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CHARITY ORGANIZATION SERBS FOR SERBS
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Monthly Report No. 9 September, 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 September 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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Monthly Report for September Ambitions
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
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
Monthly Report for September SFS HELPED FLOODED FAMILIES IN OBRENOVAC
www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 The action of helping Obrenovac were also supported by the organizations LOVE from Italy and Srpsko drustvo Zaduzbina from Slovenia.
Josipovic family delivered washing machine
Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS, together with Charity organization Stara Raska from Belgrade, with the help of the Obrenovac municipality representatives, donated during the first weekend in September a valuable charity help for 60 families with children in Obrenovac, whose homes were hit during the May floods. In the scope of the action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS, we delivered 39 washing machines, 27 combined refrigerators, 27 stoves, 11 freezers and a wood-burning stove in the total value of 2.836.769 dinars. The Serbian community from Las Vegas, USA, provided donation for this action at the end of May in the amount of $ 51.445.
Representatives of the humanitarian organization Serbs for Serbs delivered wood stove family Djuric
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All appliances are of Gorenje trademark with five years of guarantee, and the delivery of the goods was conducted by the friends and sponsors of our organization from Tehnomanija.
Clearly visible on the home how high the water was The list of the helped families from Obrenovac, the delivered help and its value are as follows:
Popovici are provided with washing machine, stove and refrigerator
Local community Belo Polje 1. Petkovic (freezer) – 27.990 dinars (Stara Raska) 2. Filipovac (freezer) – 29.990 dinars (Stara Raska)
The washing machine and freezer were handed over to Stojanovic family 3. Tanaskovic (washing machine, refrigerator) – 57.990 dinars (Stara Raska) 4. Galetic (stove) – 21.990 dinars (Stara Raska) 5. Ljevnaic (washing machine, refrigerator) – 57.990 dinars (SD Zaduzbina) 6. Milanovic (washing machine, refrigerator) – 57.990 dinars (Stara Raska) 7. Radosavljevic (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (SfS) 8. Josipovic (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (LOVE) 9. Popovic (washing machine, refrigerator, stove) – 79.970 dinars (LOVE) 10. Djuricic (wood-burning stove) – 25.799 dinars (Stara Raska) 11. Matic (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (SfS)
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Monthly Report for September 12. Kuzmanovic (washing machine, refrigerator, stove, freezer) – 107.960 dinars (SfS) 13. Docic (stove, washing machine, freezer) – 79.970 dinars (SfS) 14. Stojanovic (washing machine, freezer) – 57.980 dinars (SfS)
www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 Third local community 15. Milovanovic (refrigerator, stove) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 16. Jakovljevic (stove, refrigerator) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 17. Stamenic (refrigerator, washing machine, freezer) – 87.980 dinars (SfS) 18. Rankovic (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (SfS) 19. Didanovic (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SfS) 20. Miljojkovic (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SfS) 21. Glisic (refrigerator) – 27.990 dinars (SfS) 22. Petrovic (washing machine, refrigerator, stove) – 79.980 dinars (SfS) 23. Radojevic (washing machine, refrigerator) – 57.980 dinars (SfS)
For Glisic family we donated the fridge
Second local community 24. Jankovic (refrigerator, stove) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 25. Radojcic (washing machine, refrigerator) – 57.980 dinars (SfS) 26. Crvenkovic (washing machine, refrigerator) – 57.980 dinars (Stara Raska) Local community Veliko Polje 27. Stoiljkovic Batomir (freezer) – 27.990 dinars (Stara Raska) 28. Stojiljkovic Marko (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (Stara Raska) Local community Zabrezje 29. Djordjevic (washing machine, refrigerator, stove) – 79.970 dinars (SfS) 30. Jerinic (washing macjine) – 29.990 dinars (SfS) 31. Vasilic (freezer) – 27.990 dinars (SfS) Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
Monthly Report for September 32. Matic (refrigerator, washing machine, freezer) – 85.970 dinars (SfS) 33. Djordjevic (stove, refrigerator, washing machine) – 79.970 dinars (SfS)
34. Filimonovic (stove, refrigerator) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 35. Lazarevic (refrigerator, freezer) – 57.980 dinars (SfS) 36. Begenisic (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SfS) 37. Jovanovic (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (SfS) 38. Desancic (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (Stara Raska) 39. Lazic (washing machine, stove) – 51.980 dinars (SfS) 40. Popovic (washing machine, refrigerator) – 57.980 dinars (SfS) 41. Micinovac (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (SfS) 42. Zutic (freezer) – 27.990 dinars (Stara Raska)
www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 53. Joksic (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SfS) 54. Zeljic (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (SfS) 55. Milovanovic (washing machine, refrigerator) – 57.980 dinars (SfS) 56. Todorovic (stove) – 21.990 dinars (Stara Raska) 57. Jovetic (washing machine, refrigerator, stove) – 79.970 dinars (SfS) 58. Danilovic (washing machine, refrigerator, stove) – 79.970 dinars (SfS) 59. Dimitrijevic (stove, refrigerator, washing machine) – 79.970 dinars (SfS) 60. Nikolic (stove) – 21.990 dinars (Stara Raska)
Our organization received a donation of 30 icons as a present of the priesthood from the church of St. Georgе from Banovo Brdo, Belgrade. On this occasion we donated the icons to the endangered families in Obrenovac. We thank the priesthood for the precious donation.
Local community Rvati 43. Ilic P. (washing machine, refrigerator) – 57.980 dinars (SfS) 44. Ilic N. (washing machine, stove) – 51.980 dinars (SfS) 45. Kojic (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (SfS) 46. Esperovic (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (SfS) 47. Saric (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SfS) 48. Milivojevic (washing machine, stove) – 51.980 dinars (SfS) 49. Spasojevic (stove, refrigerator) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 50. Vuckovic (washing machine, refrigerator, stove) – 79.970 dinars (SfS) 51. Zivoinovic (washing machine, stove) – 51.980 dinars (SfS) 52. Stanimirovic (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (Stara Raska) 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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HELP FOR THE FAMILIES IN KRAJINA
A cow for the six-member family Basa The remaining part of the big Easter action of helping the Serbian families in Krajina had been succesfully delivered during September with the help of the priesthood of Serbian Orthodox Church. The planned help of our organization reached all the families in Dalmacija – Basa, Tisma, Bojanic, Radulovic, Modrinic, Vujasinovic and Kalat. The total value of the action was ₏ 14.000. The help we provided for the Serbs in Krajina is as follows:
Construction material for family Radulovic for upgrading the house
A cow for family Modrinic A tractor for family Tisma, which will help them in their agriculture business
Goats for family Bojanic
Construction material for family Vujasinovic for the barn
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www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 Foreign exchange account: IBAN: RS35275001044281642846 SWIFT: SOGYRSBG Bank information: Societe Generale Banka Srbija AD Beograd Recipient: Slavo Ilic, Sebecevo bb, 36300 Novi Pazar, Serbia
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs in cooperation with the Society of young artists Ras commenced a great action of building a house for the six-member family Ilic from Novi Pazar. Thanks to the media and donor support, the building is progressing in a satisfactory pace. The outer works are being finished, and it should be followed by electrical and water installations as well as placing joinery.
Work on the new house
Some of the memebers of Ilic family The neighbors are helping during the works Charity organization Serbs for Serbs calls upon all the donors worldwide to participate in the action of building a house for family Ilic in Novi Pazar by sending direct donations on the accounts: Dinar account: 275-0010440819774-64 Slavo Ilic (account owner)
The six-member family Ilic from the village Sebecevo near Novi Pazar lives in difficult conditions, in devastated house. The house has dilapidated roof structure, dilapidated walls and moisture. The six of them, 18 to 82 years old, spend most of the time in one room. The parents of the family are unemployed. Two of the sons of the Ilic family are great pupils, although they lack the room for studying.
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SFS PROVIDED HOUSE FOR FAMILY NOVAKOVIC
SFS with family Novakovic Members of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs from Novi Sad visited at the end of August a sixmember family Novakovic from the village Doroslovo near Sombor. The organization has paid in several monthly installments a total of 350.000 dinars for buying a house which the family used to rent. Mile (33), Nikoleta (34), Predrag (17), Alisa (11), Aleksandra (11) and Matija (9) welcomed us in their new home. The oldest Predrag is in the third grade of Transportation high school, Aleksandra and Alisa are in the sixth and Matija in the third grade of the elementary school.
With the help of the donors worldwide we provided money for four new beds, mattresses and a big closet in the total amount of 61.000 dinars. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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SFS DELIVERED CHARITY HELP FOR FAMILY VUJAKOVIC
After visiting family Novakovic, representatives of the organization continued to Sombor where we delivered charity help for the eleven-member family Vujakovic. In a small rented apartment on the last floor we found father Savo (58), who has a temporary job (three months); Jelica (46), who is unemployed and has heart condition; Srdjana (17), pupil in the Agricultural high school and perhaps a future student of the Faculty of Agriculture; Bozana (13), a pupil of eight grade, who is together with her brother Sava (11) who is in sixth grade singing in a church choir and participating in numerous school competitions; Slavica (16), Miljana (15); Milica (20); Dragan (22); Svetlana (19) and Sinisa (21). This humble family lives on social benefit and of what Savo earns.
Thanks to our donors we managed to provide the school equipment, hygiene and wardrobe. The City of Sombor ceded the apartment to the family, but they won't be able to stay there for longer period. They sent a request for a permanent housing solution to the City of Sombor.
We thank all the donors whose help enabled us to realize another project in the organization Serbs for Serbs. Thank you for providing a better future for this family! We urge you to continue being humane and help those who need it. New actions continue. School equipment for the youngest
LET US BE HUMANE!
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SFS HELPED THE FLOODED IN SVILAJNAC
Milivojevici with the stove donation of SD Zaduzbina
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs delivered on September 12 and 13 in Svilajnac a valuable charity help for 55 families with minor children, whose houses were hit during the May floods. Within the action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS we delivered help consisting of 25 stoves, 20 freezers, 18 combined refrigerators, 16 washing machines, 2 wood-burning stoves and 1 electric accumulation heater with pedestal in the total value of 2.220.956 dinars. This action received support from the Society of friends of Dveri from Johannesburg (SAR) which sent 6.000 â‚Ź and Serbs from San Francisco (USA) who donated 2.000 $. The action of help in Svilajnac was also supported by the organizations LOVE from Italy and Serbian society Zaduzbina from Slovenia.
Milosevic family was helped with the stove
The organization LOVE has provided a freezer and stove for Blagojevic family
From SD Zaduzbina Pesic family received a freezer
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www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 All appliances are of Gorenje trademark with five years of guarantee, and the delivery of the goods was conducted by the friends and sponsors of our organization from Tehnomanija. The list of the helped families from Svilajnac, the delivered help and its value are as follows:
The Milosevic family next to a refrigerator
Delivering aid on the spot
1. Stevanovic G. (refrigerator) – 27.990 dinars (SfS) 2. Stefanovic V. (freezer, refrigerator) – 57.980 dinars (SfS) 3. Milosevic A. (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SfS) 4. Avramovic Z. (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SfS) 5. Milivojevic D. (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SD Zaduzbina) 6. Blagojevic D. (stove, freezer) – 49.980 dinars (LOVE) 7. Jaksic M. (stove, freezer) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 8. Pesic S. (freezer) – 27.990 dinars (SfS) 9. Pesic Lj. (freezer) – 27.990 dinars (SD Zaduzbina) 10. Mladenovic A. (refrigerator) – 27.990 dinars (SfS) 11. Nakic G. (washing machine) – 28.990 dinars (SfS) 12. Nesic J. (stove, freezer) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 13. Vojinovic S. (freezer) – 29.990 dinars (SfS) 14. Tasic M. (washing machine, freezer) – 56.980 dinars (SfS) 15. Radosavljevic S. (refrigerator) – 27.990 dinars (SfS) 16. Markovic M. (washing machine) – 28.990 dinars (SfS) 17. Marinkovic I. (refrigerator, washing machine) – 56.980 dinars (SfS) 18. Kokovic A. (freezer) – 27.990 dinars (SfS) 19. Jankovic N. (washing machine, electric accumulation heater with pedestal) – 77.338 dinars (SfS) 20. Kordic S. (washing machine, stove) – 50.980 dinars (SfS) 21. Ristic Z. (stove, washing machine) – 50.980 dinars (SfS) 22. Radojevic D. (stove, washing machine) – 50.980 dinars (SfS) 23. Tmusic J. (stove, refrigerator) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 24. Radovanovic G. (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SfS) 25. Vuckovic M. (freezer, wood-burning stove) – 72.689 dinars (SfS) 26. Stefanovic D. (stove, washing machine) – 50.980 dinars (SfS) 27. Golubovic D. (stove, refrigerator) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 28. Djurdjevic S. (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SfS) 29. Pavlovic N. (stove, freezer) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 30. Milicevic V. (washing machine, refrigerator) – 56.980 dinars (SfS)
Marinkovic were helped with the refrigerator and washing machine Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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31. Jovanovic D. (washing machine, refrigerator) –
We use this opportunity to thank the representatives of the municipality of Svilajnac, Red Cross and the Association of monarchists from Svilajnac, who helped in delivery the appliances.
56.980 dinars (SfS) 32. Stojadinovic Z. (washing machine) – 28.990 dinars (SfS) 33. Milosavljevic D. (refrigerator) – 27.990 dinars (SfS) 34. Markovic S. (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SfS) 35. Milenkovic A. (washing machine, stove) – 50.980 dinars (SfS) 36. Stanojevic S. (freezer) – 29.990 dinars (SfS) 37. Ljubisavljevic D. (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SfS) 38. Gancic B. (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SfS) 39. Milosavljevic D. (stove, refrigerator) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 40. Milosevic B. (washing machine) – 28.990 dinars (SfS) 41. Milosevic D. (freezer) – 29.990 dinars (SfS) 42. Timotijevic A. (refrigerator, wood-burning stove) – 70.689 dinars (SfS) 43. Ilic V. (washing machine, refrigerator, freezer) – 84.970 dinars (SfS) 44. Milosevic A. (stove) – 21.990 dinars (SfS) 45. Vitorovic Rajic A. (freezer) – 27.990 dinars (SfS) 46. Milovanovic M. (freezer) – 27.990 dinars (SfS) 47. Ilic G. (stove, freezer) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 48. Milosevic Lj. (refrigerator) – 27.990 dinars (SfS) 49. Dimitrijevic B. (freezer) – 27.990 dinars (SfS) 50. Djokic S. (freezer, stove) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 51. Djokic Z. (freezer, stove) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 52. Stojkovic R. (washing machine, freezer) – 56.980 dinars (SfS) 53. Nikolic G. (stove, refrigerator) – 49.980 dinars (SfS) 54. Milanovic N. (refrigerator) – 27.990 dinars (SfS) 55. Ljubomirovic Z. (refrigerator) – 27.990 dinars (SfS)
Family Djurdjevic with new stove
Great action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS continues. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs calls upon all the fraternal organizations, donors and people of good will in Serbia and worldwide to participate by donating according to their possibilities on one of the accounts of the organization – www.srbizasrbe.org/donacije.
Golubovic family with the stove and refrigerator
We also encourage you to read the reports of the help delivered to PARACIN, TRSTENIK, VALJEVO, KRALJEVO and OBRENOVAC.
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Monthly Report for September FAMILY GLUHOVIC RECEIVED TRACTOR FROM SFS
www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 Several years ago the Association of mothers with four and more children included Maja into the program of the Ministry for sport and youth of the Republic of Srpska, and they built them a house next to the old one. The house looks nice, but they only sleep in it, because there is no water in the village. During the day they are still staying at grandmother’s house and use rainwater or water from the well.
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs from the Republic of Srpska donated at the end of August an used tractor (8.000 KM) to family Gluhovic. Nenad and Maja Gluhovic have nine children: Bogdan (16), Nevena (14), Suzana (12), Gorica (10), Dragoljub and Dusan (8 – twins), Dusica (5), Snezana (3) and Jovana (4 months old). The family lives in the village Bozine, about 10 km away from Rogatica. They own 3 cows and 30 sheep, and 4 ha of land. They are cultivating it on their own, without machines, and they are also working for a wage at their neighbors’.
The youngest Gluhovic enjoy their tractor which will help them in agriculture business Family Gluhovic contacted us because their son Bogdan is finishing his schooling (for a welder), and he decided to stay on their land. He is accompanying his father in working for a wage. In most of the cases they don’t receive money, but the neighbors help them with their tractors.
Family Gluhovic in front of their house Nenad’s mother is living with them. She has managed to cultivate 200 kg of beans on her own.
One of the youngest daughters of Gluhovic family with presents
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www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 The children are overjoyed with the tractor, and whenever they have the opportunity or Bogdan is not using it, the younger children are pretending to drive it. Bogdan and his family thank all the people of good will who fulfilled their dreams and enabled Bogdan to provide a job for himself.
During our first visit we agreed to buy a tractor for Bogdan because he could work without anyone’s help for the family, and he could also work on other peoples’ land and thus earn money. That could help Bogdan to stay on his land and later sustain his family. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs bought a tractor for Bogdan for 8.000 KM. The family found a tractor in the next village. In order to get it as cheap as possible, they didn’t ask for a trailer or any other appliance, because they want to earn for that. However, the tires on the tractor were bad, so they asked us to buy a new ones, which we did and paid 730 KM for them. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs continues with great projects across the Republic of Srpska and in Herzegovina. We call upon all the donors worldwide to SUPPORT all future actions of our organization.
New tires for tractor During our second visit we were able to see the donation we provided thanks to our donors. On this occasion we helped a child who had to grow up very quickly.
Family Gluhovic in front of their house
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BOGOVIC SISTER READY FOR SCHOOL
Bogovic family The Bogovic sisters expressed their gratitude through drawings and the words of gratitude to the donors. Sisters Bogovic Charity organization Serbs for Serbs received at the end of August a donation from Switzerland (300 CHF) for the youngest members of the six-member family Bogovic from the village Ranovac near Petrovac on Mlava. Members of the family are father Zarko, mother Lidija and the children Zeljka (10), Zaklina (8) and Zivadinka (5) and grandmother Emica. The donated money was used to provide the necessary school material, clothing and footwear for the Bogovic daughters. We use this opportunity to thank the donors from Switzerland and the principal of the elementary school in Ranovac, Mrs. Vesna Subert who helped us in conducting the action of helping the Bogovic family.
Sisters Bogovic have received the necessary wardrobe
Drawing as a form of gratitude Zakline Bogovic for family Lazarevic and humanitarian organization Serbs for Serbs
Drawing as a gratitude of the sisters Bogovic
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HELP FOR FLOODED FAMILIES IN KRAJINA
The family of Ljubomir Nozinic received furniture Aleksandar Knezevic received welding machine in order to earn extra money Charity organization Serbs for Serbs has helped four families from Kostajnica on Banija in Krajina within the project FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS. We helped the families Nozinic, Knezevic, Vucinic and Milkovic. The total amount of help was 940 EUR. The family of Miroslav Milkovic received construction material for the urgent sanation of the flooded home. Great action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS continues. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs calls upon all the fraternal organizations, donors and people of good will in Serbia and worldwide to take part in the action by DONATING according to their possibilities on one of the accounts of the organization.
FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS CONTINUES! SERBS FOR SERBS The family of Ljubica Vucinic also received furniture Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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VISITING THE FLOODED ONES IN VELIKI CRLJENI
Members of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs from Belgrade, with the help of the Female association of Kolubara region listed the most endangered families with children in Veliki Crljeni whose houses were damaged during the floods which hit this town. Within the project Fight against the floods we plan to help about 40 most endangered families from Veliki Crljeni by providing appliances for them. 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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FIRST CADET CELEBRITY CUP HELD
The youth association Night School successfully conducted another action with the charity character. All the income raised at the Cadet Celebrity Cup and jersey Internet auction was donated to the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs in the total amount of 250 € and 5.000 dinars. The football balloon Vizura hosted celebrities who were playing on the football cup and thus helped the flooded ones.
The winner of the ladies competition, Nastasja Stosic The celebrities supported the idea of the Night School, which is becoming a serious youth association. Petar Lazic,, a journalist and the author of the Night School said that Charity organization Serbs for Serbs was the first to receive help due to its charity actions.
The winner of the first Cadet Celebrity Cup was the Blue team. The members of the team – Ljuba Bulajic, Zoran Kesic, esic, Davor Stefanek, Ognjen Kajganic, Srdjan Dincic and Jovan Sremcevic won the gold medal. The model Vladimir Vuksanovic deservedly won the trophy for the best player of the tournament. Part of the cup was dedicated to the competition of ladies in penalty shootout. Dragana Micalovic and Dea Tosic won the bronze, the model Andjelka Tomasevic was the runner-up, while Nastasija Stosic,, the youngest competitor, won the first place. The winner of the ladies’ competition, Nastasja Stosic, said she was happy to participate articipate in the charity work, gain new friends and have a great fun. She added she would always respond to such events.
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„TROJKA
IZ BLOKA“ IN SMEDEREVO
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs organized on Sunday, September 21 in Smederevo on the basketball courts 14th in a row sport-charity tournament in fast shooting three-pointers "Trojka iz bloka". The winner of the tournament was Nikola Lazic with 18 points, the runner-up was Petar Djukic with 13 points, and Nikola Ivanovic won the third place with 11 points in the final.
Thanks to the numerous participants, companies Jastrebac dimnjaci doo, café Club ATW, ice cream shop IceStein and individual donors, we collected 41.300 dinars. All the income will be directed in helping the families with minor children who suffered damage in great May floods across Serbia.
Within the tournament Trojka iz bloka in Smederevo, we received great help from youths of the FC Petlic who played a game prior to the tournament. During a halftime, a famous football freestyler Nikola Djota Milosevic performed. He is known for taking the third place on the last European championship in Hungary in his discipline. We also owe gratitude to the BC Semendrija and BC Carina who played an unofficial game, and also DJ Lakac who took care of the musical side of the program.
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SFS HELPED FAMILIES IN BANIJA AND LIKA
SfS with family Knezevic After the successfully Easter action in Krajina, members of the organization Serbs for Serbs visited several families from Krajina at the end of September. We visited four families on Banija area, in Kostajnica and Dvoron Una. Within the new action of help we delivered help for two families in Gracac, whom we didn’t visit on this occasion. The planned help consists in the following:
Una and Luka Knezevic with gifts from the church Sv.Djordjel from Belgrade
• Construction material for house upgrading – 800 € • Two mattresses for children beds – 155 € • Five sheep – 500 € • Two wood-burning stoves – 900 € • Bathroom material – 600 € On our journey, we first visited the memorial area in Jasenovac, where we paid tribute to the victims of this notorious concentration camp. After that, the first family we visited in Kostajnica was family Knezevic, consisting of parents Miso and Dragica and children Luka (9) and Una (5). We plan to help this family along with the fraternal organizations Radosti moja from Germany and SPO(J)I from Austria, so SfS provided two mattresses for children beds.
SFS visiting Jasenovac Memorial, where we honored the victims of the notorious camp CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE! SERBS FOR SERBS
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Young Nikolina Zorbas was delivered the package with the essentials for baby
Family Puskar from Kostajnica In Kostajnica we also visited family Puskar, consisting of parents Rajko and Elvira and their son Mihajlo (3). Also in coordination with the abovementioned organizations we provided five sheeps. Thanks to the owner Rajko got the sheep even before the money transfer. Our fraternal organizations should provide additional five sheep, which will improve the living conditions of family Puskar, and represent solid ground for the enlargement of the family and economic advance.
Members of humanitarian organizations SfS in front of the fortress in Kostajnica
Purchase and transport of sheep in the family Puskar from Kostajnica One of the three hygiene packages we brought was delivered to the five-member family Zorbaz for Nikolina who is only six months old.
Serbs for Serbs and the clergy of the church of Saint George in Dvor na Uni
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The first family we visited was family Joka, consisting of parents Milenko and Una and their three daughters: Tara (5), Mila (4) and Nika (9 months old). Grandparents Nikola and Ljubica also live with them.
Marko Grcic with his pet
Family household is hard to reach, and we had to go on foot at one part of the road. We delivered wood-burning stove and a package of baby hygiene for this family.
Bathroom soon to be renovated
Family Joka in front of their house Another family we visited was an eight-member family Grcic, with six minor children. The family consists of parents Dusko and Ljiljana and children: Dusica (16), Marina (15), Dubravka (14), Aleksandar (10), Milka (6) and Mario (5). This hardworking returnee family is getting material for repairing and equipping the bathroom, because it is their greatest concern at the moment.
Together with Grcic family at their house
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Part of the action will be conducted in Gracac in Lika, where we will provide help for families Plecas and Drobac. Family Plecas consists of parents Nikola and Milena and their four daughters: Jovana (8), Milica (6), Jelena (4) and Nikolina (1). We will provide construction material for upgrading the house.
A wood stove for the family Drobac
We already managed to provide urgent help for family of Zoran and Nedeljka Drobac, due to the difficult condition of their daughter Sara (10), who is having a cerebral paralysis. The family received a wood-burning stove which will mean a lot to them during the winter.
Unfortunately, almost all the families we visited face similar difficulties. People cannot find permanent employment, so they survive through animal husbandry and agriculture or by working for a wage. We plan to help more actively the returnee families to provide normal living conditions or enable the help to improve their current animal husbandry or agriculture. As well as across Krajina, Serbian people on Banija, apart from the socio-economic problems, have to deal with the pressures of other kind. Therefore, we call upon all of those who have forgot that there is still the Serbian people in Krajina, to help our activities in that area. We also call upon those who have supported us so far, to bring the hope to Serbian children of the better future. Let us not allow that the Serbian people in Krajina easily forget their root due to the lack of concern in Serbia. We use this opportunity to thank the wholeheartedly help of the priesthood of the Diocese of Gornji Karlovac, without whom we wouldn’t be able to plan and deliver the agreed help.
Sara with her mother Nedelja in the yard of her home We must emphasize that we delivered to each of the visited families several icons, donated by the priesthood of the St. George church from Banovo Brdo, Belgrade.
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www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 place. For the trust we earned in Diaspora, the most credit go to our registered branches in the Republic of Srpska, United States of America, Switzerland, Austria and recently Germany. When did you join the organization? This way of working drew me to join as a volunteer five years ago when I was almost 18, and to help primarily the endangered families in Southeast Serbia, because there are a lot of large families who live in very difficult conditions. What is the situation in Serbia regarding poverty?
Having the poverty rate of 24.6 percent, Serbia takes the first place in Europe with 700.000 people living below the poverty line. The organization Serbs for Serbs has helped more than 400 families in nine years. We are witnesses of moral collapse, lost of security and perspective, devastation of traditional values and the attempt to establish new ones based on the pure materialist worldview, nihilistic and hedonistic life. We are witnesses that young people are brought to the state of apathy, and they are not interested of the life going around them. In that distorted value system a group of mindful and young people from homeland and abroad emerged, to which Igor V. Stevanovic joined in 2009 as a volunteer. Today he is a coordinator of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs for the Southeast Serbia, and a student of the final year of Faculty of Law in Nis. What distinguishes Serbs for Serbs from other similar organizations? Besides the fact that the organization is primarily consisted of young people, the most specific about this charity organization is that it has from its establishment functioned completely transparently, because all the donations the donors sent could be seen on the website of the charity organization (www.srbizasrbe.org), and every help to the families was documented by photos and bills. The organization gained great trust in Serbia and abroad? Transparency attracted great number of donors especially from abroad, who have had very bad experience with many charity organizations during the last 20 years, because the help didn’t arrive to the right
As official data of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia show, having the poverty rate of 24.6 percent, Serbia takes the first place among the poor countries of Europe. In Serbia alone there are over 700.000 people below the poverty rate, so we have tried since the beginning to help where it was most needed and where there are most endangered. Is there a data of how many families you helped so far? During nine years, we helped over 400 families with over 1.500 children. JURIST AND HUMANITARIAN Igor V. Stevanovic was born in Nis in 1992. He finished elementary school Cele kula and Gymnasium 9th May in Nis, after which he enrolled in the Faculty of Law in Nis and is currently attending fourth year. Organization Serbs for Serbs was founded in 2005. The aim of the organization was to animate our people in Serbia and abroad to jointly help those who need help the most, and those are large families in Serbia and in other countries where the Serbian families live. Igor V. Stevanovic is a coordinator for Southeast Serbia, the editor-in-chief of the Austrian-German youth magazine SPOJI and the president and co-founder of the student-pupil association ORNAS in the University of Nis. Which families have you also helped? In the area of Vranje we helped the seven-member family Stojiljkovic from Golemo Selo by providing cement, sand and other material to arrange the rooms in which they live, because the house is not plastered and there are a lot of holes, so there was a danger for five young children to meet the winter in inhumane
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You also had an action during the spring floods? Due to great May floods we commenced an action which is still in progress, Fight against the floods, and we collected so far nearly 600.000 EUR of help which would be used for the repair of the flooded objects and other help to the families from Serbia and the Republic of Srpska which were hit. How much money did the organization collect so far? According to our report, by the end of August 2014 we collected over 1.000.000 EUR. Members of the humanitarian organization Serbs for Serbs
What is your organization’s motto? In short, the philosophy of our organization is reflected in the old Chinese proverb: “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime”. We are primarily focused in providing the families with enduring help, which comes to the fore mostly with the families living in countryside. What does the help consist of? The help usually consists of buying hens, goats, pigs, cows, cultivating machines and other things necessary for the family to stand on its own feet. We also had several big actions in which we bought or renovated the households. You also had a successful sport project? Since 2012 in cooperation with the Basketball Alliance of Serbia we commenced a charity-sport project Trojka iz bloka, which was held in over 15 towns so far, and whose aim is to provide bathrooms to endangered families which didn’t have a bathroom, and thanks to the tournament we built over 10 bathrooms. Due to the May floods we decided that help gathered in the scope of this project would be directed to the flooded ones. You are very active in the Pcinja area? Regarding the Pcinja area, I must say I am particularly attached to that area because I am from Vranje by origin, so the situation in that area affected me greatly. We managed to organize a branch of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs in Nis in whose work are
Our newspaper has a good cooperation with you? We owe special thank in our work in the Pcinja area to the Charity bridge and Vesti from Frankfurt who published the texts about the unfortunate destinies of families from Vranje and surrounding villages and enabled us to find out about those families and help them according to our possibilities. We helped several families so far. I would like to greet your readers and thank them for the help they are sending, because I was personally convinced how much that help meant to those poor families. After the text in Vesti about the Antic family from Drenovac near Vranje you helped this extremely poor family. The state in which father Novica and mother Dusanka with their children Miljana, Aleksandar, Stefana and Dimitrije lived was unworthy of life in the 21st century. The condition was made more difficult by the facts that the father had an alcohol issue, which he was trying to cure, and that the mother had psychic problems, difficulties in communication and inability to take care of herself. All the burden of running the household was placed on the oldest son Aleksandar and oldest daughter Miljana. We provided for the Antic family: a new household, two folding beds, two comforters, elementary groceries, two goats, five laying hens, freezer, woodburning stove, chainsaw, four sacks of flour, and four sacks of food for the hens.
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NEW BATHROOM FOR FAMILY MILOSAVLJEVIC
The new cabinet for the family Milosavljevic
Milica, Verica and Milan Milosavljevic On Sunday September 21 members of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs together with the friends of the Sport alliance of Boljevac municipality visited a five-member family Milosavljevic from the village Lukovo near Boljevac.
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs uses this opportunity to thank the Sport alliance of Boljevac municipality for selfless help in the organization of the tournament, and all the sponsors and participants which contributed to bring hot water and washing machine to the bathroom of Momir and Danka Milosavljevic and their three children.
As we announced at the charity tournament Trojka iz bloka in Boljevac, we completely renovated and equipped the bathroom for family Milosavljevic using the collected money in the amount of 102.389 dinars, which brought the most joy to the youngest members Milica (16), Verica (13) and Milan (8).
Together with family Milosavljevic in front of their home
Completely renovated bathroom for family Milosavljevic
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The appearance of a new shower stalls in the bathroom of the family Milosavljevic We also use opportunity to call upon other inhabitants of Boljevac municipality to apply for the next tournament in order to help as much families as possible in this part of the Eastern Serbia.
Milan Milosavljevic in his new, tidy bathroom
New pipes in a new bathroom
New washing machine and sink
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SFS HELPED IN VELIKI CRLJANI
Representatives of humanitarian organizations Serbs for Serbs in the game with the children of the family Radosavljevic Charity organization Serbs for Serbs delivered on September 26 in Veliki Crljeni, Lazarevac municipality, a valuable charity help for 36 families with children, whose homes were destroyed during the May floods. Within the action FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS, we delivered the following help: 20 washing machines, 14 stoves, 10 refrigerators, 7 freezers and 4 woodburning stoves in the total value of 1.506.686 dinars. For this action we provided a donation by the Elsys Eastern Europe company from Belgrade.
Radosavljevic family with new washing machine and refrigerator
The stove, refrigerator and washing machine handed to family Simic All domestic appliances are of Gorenje trade mark with five-year guarantee. The delivery was conducted by friends and sponsors of our organization from Tehnomanija. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
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Ana and Jelena Jovanovic received the washing machine
Prokic family was presented with a washing machine Sara and Jelena Stojicevic with a new washing machine and wood stove The list of the helped families from Veliki Crljeni, the delivered help and its value are as follows:
Maksimovic family were helped with washing machine We use this opportunity to thank the Female Association of the Kolubara Region, which helped us in conducting the action of help in Veliki Crljeni.
1. Simic M. (refrigerator, stove, washing machine) – 80.970 dinars (5 children) 2. Jovanovic S. (stove) – 22.990 dinars (2 children) 3. Spasojevic S. (refrigerator) – 27.990 dinars (4 children) 4. Vukovic M. (stove) – 22.990 dinars (3 children) 5. Vukovic S. (refrigerator) – 27.990 dinars (2 children) 6. Petkovic D. (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (2 children) 7. Nikolic A. (stove, washing machine) – 52.980 dinars (3 children) 8. Novakovic B. (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (2 children)
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Milica and Dragica Simic in a flooded yard
10. Prokic Lj. (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (3 children) 11. Cvetinovic G. (washing machine) – 29.990 (2 children) 12. Rankic M. (washing machine, stove) – 52.980 dinars (2 children) 13. Maksimovic Z. (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (2 children) 14. Petrovic B. (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (2 children) 15. Bogdanovic N. (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (2 children) 16. Momcilovic M. (freezer) – 29.990 dinars (2 children) 17. Eric Z. (stove) – 22.990 dinars (2 children) 18. Jovanovic S. (washing machine, refrigerator) – 57.980 dinars (2 children) 19. Miladinovic M. (stove, freezer) – 63.980 dinars 20. Krsmanovic S. (stove) – 22.990 dinars (3 children) 21. Jovanovic D. (washing machine, wood-burning stove, refrigerator) – 77.979 dinars (2 children) 22. Stojicevic D. (washing machine, wood-burning stove) – 53.389 dinars (3 children) 23. Josipovic M. (wood-burning stove, freezer) – 51.389 dinars (a baby) 24. Stanojevic J. (freezer) – 28.990 dinars (a baby) 25. Simic Milica (freezer, stove) – 50.980 dinars (3 children) 26. Stamenkovic Lj. (stove, refrigerator, freezer) – 80.970 dinars (2 children) 27. Vasic D. (freezer) – 29.990 dinars (2 children)
www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 28. Jovanovic Z. (washing machine, stove) – 52.980 dinars (4 children) 29. Bozcic K. (washing machine, refrigerator) – 57.980 dinars (3 children) 30. Mitrovic N. (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (2 children) 31. Krstajic S. (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (3 children) 32. Radojicic B. (stove) – 22.990 dinars (2 children) 33. Acimovic D. (washing machine, stove, refrigerator) – 80.970 dinars (3 children) 34. Terzic R. (washing machine) – 29.990 dinars (2 children) 35. Ivanovic M. (stove, refrigerator) – 50.980 dinars (2 children) 36. Blagojevic I. (wood-burning stove) – 23.399 dinars (3 children)
Freezer and stove for a large family Simic
Freezer for family Vasic
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Washing machine and stove for a family Jovanovic Family Terzic was delivered deliver washing machine 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 get involved by donating according to their possibilities on one of the accounts of the organization www.srbizasrbe.org/donacije. www.srbizasrbe.org/donacije We also encourage you to read the reports of the help delivered to PARACIN, TRSTENIK, TRSTENIK VALJEVO, KRALJEVO, OBRENOVAC and SVILAJNAC.
Mitrovic family donated a washing machine
Washing machine for family Krstajic CHILDREN ARE OUR FUTURE! FUTURE FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS CONTINUES!
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SFS GUESTS ON RTV STARA PAZOVA
President of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs Mr. Igor Rasula was a guest on the Radio Television Stara Pazova, in the talk-show of Branko Petrovic “In the rhythm of Pazova”. Work of the organization Serbs for Serbs was presented in the first part of the show (show broadcast), while the conversation was emitted in the radio show (audio). The organization expresses its gratitude especially to Mr. Petrovic and TV Stara Pazova who enabled the presence in the media and the presentation of our charity work across Serbia and the Balkan.
……………………………………………… LAST FAREWELL TO VUK BOJOVIC
SFS GUEST ON SLAVA IN GRACANICA
Charity organization of the Diocese of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija Mother of nine Jugovic, celebrated its slava the Nativity on Saturday, September 20. The holy liturgy in the Gracanica monastery was served by Bishop of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija with the priesthood. Members of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs attended the slava as honorable guests as well as previous years. Along with the gratitude for the fraternal reception, we agreed to soon commence new projects of helping the Serbian nation on Kosovo and Metohija. …………………………………………………………..
SERB FOR SERBS ON RTV PINK
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs says the last farewell to great Vuk Bojovic, principal of the Belgrade ZOO, who died on September 17th 2014. Thanks to his unselfishness, great understanding and benevolence, the doors of the ZOO Good Hope Garden were always wide open for the vast number of children across Serbia and Serbian countries, especially from Kosovo and Metohija, who were able to enjoy in the unique animal kingdom. Vuk, thanks for everything!
On Thursday September 25 during the morning show at RTV Pink, president of the organization Igor Rasula spoke of the project FIGHT AGAINST THE FLOODS, which aims at helping the families with minor children whose homes were destroyed during the disastrous May floods in Serbia and the Republic of Srpska.
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SERBS FOR SERBS CHARITY SHOP
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Monthly Report for September Donors in September : 1. Compass Fuel donation box (IL) - $ 45 2. Balkan Bakery donation box (IL) - $ 15 3. Beograd CafĂŠ donation box (IL) - $ 128 4. Nada's Deli & Bakery d. box (IL) - $ 18 5. St. Nikola, Brookfield d.box (IL) - $ 15 6. City Fresh Market d. box (IL) - $ 15 7. Bubamara cafe d. box (IL) - $ 15 8. Andreja Simovic (CA) - $ 100 9. Aleksandar Tanasic (CAN) - $ 25 10. Serbosi Canada (CAN) - $ 260 11. Dan Kovacevic (IL) - $ 25 12. Gary Hope - $ 15 13. www.usaserbs.net (IL) - $ 25 14. Srdjan Gavrilovic (GA) - $ 15 15. Zeljka Bucalo (NV) - $ 25 16. Tihomir Bajic (CA) - $ 100 17. Milan Dobras (AZ) - $ 15 18. Slav Karach (GA) - $ 25 19. Ivan Aksentijevich (MD) - $ 25 20. Ivan Radulovic (NY) - $ 25 21. Tanja Josipovic - $ 25 22. Milan Zdrnja - $ 25 23. Irena Gumbert (CA) - $ 25 24. Aleksandar Micic (MO) - $ 15 25. Danko Panic (Microsoft MGP) - $ 12.48 26. Aleksandar Jaksic (Microsoft MGP) - $ 600 27. Anonymous (Microsoft MGP) - $ 200 28. Bojana Duke (Microsoft MGP) - $ 1,550 29. Veljko Miljanic (Microsoft MGP) - $ 500 30. Milena Dedijer (Microsoft MGP) - $ 150 31. Ivan Mitic (Microsoft MGP) - $ 300 32. Uros Vidojevic (Microsoft MGP) - $ 200 33. Marko Radmilac (Microsoft MGP) - $ 100 34. Milos Kralj (Microsoft MGP) - $ 200 35. Sasa Savic (TX) - $ 25 36. Vesna Kozomora (IL) - $ 25 37. Vlastimir Davidovic - $ 50 (for Zivkovic family) 38. Helena Urukalo (CAN) - $ 15 39. Biljana Wilde - $ 20 40. Predrag Kisa, VSUW - $ 50 41. Nikola Mrdakovic - $ 15 42. Nikola Mrdakovic - $ 25 43. B. Bojanic - $ 15 44. Lana & Igor Glisic - $ 50
www.serbsforserbs.org 2014 45. Nenad Milasinovic - $ 25 46. Daniel Plavsic - $ 25 47. Zoran Starcevic - $ 20 48. Ivan Aksentijevich (MD) - $ 25 49. Catherine Fisher (IL) - $ 25 50. Mirko Radovic B. (Peru) - $ 25 51. Dragisa Djordjevic (MD) - $ 15 52. Sinisa Bibic - $ 100 53. Marta Stojanovic (CAN) - $ 25 54. Bojan Jovanovic (IL) - $ 25 55. Srdjan Markovic (CA) - $ 25 56. Gorana Tomic (IN) - $ 30 57. Susi Schuchard (SD) - $ 25 58. Gordana Stojanovic (AZ) - $ 30 59. Ankica D. (NJ) - $ 25 60. Dragisa Zivkovic - $ 15 61. Margareta Curcic (CAN) - $ 50 62. Nina & Maksim Krsmanovic (VA) - $ 50 63. Mirjana & Sinisa Peric (MD) - $ 50 64. Serbosi Kanada (CAN) - $ 280 65. Andreja Simovic (CA) - $ 100 66. Aleksandar Tanasic (CAN) - $ 25
TOTAL IN SEPTEMBER: $ 6.138
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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
$40000.0 $20000.0 $ 3.240 $ 6.526 $ 4.149 $ 2.110 $.0
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$6.138
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