During the Summer School we visited local initiative Womens Center Užice. The residents were introduced to WCU team members, their program, and challenges. The focus of our conversation was the Center for Collection and Recycling of Textiles – RETEX, a social enterprise that provides a chance for employment to women who find it difficult to obtain employment in Serbia. This includes women with disabilites and women over 50 years of age. They work on collecting and sorting textiles, as well as sewing products from old textiles. Our visit was intended to inspire and engage practices of solidarity economies and sustainable communities.
In addition to WCU we organized a walking tour to, currently abandoned, household and land where our grandmother Bosiljka and several generation in her lineage were born and raised, and from where the transfer of restored cottages for the Four Waters needs took place. Participants had chance to listen about the history of the place. encounter some locals and hear their perspectives on migrations and land values.
