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CHARITY ORGANIZATION SERBS FOR SERBS
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Monthly Report No. 8 August, 2014 Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS Website: www.serbsforserbs.org E-Mail: office@serbsforserbs.org
Monthly Report for August Dear friends and donors, Charity organization Serbs for Serbs registered in the state of Illinois in United States in Jun 2010 by the group of the Serbian youth. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs is a 501(c)(3) notfor-profit profit charitable organization. Donation is tax-deductible deductible to the extent followed by the law. On 30th September, 2011 we finally nally got the letter from department of the treasury (IRS) S) with tax exempt 501(c)3 approval. All donations to our organization donated from June 16, 2010 are tax deductible under section 170 of the Code. We are also qualified to receive tax deductible bequests, devises, transfers of gifts under section 2055, 21 2106 or 2522 of the Code.
About Us The mission of Charity organization Serbs for Serbs is to affect on consciousness of Americans, Serbs and their friends through planned projects, social and humanitarian activities in order to develop and foster better society for future generations and provide aid for underprivileged families in need. Although there are many humanitarian organizations and associations, help often doesn't reach the most jeopardized. Due to unnecessary administration, missing informationn and slow decision making, the delivery of aid arrives too late to the final consumers, or not at all. It is a sad and embarrassing, but true fact that more than 18.000 children daily die around the world because of starvation and malnutrition. ion. There, amo among us, the blind and deaf. We are witnesses of the bad demographic situation of our nation, decreasing natality, increasing number of singles, abortions, accelerated aging of
www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 the population and generally bad economic condition of the households in Serbia, Republic of Srpska and other countries in the Balkan. An average couple has "fallen" on one child. Analysts warn that Serbs will become a minority in its own country in the following century if the nation, individuals and government don't wake up from thee nescient in which they've fallen! On the other hand, nobody is talking about the families with many children which grieve by living in bitter poverty. Occupied by their everyday struggle for survival, they are being humbly in their desire for implementing ng rights which belong to them. Their life stories, fears and problems are identical, but almost invisible and unheard in order to gain the attention of the public, media and even state. That's why the idea of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs arose. The organization rganization was formed by a group of young and trustful people, who are united by the common vision of helping families blessed by many children and who are aware of the fact that even a small help means a lot for those who don't live in a material excess. We are united by the humane idea to help the poorest part of the Serbian nation. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs try to revive the spiritless energy of the Serbian Diaspora which would be able to reinforce people of Serbian heritage as well as all good people throughout the world with minimal, but bu constant monthly donations. We hope and believe that there is also a grain of doing good and that you will join us in the endless e struggle against poverty. God bless and save all Serbian families with many children and our honored donors who participate in the noble effort to return smile on children faces.
CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE!
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Our mission The mission of Charity organization Serbs for Serbs is to affect on consciousness of Serbian people through our projects and humanitarian activities, in order to develop better society for future generations. Why Serbs for Serbs? We wanted to alleviate impaired spirit of Serbian people in togetherness and brotherhood help through humanitarian work and social aid. Who do we help? We help Serbian families who live in the Balkans, have five or more children and live in terrible poverty. Under terrible poverty we define absence of one or more basic factors required for living: food, clothes, shoes, and safe space for living.
www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 Who do we need in organization? We need members and donors that will secure financial stability through supporting our programs and activities in the future. Donors may join our daily activities within the organization in order to coordinate our work better. We also need volunteers ready to donate several hours per week for actual work within the organization. Activities of volunteers and their specific tasks would be determined by the required projects and their personal interest. From that group of volunteers we would look for future leaders of organization.
How to donate? 1. PayPal donation: szsamerika@gmail.com 2. Direct Deposit to Wells Fargo Bank account Please email us at: szsamerika@gmail.com 3. You can mail personal or business check to: Serbs for Serbs PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 4. Donation boxes: BEOGRAD CAFÉ 2937 West Irving Park Road Chicago, Illinois Owner: Dule Pavlovic
Why do we help? We believe that there is a basic need for one human (or a group) to help others in distress. A help is not only human virtue but also a Christian responsibility. By focusing our help on families with many children, we directly affect on their stirring toward becoming independent from socialdependable government programs.
NADA’S DELI & BAKERY 7316 West Lawrence Avenue Harwood Heights, Illinois
What are our long term goals? • family is ready to support itself daily and manage to pay all required expenses; • their children are encouraged to continue with school and raising their own family; • our donors are satisfied with the activities and they are ready to help other families; • our organization is satisfied with the results; • family is ready in the future to become our donor and if necessary help other families that are in need of help.
COMPASS FUEL STATION 8147 Joliet Road McCook, Illinois Owner: Roy and Maria Dobrasinovic
BALKAN BAKERY 541 South LaGrange Road LaGrange, Illinois Owner: Olja Igic
ST. NIKOLA CHURCH 4301 Prairie Ave. Brookfield, Illinois CITY FRESH MARKET 3201 W Devon Ave, Chicago, IL 60659
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HOUSE UPGRADING FOR FAMILY SRDIC BEGINS
The situation worsened after his wife died three months ago. In our conversation with the family we came to a conclusion that the family needs upgrading of the house. They have a temporary tin roof, which is leaking, and causing the moisture on the walls.
Members of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs visited on Saturday, August 2, a six-member family Srdic from the village Amajlije near Bjeljina in the Republic of Srpska. Unfortunately, the family lost the wife and mother Dragica who suddenly died and left behind husband Marinko (45) and children Bojan (17), Milan (13), Ljubisa (12), Mirjana (10) and the youngest Dusko (1). Thanks above all to the donors and friends of the organization from Canada, Serbs for Serbs provided a donation in the amount of EUR 2.200, which would be used for the house upgrading.
Father Marinko is unemployed, but he works as a butcher when there is a need for one in the village or surrounding area. The family has an income of KM 110 (EUR 55) of social benefit, which is not enough to sustain the needs of five minor children. After Marinko was forced to leave Drvar in 1995, he settled near Drina in the hope for a better life.
Unfortunately, during the floods when the rivers Sava and Drina spilled out, the Srdic family along with people from several other villages near Bjeljina were hit by it.
The donation SfS brought will commence a new project of building a house for the Srdic family. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs calls upon all the donors worldwide to get involved into the new action of helping the Srdic family, and other families in the Republic of Srpska who need our fraternal help.
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„TROJKA IZ BLOKA“ IN BOLJEVAC
After visiting family Milosavljevic from Lukovo, members of the organization attended the cutting of the slava cake in Boljevac municipality. On Saturday, August 2, on the basketball field in the kindergarten in Boljevac within the local basketball tournament, citizens of Boljevac had the opportunity to participate for the first time in the charity project „Trojka iz bloka“, organized in cooperation of the Sport alliance of Boljevac municipality and Charity organization Serbs for Serbs. The action of pointing three-pointers showed that there are humane people in Boljevac who supported the building of the bathroom for the socially endangered family Milosavljevic in Boljevac. A total of 31.020 dinars was collected, including the money from the sponsors.
Sport alliance of Boljevac municipality turned out to be a good host to the representatives of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs, who visited the church of St. Elias in Boljevac and attended the liturgy in the honor of the day of Boljevac municipality. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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Milos Gocic - winner of tournament
Stevan Zigic - second place
After the second semi-final game of the basketball tournament, the pointing of three-pointers took place, with about 50 participants wishing to win but also to help some of the endangered families. The winner of the „Trojka iz bloka“ was Milos Gocic with 18 threepointers, the runner-up was Stevan Zikic with 13 threepointers, while Marijan Milosevic with 12 threepointers won the third place. During the pause prior to the final competition of the 11th tournament in a row, our friend and hip-hop performer Milos Scopic-Beleti performed.
Marjan Milosevic - third place The representatives of the Sport alliance carried good impressions, and they hoped that the project would become traditional and much bigger.
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HOUSE FOR DJURIC'S FROM LACARAK UPGRADED
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs, thanks above all to our regularly donors, managed to provide the necessary means for the two new rooms of 25m2 for the children. We owe special thank to the firm youngculture from Belgrade which donated 127.000 dinars within the project of helping family Djuric.
Representatives of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs from Belgrade visited on Thursday, August 7, an eleven-member family Djuric from the village Lacarak near Sremska Mitrovica. The big project of upgrading the house was successfully finished, allowing nine children to get additional space in two new rooms with two new sofas provided as a donation from our organization in the total amount of 483.138 dinars and EUR 1.590.
Next to the parents Jovanka and Todor, in a prefabricated house of 60m2 live nine young members: Cvija (12), Milos (11), Milan (10), Nemanja (9), Milica (8), Stefan (6), Mihajlo (4), Ognjen (3) and Uros (2). Five of them go to school and they are good pupils and sportsmen of the judo club from Lacarak. The house and yard are full of joy, while Todor is trying to provide 8 loafs of bread and 4 l of milk each day.
Our friends from the firm youngculture joined us in the visit to family Djuric, as well as our donors from USA. We express gratitude to all the donors and members of the organization Serbs for Serbs who realized another successful project for helping the families with five and more children. We are preparing new actions of help – JOIN IN!
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HELP FOR THE FLOODED FAMILIES IN KRAJINA
They should get help because of the damage, so Zoran asked us to provide a freezer and the books for school, as that was urgent.
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs helped at the beginning of August a six-member family Culibrk from Dvor on Una in Krajina. The family consists of parents Zoran and Marija and the children Dragan (9), Djordje (8), Marko (4) and grandmother Darinka. They suffered a damage during the May floods. The help of our organization consisted in buying the freezer and providing the books for school in the amount of EUR 600. Zoran is working on the construction for a wage, but because of the flood, he will have to spend a lot of time in the sanation of his house. The price of the freezer was EUR 400, while the books were approximately EUR 200. The books will arrive after August 20, so the children will be ready for the new school year. Family Culibrk is grateful to all the donors who enabled us to help them.
The family lives in the village Matijevici, the parents are unemployed, and their income comes from agriculture, child benefit and wages. The family house in near the river Una, which spilled out during the floods, and provoked a damage in the house. On that occasion the laminate which was recently placed was ruined.
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs is continuing the action of helping the endangered Serbian families across Krajina in September.
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„TROJKA IZ BLOKA“ IN GUCA
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs organized for the first time a charity tournament in three-points “Trojka iz bloka” on the Dragacevo trumpet festival in Guca on Saturday, August 9. The aim of this competition, which was held in cities and towns across Serbia was to collect financial help for the families which have suffered losses due to the great May floods in Serbia.
The amount raised on the tournament was 25.000 dinars. The winner was Vojin Batic with 14 threepointers, the runner-up was Pavle Apostolov (11 threepointers), while Dusan Milic won the third place with 10 three-pointers. DJ Nemanja Drksi Damljanovic provided the music support.
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www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 Apart from the information on activities of the organization, they were able to buy our T-shirts, cups, badges and thus participate in the collection of the financial help for the flooded ones.
We owe great thank to the organizers of the Dragacevo trumpet festival, who enabled us to organize “Trojka iz bloka� in Guca for the first time. We hope that the cooperation will be continued to our mutual satisfaction in the following years.
The visitors of the festival showed great interest for the work and aims of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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SFS VISITED FLOODED FAMILIES IN VALJEVO
Members of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs from Belgrade, with the help of the representatives of the Valjevo municipality, listed the most endangered families with children in Valjevo whose houses were damaged during the floods. Within the project FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS our plan is to help about 15 most endangered families from Valjevo by delivering household appliances. The photos from the field are very hard to look at.
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We call upon all the donors, members, friends and followers of the organization Serbs for Serbs to participate in the action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS which aims at providing the necessary help for the flooded areas in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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SERBS FOR SERBS HELPED FLOODED FAMILIES IN TRSTENIK
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs from Belgrade and Switzerland, together with friends from the organization Serbian Society Zaduzbina from Slovenia delivered in Trstenik on August 15 a valuable charity help for 17 families with children, whose houses were hit during the May floods. Within the action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS, we delivered: 10 stoves, 3 combined refrigerators, 3 freezers and a washing machine in the total amount of 418.330 dinars. For this action the donors from USA provided $2.805 on their union in the Ambar restaurant in Washington D.C. All the appliances are Gorenje with five years of guarantee, and the delivery was made by our friends and sponsors from Tehnomanija.
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We owe gratitude to the local priesthood of the Serbian Orthodox Church from Trstenik, and the representatives of the local community Grabovac and its president Aleksandar Obradovic who helped in listing the families for help and delivering the appliances.
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The list of the families helped in Trstenik, delivered help and its value: 1. Terzic (stove) - 21.990 dinars 2. Milicevic (stove) - 21.990 dinars (SD Zaduzbina) 3. Lukic (freezer) - 28.490 dinars 4. Mancic (stove) - 21.990 dinars (SD Zaduzbina) 5. Jovanovic (stove) - 21.990 dinars 6. Egeric (stove) - 21.990 dinars (SD Zaduzbina) 7. Milosevic (combined refrigerator) - 27.990 dinars 8. Trajkovic (stove) - 21.990 dinars 9. Cvetkovic (stove) - 21.990 dinars 10. Mihajlovic (combined refrigerator) - 27.990 dinars (SD Zaduzbina) 11. Petrovic (freezer) - 28.490 dinars 12. Jakoviljevic (freezer) - 28.490 dinars 13. Nedeljkovic (combined refrigerator) - 27.990 dinars (SD Zaduzbina) 14. Stojanovic (stove) - 21.990 dinars 15. Djokic (stove) - 21.990 dinars 16. Milovanovic M. (stove) - 21.990 dinars 17. Milovanovic S. (washing machine) - 28.990 dinars
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Great action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS continues. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs calls upon all fraternal organizations, donors and people of good will in Serbia and worldwide to participate in the action by donating according to their possibilities on one of the SfS accounts. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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CHARITY TOURNAMENT IN SABAC FOR FLOADED FAMILIES
The organizers came up with the idea during the tragic May floods when our nation showed great solidarity in the defense of Sabac, and they wanted to express their gratitude to those who participated in the defense. There is an idea that the tournament should become traditional.
From August 14th until 16th a charity tournament in mini football was organized in Sabac in elementary school Stojan Novakovic in the suburb Sipurske Livade. A total amount of 41.000 dinars was collected for the great action of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs – Fight against the floods. 13 teams participated in the tournament. Young people from Sipurske Livade and other people of good will contributed to the tournament and provided technical help.
We use this opportunity to thank the organizers, and all the participants who contributed to this sport-charity action. FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS CONTINUES! Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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SERBS FOR SERBS VISITED THE FLOODED IN KRALJEVO
Members of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs from Belgrade with the help of the representatives of Red Cross from Kraljevo listed the most endangered families with children in Kraljevo, whose houses were damaged during the floods which hit Kraljevo. Within the project Fight against the floods we plan to help about 25 most endangered families by providing household appliances. The photos from the field are very difficult.
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We call upon all the donors, members, friends and followers of the organization Serbs for Serbs to participate in the action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS which aims at providing the necessary humanitarian help for the flooded areas in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska.
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SERBS FOR SERBS COLLECTED MILLION EUR
midCharity organization Serbs for Serbs collected at mid August over million EUR of donations for the endangered children and families across Balkan, and for the endangered ones in May floods. Since 2005 under the slogan “Children are our future”, ”, the organization had helped over 500 families with many children and provided necessary and valuable charity help for the most endangered part of the Serbian people in Serbia and in the region. The official website of the organization (www.srbizasrbe.org)) has recorded over seven million visits!
Apart from building and repairing dozens of houses, we provided help by donating refrigerators, stoves, freezers, washing machines and other household appliances, built and equipped great number of bathrooms, children's rooms (beds, closets, tables, computers, toys and school equipment). The organization provided p help for the families from villages as well – tractors, greenhouses, cows, sheep and goats – to enable them to sustain their children.
The organization Serbs for Serbs stands out for its transparent way of work and great number of individual donors nors who participate in charity actions on a monthly basis. On its official website (www.srbizasrbe.org)) and social networks (www.facebook.com/srbizasrbe /srbizasrbe, www.twitter.com/srbizasrbe)) the organization releases its list of donors and insight on all of its bank accounts daily, which represents the unique example in the work of charity organizations zations in Serbia. Thanks to the official branches of the organization in Serbia, Republic of Srpska, Austria, Switzerland, United States of America rica and Germany Germany, and a great number of donors and friends of the organization worldwide, Serbs for Serbs collected the necessary means and provided charity help for hundreds of families across Balkan.
The organization Serbs for Serbs will, in cooperation with similar organizations, the Serbian Orthodox Church, media and numerous friends across Europe and the world, continue the valuable charity work for te benefit of endangered families ies across Balkan so that the necessary charity help could reach the vast number of endangered children.
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SFS HELPED THE FLOODED FAMILIES IN VALJEVO
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs delivered in Valjevo on August 22 valuable charity help for 13 families with children whose homes were hit during the May floods. Within the action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS we delivered 6 washing machines, 4 combined refrigerators, 3 freezers and 3 stoves in the total value of 437.840 dinars.
This action was supported by the fraternal organizations Stara Raska from Belgrade and SD Zaduzbina from Slovenia. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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All appliances are of Gorenje trademark with 5 years of guarantee. The delivery was conducted by our friends and sponsors from Tehnomanija.
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The list of the families, help delivered and its value: 1. Lukic (refrigerator, freezer) – 58.980 dinars (Stara Raska) 2. Micanovic (refrigerator, washing machine) – 53.980 dinars (SD Zaduzbina and SfS) 3. Subotic (washing machine) – 28.990 dinars (Stara Raska) 4. Djenic (washing machine) – 28.990 dinars (SfS) 5. Petrovic (washing machine) – 28.990 dinars (SfS) 6. Ucur (stove) – 21.990 dinars (Stara Raska) 7. Pantelic (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SD Zaduzbina) 8. Todorovic (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SfS) 9. Popovic (washing machine) – 28.990 dinars (SfS) 10. Rakic (refrigerator, freezer) – 58.980 dinars (SfS) 11. Plecic (refrigerator) – 24.990 dinars (SD Zaduzbina) 12. Rakic (freezer) – 29.990 dinars (Stara Raska) 13. Damnjanovic (washing machine) – 28.990 dinars (SfS)
The great action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS continues. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs call upon all fraternal organizations, donors and people of good will in Serbia and worldwide to join by donating according to their possibilities on one of the accounts of the organization – www.srbizasrbe.org/donacije. We also encourage you to read the reports of the help delivered to PARACIN and TRSTENIK. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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SUCCESSFUL TROJKA IZ BLOKA ON KALEMEGDAN
Second place - Jovan Grajic Within the great charity project “Trojka iz bloka”, which aims at helping the flooded families across Serbia and the Republic of Srpska, Charity organization Serbs for Serbs organized on Sunday, August 24 on the basketball fields of the KK Partizan on Kalemegdan this popular sport-charity manifestation.
Third place - Nikola Filipovic The tournament was followed by the performance of rap musicians Bosko Cirkovic Skabo from Beogradski sindikat, group THC la Familija and Sik Tac, Unkle Joe and Sick Prime Bit Box, but also basket freestyler Nemanja Blazic Triki, sportsmen from MMA club Car Dusan Silni and dance group Fly. Winner of tournament - Nikola Suleski The winner in shooting three-pointers was Nikola Suleski with 14 shots in the final round, the runner-up was Jovan Grajic with 13 shots, and Nikola Filipovic with 10 shots won the third place. Numerous celebrities from sport, music, film and culture supported the tournament “Trojka iz bloka”.
Among the guests of the tournament were basketball players of Partizan, Djordje Gagic and Mihajlo Andric, Nikola Hadzi Nikolic from 357, Ranirez from the group Feud, Goran Sobic Sirano, model Ivana Korab, actor and presenter Zarko Lazic and numerous media representatives. Company Sport live provided the live broadcast of the tournament on the Internet, which was followed by over 5.000 people.
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Bosko Cirkovic Skabo, support from the beggining of project "Trojka iz bloka"
Houst of tournament at Kalemegdan, Bore from THC la Familija
Thanks to the numerous participants, sponsors, friends from Agi Pasta, Ice Stajn and Bastica 1 and guest who were buying souvenirs, we collected 139.520 dinars for the flooded houses in Serbia.
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Support of MMA tim Car Dusan Silni
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Support to our friends from company Agi Pasta
Rap singer from Borca - Unkle Joe “Trojka iz bloka” is a charity project, commenced in 2012 in cooperation with the Basketball Association of Serbia and its vice-president Dejan Tomasevic. “Trojka iz bloka” is conducted through sport manifestation in fast shooting three-pointers across Serbia, with the aim of gathering young people and celebrities from sport, culture and music, and a great number of sponsors and benefactors who will support financially the realization of goals.
Rap singer Mlata - Sick Touch Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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By the end of the year, the tournament “Trojka iz bloka� is taking place in Smederevo, and apart from Serbia in Nuremberg, Germany and Sydney, Australia, thanks to the Serbian Diaspora in these cities. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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SERBS FOR SERBS VISITED FLOODED FAMILIES IN SVILAJNAC
Members of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs from Belgrade with the help of representatives of the Red Cross from Svilajnac listed the most endangered families with children in Svilajnac whose houses suffered the damage in floods which hit this town. Within the project Fight against the floods we plan to help about 40 most endangered families from Svilajnac by delivering household appliances. The photos from the field are very disturbing.
We call upon all the donors, members, friends and followers of the organization Serbs for Serbs to participate in the action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS which aims at providing the necessary charity help for the flooded areas in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska.
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HELP FOR FAMILY SCEPANOVIC NEAR NIKSIC
Members of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs from Montenegro together with the brotherhood of the Ostrog monastary visited an eleven-member family Scepanovic form the village Ozrinici near Niksic.
Parents Mihajlo and Anastasija are blessed with nine children: Vasilija (14), Lazar (10), Luka (8), Teodor (7), Stefanija (6), Magdalina (5), Nikola (4), Ana (2) and Aleksandra who turned 1 on August 20.
Mihajlo commenced building a house. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 The family plans to close the house and put pvc before the winter.
They have electricity and sewerage system done, but they need additional help in order to be able to move into the house. They need the most construction material and carpentry, and afterwards furniture and appliances. They are currently renting in Niksic.
His children are helping him around the flock. The host is also helping the Ostrog monastery. Anastasija is pregnant with their tenth child. Therefore, we agreed with Mihajlo to speed up the works around the house so that the family could move in.
Mihajlo is a hard-working person, he has a flock of goats and sheep, and thus manages to sustain his family.
We call upon all the donors and people of good will to take part in the project of helping family Scepanovic. CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE SERBS FOR SERBS
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SFS VISITED FLOODED FAMILIES IN OBRENOVAC
Within the project Fight against the floods we plan to help 60 most endangered families by delivering household appliances. Members of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs from Belgrade with the help of the representative of the Obrenovac municipality Mr. Aleksandar Pantelic listed first part of the most endangered families with children in Obrenovac whose houses suffered damage in the floods which severely hit this town.
The photos from the field are very disturbing.
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We call upon all the donors, members, friends and followers of the organization Serbs for Serbs to participate in the action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS which aims at providing the necessary charity help for the flooded areas in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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DAIRY IN NOVO BRDO COMMENCED ITS WORK
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs in the beginning of May 2014 joined the project of building and equipping the diary in the village Izvor, Novo Brdo municipality on Kosovo and Metohija, commenced by the Charity organization of the Rasko-prizrenska Eparchy Majka devet Jugovica.
Our friends from the fraternal organization Majka devet Jugovica, thank to God and many people of good will, managed to finish the building of diary, and together with the agricultural production and goat and sheep farm partly provide the sustainable work of public kitchens. The broad significance of this project is huge, especially considering the location of the diary. Novo Brdo municipality is an economically underdeveloped area, and any kind of help and support is welcome.
This project opened the opportunity to engage local inhabitants in the building of the object and work of the diary, and thus enabled them to provide the elementary conditions for their families. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs provided the kitchen elements (sink, stove, refrigerator, gloves) and bathroom elements (washing machine, water heater, washbasin, toilet), as well as the material for connection of water supply and sewerage systems in the total amount of 228.000 dinars.
The Rasko-prizrenska and Kosovsko-metohijska Eparchy through its organization Majka devet Jugovica has been active for many years in keeping the Serbian people on Kosovo and Metohija. We hope that these projects, both the realized and planned ones will be of great significance and motivate as many people as possible to stay in their homes and try to keep them.
No surrender!
We call upon all the people to support the work of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs and its future projects for survival and better life of our people on Kosovo and Metohija. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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SFS HELPED THE FLOODED FAMILIES IN KRALJEVO
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs with the help of its friends and the representatives of Red cross from Kraljevo donated on August 29 a valuable charity help for Kraljevo for 24 families with children whose homes were hit during the May floods. Within the action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS we delivered help consisting of 12 washing machines, 7 combined refrigerators, 7 freezers and 5 stoves in the total value of 830.190 dinars. The Serbian center in Brisbane, Australia provided the donation for this action in the mid-June in the amount of 15.000 Australian dollars.
The list of the helped families from Kraljevo, the delivered help and its value are as follows:
Appliances are of Gorenje trademark with five years of guarantee, and the delivery was conducted by the friends and sponsors of our organization from Tehnomanija.
1. Djuric I. (washing machine, freezer) – 57.480 dinars 2. Zivkovic N. (refrigerator, washing machine, stove) – 75.970 dinars 3. Pavlovic Sasa (stove, freezer) – 50.480 dinars 4. Vukovic (washing machine) – 28.990 5. Milic (washing machine) – 28.990
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6. Raseta (washing machine) – 28.990 7. Zivkovic R. (stove) – 21.990 dinars 8. Jovanovic (washing machine) – 28.990 dinars 9. Plavic (washing machine) – 28.990 dinars 10. Petrovic (freezer) – 28.490 dinars 11. Pejcinovic Radosav (washing machine, stove) – 50.980 dinars 12. Radovic (freezer) – 28.490 dinars 13. Kostic (refrigerator, freezer) – 52.480 dinars 14. Pejcinovic Radivoje (freezer) – 24.990 dinars 15. Pajovic (stove, refrigerator) – 46.980 dinars 16. Djuric R. (refrigerator, freezer) – 52.480 dinars 17. Arsic (washing machine) – 28.990 dinars 18. Pavlovic Sladjana (washing machine) – 28.990 dinars 19. Vojnovic (washing machine, refrigerator) – 53.980 dinars 20. Negovanovic (freezer) – 28.490 dinars 21. Djakovic (freezer) – 27.490 dinars 22. Perisic (washing machine, stove, refrigerator) – 75.970 dinars 23. Nikolic N. (washing machine, freezer) – 57.480 dinars 24. Nikolic S. (refrigerator) – 24.990 dinars
Great action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS continues. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs calls upon all the fraternal organizations, donors and all the people of good will in Serbia and worldwide to participate in the action by donating according to their possibilities on one of the accounts of the organization – www.srbizasrbe.org/donacije. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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FAMILY VULIC SOON IN NEW HOUSE
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs helped during the summer family Vulic from Ostruznica by providing the construction material for building and adaptation of the house. The home of family Vulic consists of parents Nebojsa and Suzana, their children Danilo (14), Dejan (11), Ksenija (8), Sava (6) and Marija (2). This phase of the project of building a house for family Vulic was worth 329.766 dinars and 200 EUR. The photos show the inner works in the new house.
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CHILDREN WITHOUT PARENTS AND THE HOUSE
The ray of light into their life was brought by the leadership of the Celinac municipality headed by the chief Momcilo Zeljkovic who gave Danijela a job in the municipality service on the counter. About ten days after the funeral of her mother, Danijela is trying to overcome her emotions and stay calmed.
In the night between August 5 and 6 the water came in the area of Celinac and loaded huge burden on the 19year-old Danijela Zivkovic. The girl who was growing up in the poverty and uncertainty tragically lost her mother Petra Zivkovic, who died in the torrent in Crni potok in the village Barakovac, and now she must take care of her brother Bojan (1998) and sister Nikolina (2001). Her troubles are even bigger because these three children don't have their own house nor enough money for existence. With a single mother who was working for a wage they spent the childhood in other people's houses.
- This tragedy disrupted my plans, but I hope that the troubles will come to an end, and that someday I will get the chance to continue schooling and create conditions for a normal life like the most of my friends already have – says Danijela, who graduated from the high school in Celinac, hospitality and commercial department.
Her greatest concern for the moment is to provide the schooling of her brother who enrolled in auto mechanics apprenticeship in Celinac high school, and her sister who enrolled in the seventh grade of the elementary school Milos Dujic. Danijela explained that they currently live in a rented weekend cottage in Gozna, which could be sold in any time. The cottage is not equipped properly, and its electric installations are only partly finished. It is especially bad during the winter and the low temperature. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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The chief of the Celinac municipality offered to settle them in the local school in Strbe, but she refused. The family couldn't have their privacy in the school which is a public object. Although it is rented, the cottage in which they are settled now is emotionally important to them because it reminds them of their mother.
Danijela was strengthened due to the life struggle. She hopes to get a permanent job, because it would be the first time in her life to have a regular salary each month. She plans to save money to build a house.
Danijela thanked everyone who helped in the most difficult period. She particulary emphasized the help of the representatives of Celinac municipality and Center for social work, neighbors Rasa Babic, Darko Cosic, Veljko Savic and their family members and her friend Marija Markovic.
However, the family will need a lot of help to get their house. Danijela's future salary and the “increased” child benefit of 180 KM won't be enough to provide all their needs. These children consider a luxury a lot of things that their peers reject as an old thing.
Danijela Zivkovic Account for payment All the donations for buying the house for family Zivkovic can be directed on the account of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs in the Republic of Srpska with the reference “Help for family Zivkovic, Celinac”. KM: 5688061340001652 IBAN: BA39 5688 0612 0000 2134 SWIFT: BALVBA22 Customer: Srbi za Srbe For the donations from Serbia and the rest of the world visit the page www.srbizasrbe.org/donacije.
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BOOKS FOR THE SERBIAN LIBRARY IN SKADAR
The initiator of the project was the Charity organization Stara Raska, and Charity organization Serbs for Serbs delivered several packages of suitable books for the project.
Thanks to the friends of the organization, Charity organization Serbs for Serbs collected near 500 books for the project of equipping the Serbian library in Skadar.
The representatives of Stara Raska should deliver the first contingent of help in the next several months, and according to that, SfS will continue to support and help this project. …………………………………………………………..
SERBS FOR SERBS ON GRAND TV
Representatives of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs Mladen Matijasevic and Milos Simovic appeared on Grand Television on August 25. The topic of the show was the charity-sport tournament “Trojka iz bloka” on Kalemegdan on August 24, and the activities of the organization within the project FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS.
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SERBS FOR SERBS CHARITY SHOP
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Monthly Report for August Donors in August: 1. Compass Fuel donation box (IL) - $ 37 2. Balkan Bakery donation box (IL) - $ 17 3. Beograd Café donation box (IL) - $ 107 4. Nada's Deli & Bakery d. box (IL) - $ 57 5. St. Nikola, Brookfield d.box (IL) - $ 15 6. City Fresh Market d. box (IL) - $ 15 7. Bubamara cafe d. box (IL) - $ 15 8. Aleksandar Tanasic (CAN) - $ 25 9. Milan Dukic - $ 50 10. Dan Kovacevic (IL) - $ 25 11. www.usaserbs.net (IL) - $ 25 12. Milan Djordjic - $ 20 13. Zeljka Bucalo (NV) - $ 25 14. Milan Dobras (AZ) - $ 15 15. Tihomir Bajic (CA) - $ 100 16. Sasa Savic (TX) - $ 30 17. Slav Karach (GA) - $ 25 18. Ivan Aksentijevich (MD) - $ 25 19. Milica Kostic (CAN) - $ 100 (for Antic family) 20. Milica Kostic (CAN) - $ 100 (for Srdic family) 21. Ivan Radulovic (NY) - $ 25 22. Aleksandar Micic (МО) - $ 15 23. Irena Gumbert (CA) - $ 25 24. Milan Zdrnja - $ 25 25. Vesna Kozomora (IL) - $ 25 26. Milos Hrkic (TX) - $ 100 27. Аmbar Fundraising Event (NY) - $ 2.805 28. Tanja Josipovic - $ 25 29. Igor & Lana Glisic - $ 50 30. B. Bojanic (CA) - $ 15 31. Nenad Milasinovic (Australia) - $ 25 32. Daniel Plavsic (WA) - $ 25 33. Zoran Starcevic - $ 20 34. Predrag Kisa - $ 50 35. Ivan Aksentijevich (MD) - $ 25 36. Mirko R. B (Peru) - $ 25 37. Dragisa Dordevic (MD) - $ 15 38. Ruzica Colic - $ 50 39. Marta Stojanovic (CAN) - $ 25 40. Bojan Jovanovic (IL) - $ 25 41. Srdjan Markovic (CA) - $ 25 42. R. Malic (UK) - $ 100 43. Ankica Drca (NY) - $ 25 44. Dragisa Zivkovic - $ 15
www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 45. Јovica Zdravkovic - $ 10 46. Zoran Zdravkovic - $ 50 47. Sasa Lazarevic (IL) - $ 30 48. Jovan Miletic - $ 50 49. Nina & Maksim Krsmanovic (VA) - $ 50 50. Sinisa & Mirjana Peric (MD) - $ 50 51. Olja Meyer (NY) - $ 20 ____________________
TOTAL IN AUGUST: $ 4.623
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DONATIONS IN 2014 $200000.0
$ 185.866
$180000.0 $160000.0 $140000.0 $120000.0 $100000.0 $80000.0 $60000.0 $ 32.462 $ 24.116
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$ 3.240 $ 6.526 $ 4.149 $ 2.110
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