BMS World Mission

Kosova

Stats
Region: Europe
Capital: Prishtina
Area: 10,912 sq km
Population: 2,100,000 (est 2006)
Languages: Albanian, Serbian, English
Religions: Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism
Life expectancy: 68.8 years (est 2006)
Population below poverty line: 47% (est 2004)

Kosova

Info
BMS World Mission first became involved in Kosova through the work of the BMS emergency team of volunteers in Albania. Four of the volunteers accompanied returning refugees in 1999 and spent five weeks with them as they re-settled in their devastated country. In 2000 BMS volunteers worked with 'Love in Action', a local relief work group. One of these volunteers, Justine Horsfall returned as a long-term BMS worker in 2001. In 2004, Justine began working as Office Co-ordinator of the Association of International Missions (AIM) in Prishtina. AIM acts as a networking tool for the 100+ mission workers now in Kosova, as well as churches and Christian groups.