ON THE STREETS

KlikAktiv – Center for Development of Social Policies was founded with the aim to provide assistance to all people in need. Early years of the organisation were devoted to providing assistance mostly to homeless people in Belgrade and people of Roma population.

In 2014 KlikAktiv conducted the first survey on homelessness in Belgrade. For the purpose of this survey our volunteers and staff interviewed 188 homeless people who were living on the streets of Belgrade at that time. Many of them are on the streets to this day. This survey presented both the demographic data as well as social factors that lead to homelessness and day-to-day struggles of the homeless people in Serbia.

During the following years, KlikAktiv continued its work in providing assistance to homeless people, but it also widened its group of beneficiaries. KlikAktiv expanded its activities by providing assistance to other vulnerable groups including Roma population, returnees, asylum seekers and refugees, but also all other people in need. Within its activities, KlikAktiv provided mostly psychological and social support as well as humanitarian aid.

With weak response of the state institutions, the number of underserved people in need has significantly increased over the past years. Rocki, a returnee from EU and legally invisible person (as his birth was never registered by authorities and he never possessed any ID document) who we helped to address the local court in order to regulate his status and Violeta, a homeless woman whose application for ID card was rejected by the Belgrade’s police, are just some of the people we helped.

Today, KlikAktiv still stands in solidarity with all undeserved vulnerable groups including homeless people, Roma population, returnees and all others in need. We do our best to provide help whenever possible and we try to provide assistance to all people who have been denied assistance by other service providers.