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With the help of the camp director, Perparim Hadri and his assistant, Andagim Belagu (themselves refugees from the earlier Yugoslavian conflict in the early 1990s), Dr. Johnson offered the residents the services of the GITFT.  The outcome was so successful that Perparim and Andagim both underwent training in Thought Field Therapy algorithm procedures with Mats Uldal in order to continue the effort.

Carl travelled to Kosovo itself with the two new trainees in February 2000 to establish contacts for future visits and to begin the relief work, again completely successful.

In May 2000, Jo Cooper (a British TFT practitioner) funded her own travel to join Carl in Kosovo.  Both trained at diagnostic level, they passed on their skills at a training seminar for a team of local physicians.  Following this, the entire team were taken to villages where atrocities had occurred.  Treatment was again provided and was very well received.

In June 2000, Carl returned to Kosovo with Swedish psychologist, Marita Hagegard.  Travelling with the Swedish Army on jeeps and tanks into the mountains, the focus of the work was this time on victims of rape.  It was revealed by surviving villagers that the men of the families were murdered where they stood, with their young daughters taken away for ongoing sexual service.  Carl and Marita developed a method whereby a successfully treated victim would pave the way with the next.  It is hoped that this type of "treatment cascade" will ensure that those that need treatment receive it as quickly as possible.

In July 2000, Carl met another British TFT practitioner, Barbara Mitchels.  They were joined by two physicians from the American Embassy and discussions began as to how to fund further work.

In total, 85 victims were treated using TFT in these exploratory visits, with a total of 220 trauma issues being dealt with.  Follow up has shown that only 2 out of the 85 were not helped with TFT, the others reporting no recurrence of their emotional pain.  This translates as a success rate of 97% in terms of victims successfully treated, and 
99% in terms of trauma issues completely resolved.

The optimum training program was finalised in April 2001 when Ian Graham (UK Director of the GITFT) paid a visit to Peja.  During his stay, a number of Physicians and other personnel were helped to develop a simplified treatment program using a manual produced specifically for use in traumatised communities.  In addition, a local businessman agreed to fund the setting up of a central office for the practice of TFT.  Once again, the efforts paid great dividends with the official confirmation of TFT as the trauma treatment of choice in Kosovo a few months later.

The work continues...