Loza Foundation’s latest aid project: 17-year old Lirija drops everything to help her blind mother
In a shed on the outskirts of the town of Shutka in North Macedonia, 17-year old Lirija lives with her blind mother, Saadet. The shed consists of one room that serves as a bedroom, kitchen and bathroom combined. There is no toilet and every time it rains, the shed is flooded with rainwater. Lirija has hardly any teeth left and the other pupils are ostracising her at school; a school she can no longer attend as she has to spend her days gathering metal and plastics to provide for her and her mother. Saadet and Lirija. About a year ago, Lirija met Sabina Grubbeson, the founder of