Changing Lives In Serbia. One Meal At A Time!
Did you know that you can support Basket of Hope by buying retro candy baskets or packing your own retro candy box online?
Volim Sweets is generously donating 10% of every sale to feeding families in Serbia!
All you have to do is order on their website (Canada wide shipping) and 10% of your sale will automatically be sent to Basket of Hope!
Thank you to everyone who donated and supported our first Online Silent Auction! 100% of what was raised went towards the purchase of a delivery van for our staff so they can reach even further villages with food!
- THANK YOU!
Please reach us at info@basketofhope.ca or by phone 780-863-1613 if you cannot find an answer to your question.
We have volunteers on the ground in Serbia who are the hands and feet of our organization. Anyone needing our support gets in contact with out staff in Serbia and our staff goes through a list of questions to make sure that that they qualify for our support. Once the application is reviewed and decided that they need our support, our staff in Serbia meet with them and bring them their first package of food. At the first meeting we collect a little bit more information about them so that we can see if there's more areas we can help with besides food. We do a review of their living situations every 3 months to ensure that those who actually need our help are getting it.
We help with both emergency situations as well as provide food parcels for a few months to help families get back on their feet. Every family situation is different and our volunteers do an amazing job of assessing and evaluating each situation accordingly.
Great question! Please see our "DONATE" tab at the top of the webpage for information on how you can send a donation. All donations are tax deductible!
Right now we are currently serving families in 15 different towns & villages! We plan to extend to neighboring towns and villages as we make new connections.
While our mission is to address hunger by providing food packages to families, we do help with other necessities like clothing & firewood to stay warm during the cold months.
My family and I visited Serbia in 2018. We immediately fell in love with the people and the language. As soon as we came back to Canada we found a Serbian language teacher online and the kids and I started a long journey of learning the beautiful language. Since then we have been back every 6 months and started a organization called Basket of Hope, both in Canada and in Serbia. Basket of Hope is a charity designed to provide food packages to struggling families in Serbia. With the help of the locals, Basket of Hope feeds and provides other necessities to more and more families every month. We walk with these families and encourage them along the way and remind them that they are not alone.
Zorica's husband passed away at the age of 31 on Jan 6, 2024. Leaving behind a wife and 3 children. No food, no income and no hope. They were referred to us as a emergency situation and our staff visited her and brought them food within a few hours.
Zorica and her children were so relieved to know that we will be supporting them with food and other necessities during this difficult time. It was such a relief for her to know that she doesn't have to worry about her children going to bed hungry. Basket of Hope exists simply to love on people by way of food and to walk through life with them.
In August 2024, our staff from Canada went to visit families in Serbia and personally meet with some of the families that rely on us for food. This picture was taken in a Roma Village that had only 5 homes with a total of 27 children. This area is a very poverty stricken area. We handed out many different snacks and treats for the little ones. They surrounded us with excitement and gratitude as we handed out the treats!
Our amazing team is committed to helping others. We take our convictions and turn them into action. Not only do we have our team here in Canada ( Above picture ) but we have staff in Serbia who are the hands and feet of Basket Of Hope!
Seeing a need for energetic, nonprofit work in this area, we formed our organization to provide a solution to hunger. We've consistently grown since then, all thanks to the helping hands both here in Canada and in Serbia!
Our mission is to address hunger in some of the poorest communities in the country of Serbia. We supply food packages to families in Serbia who are living in poverty. Our charity is dedicated to alleviating hunger in Serbia.
Meet Mirko, Slavica and their son Matthew! They reside in Novi Sad, Serbia. They are the hands and feet of our organization. They are on the ground making sure that all donations are being redirected to those who need it!
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