Prishtina May 21 – The Non-Governmental Organization “Syri i Vizioni” has held training for the prevention of violence in schools, with the theme “Violence and its forms”, with students and teachers of Ismail Qemali primary and lower secondary school in Prishtina.

The children who were part of this training did not have a lot of knowledge about violence, its types and the forms of how it appears in school and about the ways of prevention, which affect the creation of a safe environment in their school. However, they shared different examples of violence that happened in their school among their peers, and in some cases even teachers towards them, where some of them were also victims of violence.
The purpose of this training is to create a safer environment for the children who attend this school, helping them to raise awareness about violence and its forms, as well as preventing this phenomenon in their school.
The training was held within the framework of “Together 4 children rights – Child Protection”, which is being implemented by the Non-Governmental Organization “Syri i Vizioni” from Peja, in partnership with the organization Save the Children. The project aims to help children, schools, various child protection organizations, and responsible institutions at the local and central level to transform schools into safe places for children and help them create and strengthen of child protection mechanisms.

The project is implemented in five municipalities of Kosovo, namely in ten lower secondary schools: “Ramiz Sadiku” and “Xhemail Kada” in Pejë, “Mustafa Bakia” and “Zekeria Rexha” in Gjakovë, “Tefik Çanga” and “Jeronim De Rada” in Ferizaj, “Bedri Gjina” and “Andon Zako Çajupi” in Mitrovica and “Naim Frashëri” and “Ismail Qemali” in Prishtina.