Evdokia has been poorly rewarded for a lifetime of hard work. Born in 1937, she lives in a village in southern Moldova and spent her life working on a collective farm, which was typical of the soviet era. After it was shut down, she worked wherever she could, mostly labouring in the fields around her village.

The median salary in Kosovo for those lucky enough to have a job equates to less than £500 per month. But there are many on the margins of society whose standard of living does not come anywhere near that level.

The parents of seven-year-old Ana have poor health and struggle to feed their large family by collecting aluminium cans and plastics for recycling.

Faton and Kajmelina Berisha distributed Blythswood shoeboxes to families like this in poor villages around the city of Gjakova. “Your boxes are a great help because they contain everyday items,” Faton says. “Ana especially liked sweets, colouring books and coloured pencils and she was very happy to receive a T-shirt and socks, too.

“Her mother appreciated shampoo, soap and other hygiene products. She said they were good for the health of the family.”

Great excitement – colouring books, felt-tip pens, sweeties and so much more