Most have been displaced in the aftermath of the Kosovo crisis, others have fled blood feuds or life-threatening poverty. Some have also been forced to move by catastrophic floods. The swamp is an appalling slum. There is no system of health care, education, sanitation, electricity or even adequate shelter.
People live under cardboard sheets, old pieces of metal etc. and sleep on the ground.
ICMC has developed approaches to help these people so they can organize themselves, become materially self-sufficient, and gradually develop possibilities for the future. We opened a community center in November 1999. It has a playground and serves as a meeting place for Keneta residents, as well as a base for non-formal education activities for children. These groups each take on specific responsibilities for community improvement. ICMC helps the community working groups organize themselves and do this kind of advocacy work.