MigrArt Project from Belgrade

A stream of souls crosses the tortuous Bulgarian territory every day between geographical and human obstacles, between wooded mountains and corrupt policemen. After difficult days it can’ finally flow free and pour into that multi-ethnic oasis called Belgrade.

A varied universe of individuals awaits him.

Unscrupulous businessmen always ready to offer their overpriced services to new and unaware customers. People who continue their daily routine as if nothing had happened among indifferent students and can collectors. Men and women who donate time and energy every day to try to offer a human welcome to these traveling souls.

In the meantime we also arrive in Belgrade where we volunteer at the Miksaliste Refugee Aid Center, center born from the spontaneous citizen solidarity movement.

A family-friendly and barrier-free reception system in which everyone, refugees and volunteers, they feel free and involved. After the tragic passage to Bulgaria they are all relieved to feel in a peaceful environment. Between a hot chai and a pair of new shoes, stories and smiles escape.

Then there are three formidable girls who every afternoon use art as a means of interaction in that park which for months has become the entertainment lounge for the refugees who have arrived in the city.

Musica, dance and drawing as universal languages ​​that break down every existing barrier, art as a pure vehicle of peace.

E’ so that between one drawing and another you can let yourself go, this is how we end up involved and overwhelmed by the stories of these kids. Who leaves for a better future, those who flee from horror and those who leave for love. Different motivations, a single troubled journey and a big smile of hope.

Sarajevo, Sunday 15 November 2015

P.S. A heartfelt thank you to Refugee Aid Serbia, to the Jovanovic family, to Jelena with her apartment in the Block 70, to domestic beer Jelen, below is rakia Serba, to all the Pekaras who filled us with burek, al Green Lounge Hostel, on Radio Onde Furlane who almost knocked Lillo's legs, to Good Pizza, to the military tram controllers and the super girls Teodora, Dalia e Hemnalina.

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