Your friends are fundraising. Don't miss out, opt in.

Fundraiser complete

This page is now closed, but you can still donate to the cause directly

Bogujevci // Visual History - Histori Vizuele - Art Exhibition 10/2011

Saranda Bogujevci is raising money for Manchester Aid to Kosovo
“Saranda Bogujevci's fundraising”

on 18 April 2011

Donations cannot currently be made to this page
http://www.makonline.org Manchester Aid to Kosovo provides opportunities, resources and partnerships. * Manchester Peace Park, Kosovo * Art and Music * Education - MaK's Summer Club and the archive www.vokim.org * Sport * Medical support * Sister Stitch * Promoting justice and equality

Story

<p><!--StartFragment--></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Dear Friends,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On the 28<sup>th</sup> of March 1999 during the war in Kosova, in a </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;; color: #262626;" lang="EN-US">brutal act of murder,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;; color: #262626;" lang="EN-US">21 members of our family and friends, all women and children (including children as young as two years old) were forced into a garden and </span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Lucida Grande&quot;;" lang="EN-US">machine gunned down<span style="color: #262626;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Only five of us survived. We lost our</span></span><span lang="EN-US"> mothers, grandmother, brothers, sister, cousins and other members of our family and friends.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">After the war in September 1999, with our fathers - the remaining members of our family - we were medically evacuated to Manchester. Evacuation was due to the injuries sustained as children during the war. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In 2003 and 2008 we testified in Belgrade against five men who shot our family. We were the first Kosovar Albanians who testified in a war crimes trial after the war in Kosova as well as the first children to testify in any war crimes trial with the accused being present. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We are documenting our story through an exhibition, which is going to take place at the National Gallery in Kosova, in October 2011</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This exhibition is an artistic and visual response, an exploration of this terrible crime and of the impact it has had on our lives.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Through the exhibition we hope to continue the debate regarding the reality of Kosova during and after the war.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">We hope this inspires other families and organisations in Kosova and the region to tell their own stories. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The exhibition also documents our physical recovery, our fight for justice and expresses our need to raise awareness of this horrific injustice to the wider international community. Our aim is also to take the exhibition to Belgrade, Sarajevo, other parts of the Balkans, and to the UK, as well as to other parts of Europe and USA. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We need your support to complete our work. </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Different organisations are currently considering funding sections of our budget and we are confident that by sharing different elements of the costs the exhibition can take place. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Much of the artistic and documentary material is ready for display. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We are asking you for help to fund our travel costs from Manchester so that we can create the exhibition: The Bogujevci Family - a Visual History. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">We will travel in the most cost effective way possible but Kosova is a long way from the UK. We do need to travel back there to complete and present our work. Your support would make a real difference to us. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you for all your continuing support for our family. </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <div style="mso-element: para-border-div; border: none; border-bottom: solid #797B7E 1.0pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 16.0pt 0cm;"> <p class="MsoTitleCxSpFirst" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #797B7E 1.0pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 16.0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 26.0pt;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Fatos, Jehona dhe Saranda Bogujevci&nbsp;</span>&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoTitleCxSpLast" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #797B7E 1.0pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 16.0pt 0cm;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoTitleCxSpLast" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #797B7E 1.0pt; padding: 0cm; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 0cm 16.0pt 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 16px;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Bogujevci.VisualHistory">http://www.facebook.com/Bogujevci.VisualHistory</a></span></p> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">T&euml; dashur Miq,</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">M&euml; 28 mars 1999 gjat&euml; luft&euml;s n&euml; Kosov&euml;, n&euml; nj&euml; akt brutal vrasje, 21 an&euml;tar&euml;t e familjes dhe miqt&euml; tan&euml;, t&euml; gjith&euml; gra dhe f&euml;mij&euml; (p&euml;rfshir&euml; f&euml;mij&euml; t&euml; mosh&euml;s dy vjeqar) ishin d&euml;rguar me dhun&euml; n&euml; nj&euml; kopsht ku m&euml; pas n&euml; ta u sht&euml; me arm&euml; automatike. Vet&euml;m pes&euml; prej nesh mbijetuam (shp&euml;tuam) . Ne kemi humbur n&euml;nat tona, gjyshen, v&euml;llez&euml;rit, motr&euml;n, kush&euml;rinjt&euml; dhe pjes&euml;tar&euml;t e tjer&euml; t&euml; familjes son&euml; dhe miqt&euml; tan&euml;.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Pas p&euml;rfundimit t&euml; luft&euml;s n&euml; shtator t&euml; vitit 1999, me et&euml;rit tan&euml; an&euml;tar&euml; t&euml; mbetur t&euml; familjes ton&euml; - ne kemi qen&euml; t&euml; evakuar p&euml;r ndih&euml;m mjeksore n&euml; Man&ccedil;ester. Evakuimi u b&euml;n&euml; p&euml;r shkak t&euml; plag&euml;ve t&euml; marra gjat&euml; luft&euml;s.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">N&euml; 2003 dhe 2008 ne d&euml;shmuam n&euml; Beograd kund&euml;r pes&euml; t&euml; akuzuarve q&euml; vran familjen ton&euml;. Ne ishim shqiptar&euml;t e par&euml; t&euml; Kosov&euml;s t&euml; cil&euml;t d&euml;shmuan n&euml; nj&euml; gjyq p&euml;r krime lufte, pas luft&euml;s n&euml; Kosov&euml;, si dhe f&euml;mij&euml;t e par&euml; p&euml;r t&euml; d&euml;shmuar n&euml; ndonj&euml; gjyq p&euml;r krime lufte me t&euml; akuzuarit t&euml; qenit t&euml; pranish&euml;m.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ne jemi duke dokumentuar historin&euml; ton&euml; p&euml;rmes nj&euml; Ekspozite, e cila do t&euml; mbahet n&euml; Galerin&euml; Komb&euml;tare n&euml; Kosov&euml;, n&euml; tetor 2011</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Kjo ekspozit&euml; &euml;sht&euml; nj&euml; reagim artistik dhe vizuale, nj&euml; eksplorim i k&euml;tij krimi t&euml; tmerrshme dhe t&euml; ndikimit q&euml; ka pasur n&euml; jet&euml;n ton&euml;.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">P&euml;rmes ekspozit&euml;s ne shpresojm&euml; t&euml; vazhdojm&euml; debatin lidhur me realitetin e Kosov&euml;s gjat&euml; dhe pas luft&euml;s.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ne shpresojm&euml; se kjo frym&euml;zon familje t&euml; tjera dhe organizata n&euml; Kosov&euml; dhe n&euml; rajon p&euml;r t&euml; treguar historit&euml; e tyre .</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ekspozita gjithashtu dokumenton permiresimin ton&euml; fizike, luft&euml;n ton&euml; p&euml;r drejt&euml;si dhe shpreh nevoj&euml;n ton&euml; p&euml;r t&euml; rritur nd&euml;rgjegj&euml;simin e k&euml;saj padrejt&euml;sie t&euml; tmerrshme p&euml;r komunitetin e gjer&euml; nd&euml;rkomb&euml;tar. Q&euml;llimi yn&euml; &euml;sht&euml; gjithashtu p&euml;r t&euml; d&euml;rguar ekspozit&euml;n n&euml; Beograd, Sarajev&euml;, pjes&euml;t e tjera t&euml; Ballkanit, dhe n&euml; Mbret&euml;rin&euml; e Bashkuar, si dhe n&euml; pjes&euml; t&euml; tjera t&euml; Evrop&euml;s dhe SHBA.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Ne kemi nevoj&euml; p&euml;r mb&euml;shtetjen tuaj p&euml;r t&euml; p&euml;rfunduar pun&euml;n ton&euml;</strong>.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Organizata t&euml; ndryshme jan&euml; duke shqyrtuar mund&euml;sin e&nbsp; financimit t&euml; buxhetit tone ne sektor te ndrysh&euml;m dhe ne jemi t&euml; t&euml; bindur se me ndarje t&euml; bugjetit n&euml; sektor te ndrysh&euml;m dhe financimi nga organizata t&euml; ndryshme, ekspozita do t&euml; realizohet.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Pjesa m&euml; e madhe e materialit artistik dhe dokumentar &euml;sht&euml; gati p&euml;r shfaqje</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ne po k&euml;rkojm&euml; nga ju p&euml;r t&euml; na ndihmuar p&euml;r t&euml; financuar shpenzimet e udh&euml;timit ton&euml; nga Man&ccedil;ester n&euml; Kosov&euml; n&euml; m&euml;nyr&euml; q&euml; ne mund t&euml; realizojm&euml; ekspozit&euml;n, Bogujevci -Histori Vizuele&ldquo;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ne do t&euml; udh&euml;tojm&euml; n&euml; shpenzime sa m&euml;&nbsp; t&euml; ulta q&euml; t&euml; jet&euml; e mundur, por Kosova &euml;sht&euml; nj&euml; rrug&euml; e gjat&euml; nga Mbret&euml;ria e Bashkuar. Ne kemi nevoj&euml; p&euml;r t&euml; udh&euml;tuar prapa p&euml;r n&euml; Kosove p&euml;r t&euml; finalizuar projektin dhe t&euml; paraqesim pun&euml;n ton&euml;. Mb&euml;shtetja juaj do t&euml; b&euml;j&euml; nj&euml; ndryshim t&euml; v&euml;rtet&euml; p&euml;r ne.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">Ju faleminderit p&euml;r t&euml; gjith&euml; mb&euml;shtetjen tuaj t&euml; vazhdueshme p&euml;r familjen ton&euml;.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">Fatos, Jehona dhe Saranda Bogujevci&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Bogujevci.VisualHistory">http://www.facebook.com/Bogujevci.VisualHistory&nbsp;</a></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;">&nbsp;</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US">-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span></p> <p>Thanks for taking the time to visit my JustGiving page.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Donating through JustGiving is simple, fast and totally secure. Your details are safe with JustGiving &ndash; they&rsquo;ll never sell them on or send unwanted emails. Once you donate, they&rsquo;ll send your money directly to the charity and make sure Gift Aid is reclaimed on every eligible donation by a UK taxpayer. So it&rsquo;s the most efficient way to donate - I raise more, whilst savin<span style="color: #000000;">g tim</span>e and cutting costs for the charity.</p> <p>So please dig deep and donate now.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <!--EndFragment--> <p>&nbsp;</p>

Donation summary

Total
£872.00
+ £181.75 Gift Aid
Online
£872.00
Offline
£0.00

Charities pay a small fee for our service. Learn more about fees