SUNFLOWERS

Many of our projects focus largely on working with children.

We could really use a few volunteers who have experience in setting up children-activities and/or have a special skill, in for example handicrafts, music, mime, and we're also looking for highly stable, sensitive and mature individuals, as long-term volunteers for projects with traumatised people.

There are also a number of other ways you can help:

There are several ways to make a donation to the Balkan Sunflowers:

By cheque or international money order to the (German) Balkan Sunflowers bank account, at Sonderkonto "Sunflower", Kontonummer 160 160 1, Oekobank Frankfurt, BLZ 500 901 00

By donation to our US bank account: Balkan Sunflowers USA, Account #0055986614, Bank Atlantic, 2355 U.S. l South, St Augustine, Florida 32137

ˇThose in the Netherlands can make their donation to the Balkan Sunflowers bank account maintained by VIA, the Dutch branch of SCI. That's giro 4023390, t.n.v. VIA/Balkan Sunflowers, Amsterdam.

ˇIf you want to make a donation specifically for our Kosov@ projects, you can use our bank account there - bank account: Balkan Sunflowers, number: 10013542, Micro Enterprise Bank (office in Pristina)

If you want to send money to this account from abroad, you have to send it to: Micro Enterprise Bank, account no. 400-87-69-333/00, swift code COBADEFF, Commerzbank, Frankfurt, Germany.
Our account number and name should be used as description for the transaction.

Balkan Sunflowers is registered as a charity in Germany and Kosovo; thus donations may be tax-deductible. In the US, donations to us can also be tax-deductible, thanks to our cooperation agreement with Volunteers for Peace. For details contact the Central Office or the US Coordinator, as appropriate (please see above).

jigsaw puzzles and packs of cards ("ordinary" or "thematical") *
children's musical instruments *
footballs - deflated, they are easy to carry - send a pump as well! *
volleyballs, tennis balls and other variations on the theme *
frisbees * 'hackey sacks' * 'soft tennis' or other such games *
baseball or rounders bats and balls *
rope and netting: we can use them to improvise volleyball courts
and goals for football, and the rope for skipping too; *
or big thick rope to play tug-of-war with

Also we always need cheap paper and crayons, pencils, painting materials etc.
Another great need is for workbooks for all levels of learning German and English -
or anything else that might be used in some of our project's language lessons.

laptops + modems + software * mobile phones * satellite phones * four-wheel drives * transporters for persons * computer networks (workstations plus server) + software * printers * digital cameras * materials for children's playgrounds (swings, roundabout, etc.) * simple musical instruments of any kind * sets of toys of any kind * teddy bears * dolls * drawing sets * plastic cups etc. * knitting wool * knitting needles * materials for handicraft work * theatre clothes or props * schmink sets * white gummi cord * video recorders * big video beamers * big television screens * generators * video cameras * video editing systems * copier machines

A computer (preferably Pentium I or II, with more GB memory),
laptop or standard one with CD rom and modem 14400 or more.

Because of the need to arrange transportation out to these countries, financial donations to Balkan Sunflowers designated for particular items may be more effective than simply buying the goods in your own country.