“My name is Fahad and I’m 25 years old. I’m from Pakistan and I’m refugee in Serbia. When I came in Preševo, I was very bored, in hipertension and fully stressed. I even had thougts about suicide. But after two days, I met Lidija and Ana who are part of SOS Children’s Villages Organization in Presevo. The first impression of Lidija and Ana was that they are very hospitable, friendly and full of love. They cared a lot for me and gave me support. I was really impressed with the hard work of Milica, Lidija, Ana, Dejan, Milan, Thamer, Miloš and SOS Children’s Villages in general.

I was very happy when Milica showed me SOS Children’s Villages IT Corner – place with Internet in camp where I can talk with my family. That was a moment of special happiness because I was so much worried for my family.
I think that my life, as refugee, is like a book and I started to write some of my thougts and feelings. I also want to share some of my thougts and emotions, memories and special moments with SOS Children’s Villages in Preševo. I could compare my life with the weather – there are very sunny days with bright sun and blue sky without any clouds, or with white, small clouds that give additional colours. When I’m with people from SOS Children’s Villages I’m very happy and I feel like I’m with my own family. They have lot of activities in Preševo, like yoga classes, English classes, theatre classes and many other activities. I’m very thankful to SOS Children’s Villages for all acts of kidness. I would never forget this period in my life, time in Serbia and SOSChildren’s Villages organization. I’ll pray for their happyness from the depth of my heart.“