YMCA in Kosovo Blog

Hi, I am Nol Ajeti from Prishtina, through GWY (YMCA in Kosovo) I had the opportunity for a fantastic journey to Prague, Czech Republic and a short stop in Dubrovnik, Croatia this summer. Nol (center) with Migjen and Rinor Every five years an international festival takes place in Prague. As part of the group from Kosovo I am very satisfied with this opportunity, taking into consideration the lack of possibilities to travel abroad, events like this are always welcomed for Kosovo youngsters. Also it should be mentioned that the nature of Love2Live Festival in Prague, was very inspirational and positive! With different musical performances, theater, dances and a lot of attractive workshops, this gave people from all over the world to get to know each other, sharing ideas, experiences and learning about and from different cultures. Nol being interviewed on main stage I was lucky during my stay in Prague, I was asked to give a short interview about my opinions on the festiv...

As I wrote this blog my body has been left sore and broken from a 30 hour road trip has left me needing much recovery, in recent years my heath has not been the best but I have had luxury for too long of flying around to international conferences with our movement, so I decided to travel from Kosovo to Prague with bus. For many participants from Kosovo this was their first trip outside of the country, something I take for granted as a British passport holder and yet at the same time something special as young people’s first experience abroad was with our movement.  Our first stop was at Prizren (2 hours from the capital in Kosovo) to pick up a participant and allow for a cigarette break, I decided to take the opportunity to use the bathroom but was greeted with an Asian toilet? Now for those reading wondering what such a thing is, it’s basically a hole in the ground… nothing more, nothing less! No seat, no bowl…. Just a hole!!!! Luckily I had come across this type of thi...