Fruitopia – peace education and human rights in Peja schools
A Rotary Foundation global grant brings the Fruitopia peace and human rights programme to teachers and pupils in five primary schools in Peja.
Global grant
Projects
People of action
Since 2006 Peja Rotarians have carried out more than a hundred projects, from clean toilets in village schools to clean energy for the city hospital. Here are some of them.
Peja Peace Forum
An annual forum, held on 11 September, that brings leaders, academics and Rotarians from around the world to Peja to talk about building peace.
Clean energy for Peja Hospital
A Rotary Foundation global grant replaces the heavy fuel oil burned by the hospital laundry with solar power.
Global grant
Emergency help for flood-hit families
After deadly floods in Peja, the club's emergency fund gave direct financial help to the families hit hardest.
"Memory and Friendship" 9/11 Memorial
The first memorial in Southeast Europe built around an authentic steel beam from the Twin Towers, donated by the Fire Department of New York.
Protective equipment for family medicine centres
In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic the club donated protective equipment and medical supplies to the family medicine centres of the Peja municipality.
Digital Clinic for Ukraine
Free online medical consultations in Ukrainian for Ukrainian refugees anywhere in the world, with 40 Ukrainian doctors.
Scholarships for girls in Peja
A Rotary Foundation global grant with a Swedish partner club funded 80 university scholarships and 45 high-school scholarships for girls in Peja.
Global grant
School sanitation with Rotary Club Skövde-Billingen
Together with Rotarians from Sweden, the club brought running water and renovated toilets to five schools in Peja and Deçan.
Global grant
Rotary Park, monuments and stamps
Peja is known as "the Rotary city", with a Rotary Park, two Rotary monuments and a pair of postage stamps issued for the club's 10th anniversary.
Golden Leaf Festival
Since 2015, an autumn festival of photography, painting, poetry and song in Peja and the Rugova valley, with entries from four continents.
Water and sanitation in 13 schools
Running water and clean toilets for 13 schools in Peja and Deçan, work recognised by Rotary International with a Significant Achievement Award.
New toilets for Ali Kelmendi school, Nabërgjan
A donation with the Rotary Club of Edwards to rebuild the toilets of the public elementary school in the village of Nabërgjan.
Global grant
A fire engine for Peja's firefighters
Through Rotary, a British fire and rescue service donated a fire engine to the professional firefighting unit of Peja.
Rotaract knowledge quiz for top students
Rotaract Club Peja, supported by Rotary Club Peja, organised knowledge quizzes for the best students of the "Bedri Pejani" gymnasium.
Charity concerts
Rotary and Rotaract Club Peja's charity concerts, including the first in 2012 and the "Charity Concert for Kosovo" in 2013.
An ambulance for Peja General Hospital
With the Rotary Club of Rotenburg (Wümme) in Germany and The Rotary Foundation, the club gave an ambulance to the General Hospital in Peja.
An ambulance for Mitrovica
With the East of England NHS Ambulance Trust and Rotary Club Peterborough Minster, the club donated a fully equipped emergency ambulance to Mitrovica.
In the Line of Duty
Two years of financial support for the families of Kosovo police officers who lost their lives on duty, until the state took over their care.