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Category: Single Parents

Published: 08 July 2025

• families facing risk of separation

Thanks to the support of kind-hearted individuals, Foundation Second has once again managed to cover rent this month for a widow and single mother of five young children. Additionally, with the help of donors, an outstanding electricity bill in the amount of 144 BAM (73,60 EUR) has been paid, allowing the family to remain in safe and stable conditions for a little while longer.

Read more: Another month under a roof thanks to donors: A family with five children still in need of safe...

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Category: Single Parents

Published: 05 July 2025

• domesticviolence

In Eastern Bosnia, a single mother — a survivor of domestic violence — is, for the first time in a long while, feeling peace and gratitude. Thanks to the selfless support of kind people and the help of the Second Foundation, a new, functional kitchen was installed in her modest home, where she lives with her mother and son.

Read more: The warmth of home in Eastern Bosnia: How a single mother received a new kitchen thanks to...

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Category: Single Parents

Published: 20 June 2025

• children
• dombjelave
• families facing risk of separation

Life has never been easy for this family, and after the death of the husband and father, the widow was faced with countless challenges. Forced to leave their previous accommodation, she and her five children were left without a roof over their heads, without security, and without the basic conditions for a normal life. In those most difficult moments, Second Foundation did not stay silent.

Read more: Second Foundation still supporting a widow and her five children: Help needed for rent and food...

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Category: Single Parents

Published: 09 June 2025

• children
• families facing risk of separation

Ahead of Eid, representatives of Foundation Second, in cooperation with the Family and child support service of the Cantonal public institution Home for children without parental care Sarajevo, visited a single mother whose children had recently been returned to her from an alternative care institution. This modest family is trying to rebuild their lives, and in such moments, the support of the community holds immeasurable value.

Read more: Warmth before Eid: Visit to a mother rebuilding a home for her children

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Category: Single Parents

Published: 19 May 2025

• children
• dombjelave
• families facing risk of separation

"How beautiful our house is…" — repeated a delighted 4-year-old girl today as she, along with her two brothers, stepped into their newly renovated home for the first time after spending a month in an alternative care institution. In the arms of their mother, whose eyes filled with tears of joy, a story of reunion and family was brought to a beautiful close — a story written together by people with big hearts.

Read more: Children returned to their mother's embrace: A heartwarming story of homecoming, kindness, and...

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Category: Single Parents

Published: 17 May 2025

• children
• singlemoms

Foundation Second, in cooperation with the Support service for families and children of the Home for children without parental care Sarajevo, carried out another heartfelt initiative by improving the living conditions for a single mother of three, so that her children could be returned from alternative care.

Read more: Second Foundation helped a single mother of three prepare a home for the return of her children

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Category: Single Parents

Published: 13 May 2025

• singlemoms
• domesticviolence

While most of us seek moments of rest on weekends, there are people who turn their free time into kindness. Our dear friend Tarik Smailbegović, former director of the Home for children without parental care in Sarajevo, chose to spend his Saturday morning doing a truly meaningful deed.

Read more: Kindness beyond weekends: A story of quiet heroes

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Category: Single Parents

Published: 09 May 2025

• dombjelave
• families facing risk of separation

Recently, we shared with you the difficult living situation of a mother and her five children, who were left without the basic conditions for a decent life. Thanks to the swift intervention of social worker Abida Pilav and the mobile team from the Cantonal public institution Home for children without parental care Sarajevo, the family was relocated to a safer home. At that time, Foundation Second paid their first month’s rent and launched an appeal to help this family.

Read more: Another month’s rent, household appliances and furniture for a family with five children — Thanks...

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Category: Single Parents

Published: 10 April 2025

• dombjelave
• projects
• families facing risk of separation

After losing electricity and then water, five children and their single mother were forced to leave the apartment they had called home. The landlord evicted them due to unresolved property legal issues, leaving the family in complete uncertainty.

Read more: A new refuge for five children – But the struggle is just beginning

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Category: Single Parents

Published: 09 April 2025

• children
• families facing risk of separation
• orphans