[1] She then taught in inner-city state sector primary schools in the London boroughs of Hackney, Islington, and Lambeth.

[1] In 2006 she went to live in Kosovo,[1] where her partner Robert Wilton had been invited as an advisor to the Prime Minister Agim Çeku.

Her book The Rubbish-Picker’s Wife recounts how she developed the charity, her friendship with an Ashkali woman, and her awareness of the challenges that Kosovo's marginalized Ashkali, Egyptians and Roma face in trying to access services and sustain community identity.

[7] In recognition of her inspirational role, promotion of volunteering and engagement with charitable work, Gowing was given the 'Mother Teresa Award' for humanitarianism by the Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga in 2016.

[1][8] In 2018, by Presidential decree, she was made a citizen of the Republic of Kosovo,[1] where she continues to live and work.