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www.serbsforserbs.org 2015
2015
CHARITY ORGANIZATION SERBS FOR SERBS
Monthly Report for November
www.serbsforserbs.org
Monthly
Report No. 11
November, 2015
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: [email protected]
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs www.serbsforserbs.org
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 charitable organization. Donation is
tax-deductible to the extent followed by the law.
On 30th September, 2011 we finally got the letter
from department of the treasury (IRS) 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, 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 information 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. There, 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
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 the 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 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 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 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
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!
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.
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: [email protected]
2. Direct Deposit to Wells Fargo Bank account
Please email us at: [email protected]
3. You can mail personal or business check to:
Serbs for Serbs
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
COW FOR FAMILY TASIC FROM
KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
Cow for family Tasic
Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS in
cooperation with the donors of the organization from
Canada and EHO “Majka devet Jugovica” from
Gracanica has successfully finished another project of
help by providing a cow and a calf in the amount of
170.000 dinars for the five-member family Tasic from
the Gnjilane village of Stanisor on Kosovo and
Metohija.
Family Tasic consists of parents Zoran and Ljubica and
their three sons: Milos (1993), Marko (1995) and Ivan
(1997).
The sons are unemployed students, while father Zoran is
working for a minimal salary, thus providing the
survival of the family.
Father Zoran Tasic
We express our special gratitude to the donors from
Toronto:
- Stanko Pavlovic,
- Marko Pavlovic,
- Bojan Popic,
- Branko Popic,
- Sinisa Marjanovic,
- Milos Baljozovic,
- Vuk Zrnic,
- Vid Stambolovic,
- Aleksandar Karamarkovic,
- Aleksandar Siljo and
Delivery of a cow and a calf
- Sasa Krsmanovic.
We call upon all the donors worldwide to DONATE ON
A REGULAR MONTHLY BASIS and thus support
this and other projects of the Charity organization
SERBS FOR SERBS in order to provide the necessary
help to the great number of the socially disadvantaged
families and their children as soon as possible.
Amount for cow and a calf was 170.000 dinars
Ljubica, Zoran, Marko and Milos Tasic with a cow and
a calf
NO SURRENDER!
Thankful family Tasic from Gnjilane village of Stanisor
on Kosovo and Metohija.
SERBS FOR SERBS
HELP FOR FAMILY ZELJKOVIC
FROM ZEMUN
Zemun showed to Zeljkovic family they are not alone
and that not everyone forgot them. The residents of
Zemun made a spectacle for the basketball fans and
people of good heart in one of the most beautiful
elementary schools in Serbia, at the heart of the sporteducational center of Zemun, in the elementary school
“Svetozar Miletic” courtyard.
Lovely socializing on the tournament was enriched by
the legends of the Zemun sport and art, and the mission
of the tournament “Trojka iz bloka” was successfully
finished in these days.
The sport-charity project “Trojka iz bloka” was held in
Zemun on September, 11 for the first time in its fouryear long mission of help to the socially disadvantaged
families with four and more children throughout Serbia
and the Republic of Srpska.
We helped the eight-member family Zeljkovic from
Zemun in which three generations live – grandfather
Bosko, father Milan, mother Sladjana and children
Marija (15), Milana (13), Milos (11), Sima (10) and
Sara (8).
Family Zeljkovic received a donation of electric stove
and two double-decker beds with mattresses and
drawers to great joy of the youngest, which was a result
of a helping hand of their neighbors who participated on
the tournament in Zemun. The amount of help was
82.990 dinars.
New stove
The sport-charity project “Trojka iz bloka” is the biggest
project of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs,
within which we help the families by building or
renovating the bathroom but also helping the
disadvantaged families in any other form.
New double-decker beds for children of family Zeljkovic
from Zemun
Together with our friends from Zemun we found out
about the difficulties of family Zeljkovic which is trying
to survive with the grandfather’s retirement and
mother’s disability retirement in Zemun in the total
amount of 34.000 per month! The father is unemployed,
the mother has chronic leukemia, but despite everything,
the children are cheerful and smiled and all of them –
excellent pupils!
The best season of “Trojka iz bloka” so far was crowned
with many successful finished projects. Let us rejoice
and wait for more good news from entire Serbia and the
Republic of Srpska which encourage us and wake hope
for even more successes the following year. Join as
well!
Milana, Sima, Sara and Milos Zeljkovic with their new
beds
The help surely reached the right hands, and we hope to
find a way to help these people in the future as well.
Children are our future and Zemun is taking care of its
children!
The youngest Zeljkovics with the organizers of “Trojka
iz bloka” in Zemun
Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS calls upon
all the friends and donors of the organization to get
involved in the action of collecting money for helping
this and other socially disadvantaged multiple children
Serbian families.
Five of the youngest members of the Zeljkovic family
received what they needed the most in this moment and
that would enable them slightly more comfortable life.
They will keep fighting for their successes in life with
smile because they know their neighbors are their true
friends!
Become the part of “Trojka iz bloka”!
CHILDREN ARE UOR FUTURE!
SERBS FOR SERBS
NEW AID DELIVERY IN KOSMET
Two bunk beds with mattresses and electric stove for
Stanic family
This fall, the Charity organization SERBS FOR
SERBS delivered aid to seven families with children in
the area of Kosovo and Metohija.
The Stanic family consists of the parents, Dragutin and
Vujika, and their six daughters:Dragana (16), Svetlana
(14), Stojana (13), Kristijana (11), Nikolina (10), and
Valentina (10). We provided them with two bunk beds
and an electric stove.
The families were previously visited in mid-May as
part of the big Easter action.
In Zubin Potok, we helped five families: Stanic (electric
stove and two bunk beds with mattresses), Lepovic
(upright freezer), Ilic (wood-burning stove and washing
machine), Rakic (electric stove and freezer), and Djuric
(electrical wiring for their home).
In Gorazdevac, we helped two families: Jandzikovic
(bed) and Simonovic (three beds and washing machine).
We owe big gratitude to the brotherhood of the Viski
Decani Monastery, who helped us conduct this action.
Upright freezer for Lepovic family
Also in Zubin Potok, we provided the single mother
Drita Lepovic and her five-year-old son Aleksandar
with an upright freezer.
Since they were not at home when we delivered the aid,
the freezer will be delivered to them soon.
Wood-burning stove and washing machine for Ilic family
Djuric family from Crepulja village in Zubin Potok
Javorinka Ilic from Zubin Potok is a single mother of
four: Marina (27), Marinko (26), Marica (24), and
Dragica (24). We provided them with a wood-burning
stove and a washing machine.
Freezer and electric stove for Rakic family
The single mother Jadranka Rakic and her three
children, Nemanja (13), Nino and Nina (5) were
provided with a freezer and an electric stove.
Nino (5), Nemanja (13), and Nina (5) Rakic
The Djuric family consists of Zoran and Biljana, and
their niece Danijela (24), and nephew Velisa (24) with
his wife Tanja (19) and son Stefan (six months old).
We provided them with electrical wiring for their new
home.
Electrical wiring for new Djuric family home
In Gorazdevac, we helped the family of Ljubomir and
Mirjana Jandzikovic, with their children, Ninoslav
(21) and Neda (20), who has a developmental disorder.
We provided them with a bed.
Tomislav and Dragica Simonovic from Gorazdevac
In the same street, we helped the family of Tomislav
and Dragica Simonovic, with their five daughters:
Tanja (23), Dijana (21), Krstina (18), Tamara (16)
and Teodora (16). Three beds and a washing machine
will be of great help to the Simonovic family.
We call upon all donors worldwide to support this
project and numerous other projects of the Charity
organization SERBS FOR SERBS by making
REGULAR MONTHLY DONATIONS, so that much
needed aid would reach a vast number of socially
disadvantaged families and their children as soon as
possible.
Zubin potok
FIREWOOD FOR DARABAN FAMILY
FROB BIJELJINA
We managed to save them from ending up in the street
then, but we did not come even close to solving their
problem. We are still waiting for replies from the city
authorities to our numerous letters and requests, which
we sent asking for a plan or project which would
permanently solve the housing problem of this family,
and which we could also join and help with.
At the beginning of November, the Charity
organization Serbs for Serbs helped the sevenmember Daraban family from Bijeljina in the
Republic of Srpska. Apart from the grandmother, the
family consists of the parents, Ilije and Snezana, their
daughters Ivana (15) and Dijana (14) and sons Gabrijel
(12) and Ilija (10). We helped the Darabans by
purchasing 5 cubic meters of firewood for the winter to
the total value of 400 BAM.
House where Daraban family lives
Snezana and her husband are unemployed. Ilije is a
construction worker, working for a daily wage.
During the winter, he is usually out of work, so they live
on 140 BAM of child benefit and 120 BAM of welfare
which Snezana’s mother, who lives with them, receives.
Children in the Daraban family: Ilija, Ivana, Dijana and
Gabrijel
Last year, when a construction company tried to evict
the Daraban family, the mother Snezana, addressed us in
a panic effort to protect her four children. Then, with the
help of a lawyer from Bijeljina, Mr. Ognjen Avlijas,
whose work on this case was a form of a donation to our
organization, we stood by this seven-member family.
The children are growing up in a house without water
and bathroom. Ivana (15) is in her first year of secondary
school, Dijana (14) is in the eighth grade, Gabrijel (12)
is in the sixth grade, and Ilija (10) is in the fifth grade.
They are all A and B students and successful athletes.
Last year, we bought them a wood-burning stove, and
now five meters of firewood. We delivered these modest
donations to them, and now we are all waiting for further
developments, because it is certain that someone will try
to evict them again, since the location of the house they
live in is very tempting. The Darabans are immensely
grateful. It is enough for them to know that they are not
alone, and that they have someone to go to and ask for
help, although we cannot do much for them.
They thank us all, but donors the most, because they
know that without donors, we, as organization, would
not exist. For these children, as well as numerous others
we have helped, we are like a family, and we would like
to extend our big gratitude to all donors, who enable all
this.
Gabrijel, Dijana and Ivana in their yard beside the
delivered firewood
The Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS calls
upon all friends and donors of the organization to join
our fundraising action to help this family and other
socially disadvantaged Serbian families with multiple
children.
NO SURRENDER!
Mother Snezana diligently taking wood in their yard
SERBS FOR SERBS
NEW ROOF ON KAZIC FAMILY
HOUSE IN ORAHOVAC
Happy and content - Jovan and Nikolina Kazic
The Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS
helped the Kazic family from Orahovac in the area of
Kosovo and Metohija. Misko and Katarina Kazic
have two children: six-year-old Jovan and two-year-old
Nikolina. They were previously visited in mid-May as
part of the big Easter action. Then we agreed on
replacing the dilapidated roof on the family house,
which had been leaking. The rest of the news provides
the photos of putting up the new roof construction on the
Kazic family house.
children.
23 TONS OF FLOUR FOR PUBLIC
KITCHENS
On Thursday, November 12, in the joint action “Flour
for public kitchens on Kosovo and Metohija” of the
charity organizations “Friends of Decane”, KUD
“Sloga” from Vicenza (Parish of St. Luke from
Vicenza with bishop Andrej) and the Charity
organization SERBS FOR SERBS, an amount of 23,3
tons of flour has been delivered for the needs of public
kitchens on Kosovo and Metohija which are providing
daily meals for over 2.000 most disadvantaged people.
Thanks to all the friends who were engaged in collecting
charity, both associations and individuals from Italy, we
successfully collected 4.500 EUR of donations for this
project. These means enabled buying of flour in the
amount of 23 tons and 350 kg. Flour was bought from
the mill “Zito-Backa” Ltd. Kula and delivered to the
warehouse of public kitchens on Kosovo and Metohija
without any problem.
Discharging flour for public kitchens
Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS calls upon
all the donors worldwide to SUPPORT new big projects
of help to the Serbian people on Kosovo and Metohija in
order to stay and survive on its ancestral homes.
NO SURRENDER!
SERBS FOR SERBS
NEW BARN FOR FAMILY MILETIC
FROM KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
Beginning of works on the barn
Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS helped
family Miletic from the Opraske village, Istok
municipality on Kosovo and Metohija.
The only Serbian family in the village, consisting of
Petko and Snezana Miletic and their two children
Tamara (10) and Lazar (9) has been previously visited
at mid-May within the big Easter action. During that
visit we agreed with the host to build him a barn of
approximate value of 3.500 EUR, and the money for the
project was provided from the branch of Charity
organization Serbs for Serbs from Germany.
The works on building and equipping the barn for family
Miletic can be seen hereinafter.
Snezana and Petko Miletic with their children Tamara
and Lazar
Making columns and beams in the new barn
Setting carpentry
Setting of the roof construction
Concreting and equipping of the barn
New barn for family Miletic from Opraske village from
Kosovo and Metohija
Hard-working host Petko Miletic
NO SURRENDER!
We call upon all the donors worldwide to support this
and other numerous projects of the Charity organization
SERBS FOR SERBS through REGULAR MONTHLY
DONATIONS so that necessary help could reach the
great number of socially disadvantaged families and
their children as soon as possible.
FINISHED WORKS ON THE
KINDERGARTEN IN ORAHOVAC
Children and kindertgarten teachers
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs is happy to
announce that the works on replacing the dilapidated
roof construction in the kindergarten “Nasa radost” in
Orahovac on Kosovo and Metohija have been
successfully finished prior to the winter!
We express gratitude of children and kindergarten
teachers from the kindergarten “Nasa radost” in
Orahovac
As we have seen during the May visit, the kindergarten
for almost 60 children from Orahovac and Velika Hoca
is very important for the survival of the Serbian
community in this area, because it is the only
kindergarten for the Serbian children in this part of
Metohija.
We thank the donors from Germany organized via the
social networks under the slogan SID (“Serben in
Deutschland”) who contributed this wonderful action.
The total value of this action is 415,000 dinars.
The youngest inhabitants of Orahovac in front of their
renovated kindergarten
Thanks to its donors and friends of the organization, the
Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS will
continue to actively support the conduction of both
charity and economic projects for helping the Serbian
people on this holy and suffering Serbian land. We call
upon all the donors worldwide to support this and other
numerous projects of the Charity organization SERBS
FOR SERBS through REGULAR MONTHLY
DONATIONS so that necessary help could reach the
great number of socially disadvantaged families and
their children as soon as possible.
Kindergarten roof during the visit in May
NO SURRENDER!
NEW BATHROOM FOR MAKRENIC
FAMILY FROM BORCA
The Makrenic family lives in very hard living conditions
and the new bathroom significantly improved the living
conditions for all family members.
On June 20 and 21, there was a two-day event under the
name of “Weekend of the Trojka iz Bloka”, which was
part of the “Trojka iz Bloka” Tournaments, and it was
held in Palilula. Five months after the event, members
of the
Charity
organization
Serbs
for
Serbs visited the six-member Makrenic family from
the Belgrade neighborhood of Borca. The family was
provided with a bathroom, which significantly
improved their quality of life. Once again, we have
shown that there are no impossible things when it comes
to the “Trojka iz Bloka” and all the people gathered
around it.
This time, the “recipe for success” was applied to the
Makrenic family home, which delighted the youngest
family
members
–
Jelena (19), Jablan (18), Mihailo (10),andAnastasia (6
), but also their parents, Goran and Ksenija. The value
of the project was 227,870.69 Dinars.
One of the rooms in house of family Makrenic
Difficult living conditions in six-member family
Makrenic
the Tara motel, companies “I-tech Elite”and “Vellux“,
“Auto Kes” auto center, “Easy” exchange office and
vehicle registration agency, cafes “Eho”, “No Stress”,
and “Ragina Glava”.
Entrance to the new bathroom
Mihailo and Anastasia Makrenic in their new bathroom
We would like to extend our hearty gratitude to our
dear sponsors and true friends of the project who are
responsible for successfully conducting the eleventh in a
row “Trojka iz Bloka” charity action this year:
See you again next year in Palilula at new tournaments
and with new victories in fights for helping those in
need.
SFS VISITING GAVRILOVIC FAMILY
FROM BANJA LUKA
Family Gavrilovic from Potkozarje near Banja Luka
In mid-November, the Charity organization Serbs for
Serbs visited the
eight-member
Gavrilovic
family from Potkozarje, near Banja Luka.
The family had fled Kljuc and found their home in
Potkozarje, but they live in very hard living conditions.
This hard working family needs many things, but they
ask for the stove, because winter is coming. They turned
to us, because they have no one else to turn to. Although
supplying their home with water would mean a lot to
them, they are aware that it requires big expenses, so
they ask for more modest aid.
The
parents, Stanislav and Rada,
have
six
children: Danka (19),Danijela (17), Dragana (12), Dus
ka (10), Nikola (5) and Milos (3).
They took out a loan to buy the house they live in. They
are not connected to the water supply system, so they
use a small tank to get water from the nearby standpipe.
Since this is illegal, they sometimes have to pay a fine,
but they do not have an alternative. To do the washing,
Rada pours the water into the washing machine
manually.
Otherwise, she would have to hand-wash everything,
which would waste more water. In order not to waste
water, she uses the machine, but she is afraid that the
washing machine will break down in this way and she is
also sorry for the children who carry the tank.
The father, Stanislav, heard about our organization while
we were helping the flooded in Banja Luka, so he called
us to see if we could at least help him with getting the
stove, which they really need.
That is why we went to Potkozarje for a visit, and we
saw for ourselves that they will have a hard time getting
through the winter without a wood burning stove. When
we arrived, there were four younger children at home,
while the two older ones went to fetch water.
AID FOR DJORDJEVIC FAMILY
FROM RASKA
The single father, Borivoje, lives with his mother and
his three daughters, Tamara (16), Jana (14), and
Nevena (11). We hope that the life of this family will be
much better now.
The value of the project is 57,600 Dinars. The rest of
the news contains photographs which show the laminate
flooring installed and the beds brought in.
In cooperation with the Charity association Ruka
Prijatelja from Raska, the Charity organization Serbs
for Serbs helped the five-member Djordjevic family
from Raska by purchasing 36 m2 of laminate and two
bunk beds with mattresses.
Floor before the laminate was installed
Children’s room before
New floor for family Djordjevic
New beds and laminate flooring in children’s roo
New floor in dining room
children.
NO SURRENDER!
WORK ON NASKOVIC FAMILY
HOME FINISHED
Apart from the fact that Danijela has Down syndrome,
she is also faced with even bigger problems. Due to
doctors’ negligence during her eyes surgery, and lack of
information about the mistakes they made, the life of this
lovely girl was jeopardized. The total value of the
project was 523,000 Dinars.
The Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS
successfully conducted the big action of finishing the
construction of the Naskovic family home. This sixmember family is from the village of Kusce in the
Kosovo Pomoravlje District and they were first
visited before Vidovdan this year. The parents, Boban
and Mikica, have four children: Danijela (7), Teodora
(3), and the twins, Aleksandar and Aleksandra (10
months old).
Childrens room
children.
VISITING TEN-MEMBER LJILJAK
FAMILY
At the end of November, members of the Charity
organization SERBS FOR SERBS visited the Ljiljak
family from Grocka. The family consists of the
grandparents Mirko and Milica, their daughter Duska,
who is a single mother, and her seven children: Andrej
(4), Slobodanka (7), Tamara (9), Bobana and Mirko
(10), Zorka (11), and Bozana (12). In the 1990s, the
Ljiljaks fled western Slavonija, and after years of
moving around Serbia, the Commissariat for Refugees
helped them several years ago by donating 950,000
Dinars, so they managed to buy a house located on the
Smederevo road, in the place called Dubocaj in Grocka.
The family lives on social welfare and occasional wages
which grandpa Mirko earns. The house they bought is
very small, only 33 m2 and with no bathroom.
During the upcoming Christmas action, our plan is to
raise money for the house upgrade for the Ljiljak family,
more precisely, to build them a bathroom, small
kitchen and two rooms, so that the children would have
more space for learning and playing.
Member of SFS talking with father of the family Ljiljak
Children of Ljiljak family
We invite donors and friends of our organization to
SUPPORT the upcoming aid action for the Ljiljak
family, as part of the upcoming Christmas action.
TOMIC FAMILY GOT HOUSE NEAR
ALEKSINAC
After many years of living in hard conditions in a small
moldy apartment, the ten-member Tomic family got a
house in the village, where they will be able to live and
work. The Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS
successfully finished the project of purchasing a small
country estate in the village of Subotinac near
Aleksinac to the total value of 7,300 Euros.
The estate consists of an old house of about 100 m2
and 1ha of land with an orchard, pasture, field and
woods. The Tomic family consists of the parents, Ivica
and Sladjana, and their children: Aleksandar (23),
Vojislav (21), Ivan (18), Milica (16), Katarina (13),
Filip (11), Luka (6), and Milenko (4).
Tomic family living in hard conditions in their flat in
Mladenovac
The Tomic family has been living in a very difficult
financial situation for years, struggling to provide
enough food for everyday needs of the children. Also,
they had bereavement in 2014, losing their four-yearold son Djordje, who had suffered from a cerebral
palsy.
The mother of the family, Sladjana Tomic, is going
through difficult times together with her family
Request the Tomic family made in December, 2014,
asking for help with the purchase of a country house
‘Up until the tragedy, when I lost my son, the fight for
survival was bearable,’ says Sladjana. ‘We were
devastated when it happened. I feel that suddenly
everything is falling apart and losing all meaning. I sit
for hours at the cemetery and take care of my child. It’s
hard for me go away and leave him there all alone. And
when I get home, I feel total despair. I fear that we’ll end
up homeless, because we didn’t pay off our apartment.
We have big problems with Ivan, who suffers from
epilepsy, and I have to be with him all the time,’ says
Sladjana.’ I think our only salvation would be if we got a
house in the country.
We could work in agriculture and we would be able to
produce food for ourselves. The children wouldn’t be
hungry. We would all work on our piece of land. There,
that’s my only dream of salvation.’
Country house and auxiliary building in Subotinac for
the Tomic family
They are used to wearing old and torn clothes, and being
without toys, CDs, video games, books and songs without a single joy that every child deserves. These
children had to get used to being hungry and sleeping on
the floor, because they have only two beds in their
apartment. What is more, now they are struggling with
accepting the truth that they did not have the money for
little Djordje’s treatment and that their brother is gone.
President of the organization SERBS FOR SERBS Igor
Rasula and Sladjana Tomic
Five years ago, as Sladjana says, both she and her
husband Ivica lost their jobs and they have been unable
to get new ones ever since. No one could stay indifferent
to the family full of starving children. The oldest one,
Aleksandar, is a second-year student of Geography. He
works at a pizzeria in Belgrade and manages to cover his
college expenses.
Answering the request of the Tomic family from
Mladenovac, as part of the Christmas action of 2015,
the Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS started
a big action of purchasing a small country estate in the
village of Subotinac near Aleksinac, consisting of an
old country house of about 100 m2, auxiliary building
of 40 m2, and 1 ha of land with an orchard, pasture,
field and woods.
Mother of family Tomic in their new house with member
of HO „SFS“
The total value of the estate is 7,300 Euros, which is
886,200 Dinars. The sum was paid off in monthly
installments during 2015, to Mirjana Marinkovic who
had been the owner of the estate. Expenses of 19,643
Dinars of ownership transfer of the entire estate were
also paid.
Tomic family started furnishing the rooms in the house
Walking around the land behind the house which the
family will use
Bathroom and small kitchen area
The organization SERBS FOR SERBS would like to
extend big gratitude to donors who helped another big
project to be carried out.
We would also like to thank the Pesic Agency from
Aleksinac for not charging their services of selling the
house and preparing the necessary paperwork, and also
for helping the Tomic family many times.
Auxiliary building in the yar
SERBS FOR SERBS
SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPATION AT
THE BOOK FAIR
rap group THC la Familija, rappers Bosko Cirkovic
Skabo and Uncle Jo, president of the organization
Solidarity for Kosovo Arno Gujon, ensemble Kosovski
Bozuri and numerous other friends and donors of the
organization.
Thanks to the Office for Kosovo and Metohija of the
Government of the Republic of Serbia, which gave way
to using one of its stands free of charge, Charity
organization SERBS FOR SERBS together with the
Independent Association of Students ALL FOR
KOSMET presented itself to the public at the 60th
International Belgrade Book Fair which took place
between October 25 and November 1. Thanks to the
numerous donors and friends of our organization who
attended as guests on our stand, during the eight days of
the Fair we collected 92.100 dinars, 110 EUR and 100
KM in the form of donations and by selling T-shirts
from the SZS boutique.
Academian Matija Beckovic
Arno Gujon, president of the organization Solidarity for
Kosovo
Archbishop of Metropolitan of Montenegro and the
Littoral Amfilohije
Numerous guests and friends of our organization visited
us at the Belgrade Book Fair:
Archbishop of Metropolitan of Montenegro and the
Littoral Amfilohije, academian Matija Beckovic,
Ensemble Kosovski Bozuri
THC la Familija and SERBS FOR SERBS
Also, during the last day of the Fair, on November 1, a
tribune in the media center of the Office for Kosovo
and Metohija with the subject “Importance of visiting
and providing help to the Serbian people and
churches on Kosovo and Metohija was held, in which
president of the Independent Association of Students
ALL FOR KOSMET Zoran Ciric and his colleague
Svetolik Maksimovic addressed the gathered, while on
behalf of the Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS
the charity work on Kosovo and Metohija was presented
by the president Igor Rasula and PR Milos Simovic.
Numerous donors who supported future charity actions
(from left) Igor Rasula, Milos Simovic, Zoran Ciric and
Svetolik Maksimovic
Filled media center of the Office for Kosovo and
Metohija
Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS expressed
gratitude to the friends of the organization
Independent Association of Students ALL FOR
KOSMET and the Office for Kosovo and Metohija
who helped in collecting additional means for the
realization of current and future actions of help to the
Serbian people on Kosovo and Metohija and in other
Serbian areas.
SERBS FOR SERBS – FIRST 10 YEARS
With the distinctive slogan “Children are our future”,
and with the help of numerous donors worldwide, the
organization has raised 1.3 million Euros of donations
since 2005, and thus directly helped more than 1,400
families, counting over 10,000 children throughout
Serbia, Republic of Srpska, Montenegro, Croatia and
FYR Macedonia.
On Saturday, November 7, the Charity organization
Serbs for Serbs celebrated their first decade of work
and existence by holding a solemn academy at
Ustanova kulture Palilula in Belgrade.
The celebration of 10 years of charity work was attended
by over 350 friends, members and donors who have
helped and contributed to charity activities of this
organization in the previous period.
Igor Rasula, president of Charity organization Serbs for
Serbs
Aleksandar Gajsek, host
Apart from direct and specific material aid for socially
disadvantaged families and children, valuable donations
were delivered many times to soup kitchens, health care
centers, maternity wards, hospitals, kindergartens,
elementary and secondary schools and other institutions
which are primarily concerned with everyday lives of
children.
On Vidovdan, 2015, in the churchyard of the Gracanica
Monastery in Kosmet, the organization Serbs for
Serbs was awarded the order of St. Sava of thesecond
grade by His Holiness Irinej, Serbian Patriarch, for their
true love for the Serbian Orthodox Church, especially
shown through selfless and wholehearted benevolence
towards shrines and the faithful people in Kosovo and
Metohija.
Vojin Vucicevic, president of Charity organization Stara
Raska
Vladimir Vlajic, president of Serbian Orthodox Youth of
Innsbruck, Austria
Among numerous actions and projects which have been
carried out in the past ten years, a period after the
disastrous floods of 2014, which hit Serbia and the
Republic of Srpska, is particularly worth mentioning.
The organization then started a big charity project under
the name of “Fight against the Floods”, which, in less
than ninety days, gathered over 10,000 donors
worldwide and provided the aid, consisting of
appliances, furniture, construction material, food, water
and disinfectants, worth 700,000 Euros, for more than
800 families affected by the floods.
Lazar Stevic, representative of NGO “Majka devet
Jugovica” from Gracanica
Ruzica Popovic, president of Humano Srce Sapca
Foundation
Marko Lazarevic, representative of Osmeh na Dar
Foundation from Belgrade
Vladimir Radovic, representative of Serbian Orthodox
Society Sveta Srbija
The icon of Bogorodica Ljeviska - gift from the RaskaPrizren Diocese
Letters of thanks for the representatives of our fraternal
organizations
Open and transparent work of the organization, from the
very first aid projects conducted from 2005 onwards, has
contributed to ever growing number of donations, as
well as gathering of ever growing number of members
and volunteers of the organization worldwide.
The organization Serbs for Serbs has been officially
registered in Serbia, Republic of Srpska, Montenegro,
Austria, Switzerland, Germany, the United States of
America and Canada, with branch offices in Australia,
the Netherlands, Great Britain and Sweden.
The aim in the years ahead is to gather tens of thousands
of donors worldwide who will provide regular monthly
donations and thus selflessly help our charity work and
provide the necessary social and financial aid for
disadvantaged large families throughout the Balkans.
At the beginning of March this year, the Charity
organization Serbs for Serbs started a big charity
campaign under the name of “Send SMS to 7763”, in
which you donate 100 Dinars by sending the SMS.
This way, funds are raised for helping socially
disadvantaged families throughout Serbia. Also, through
their official site www.srbizasrbe.org, every month the
organization gathers hundreds of donors worldwide, who
make regular monthly contributions and thus provide
funds for conducting new aid projects intended for
families and children throughout the Balkans.
FOLLOWING ST. SAVA'S PATHS ON
HOLY MOUNT ATHOS
Hilandar Monastery – vine of St. Simeon
At the end of October, members of the Charity
organization SERBS FOR SERBS stayed on Mount
Athos and took the opportunity to visit a number of
monasteries and sanctuaries.
A revisit to the Great Lavra Hilandar was definitely the
most significant part of our stay. The monastery
brotherhood hosted us in a brotherly manner and during
our stay, we agreed on the future co-operation on the
charity and spiritual agenda. During the stay on Mount
Athos, representatives of the organization Serbs for
Serbs visited Hilandar, and the monasteries of
Esphigmenou, Iviron, Cell of St. Sava in Karyes, the
Sketes of St. Andrew and St. Basil, and the Protaton
Cathedral, where the icon of Axion Esti, the most
saintly icon of the whole monastic state, is kept. Prior to
arrival at Mount Athos, we went on pilgrimage to the
Tomb of St. Demetrios, Catacombs of Saint John and
the Temple of Saint Gregory Palamas in Thessaloniki.
Tower of King Milutin
Capital town of Mount Athos - Karyes
Serbs for Serbs together with Father Kirilo in front of
Hilandar Monastery
Skete of St. Andrew in Karyes
View from the ferry
Port of Iviron Monastery
In front of Temple of Saint Gregory in Thessaloniki
Iviron Monastery – old church
Dafni port
SERBS FOR SERBS
CHARITY EVENING IN THE
“SERBIAN BEER HOUSE”
During the evening in the pleasant atmosphere and
socializing, we were collecting donations. We express
our special gratitude to the people from small brewery
Kors who gave up their profit of selling beer, which
went to charity. At the end of the evening, the donor box
contained 40.630 dinars.
On Tuesday, November 10, in cooperation with the
friends from the café “Serbian beer house” on Crveni
krst in Belgrade, Charity organization Serbs for Serbs
organized a charity evening.
Once again we want to thank our friends from the café
“Serbian beer house”, as well as all people of good
will who, by their presence and donations, have
contributed that the charity evening remains in
everyone’s good memory.
NEW PALACINKA PARTY IN
CHICAGO
We also played some of the new SFS videos for past and
upcoming projects. Many of the videos brought tears to
the eyes of those gathered. It was hard for some of them
to believe that families live like this.
As the snow finally began to fall in Chicago, a small
group of friends decided it was time for another Serbs
for Serbs Palacinka Party to raise money for children
in Serbia. Everyone was able to review the 2014
Annual Report and see how much effort went into last
years projects. The annual report also gave everyone a
clear breakdown of where and how all the donations
were invested.
Friends and family enjoyed wonderful palacinke made
by Natalia, Ana & Miljana!
With the cold weather here, what could better than
gathering with friends, eating warm palacinke and
helping children in Serbia!
Together, we were able to collect $555 towards help for
children in Serbia.
See you next time.
NO SURRENDER!
Plans have been made for more Palacinka Parties this
winter.
SERBS FOR SERBS
CHICAGO
SFS COLLECTED 200.000 EUR IN 2015
At the beginning of November, 2015, Charity
organization
SERBS
FOR
SERBS
(www.serbsforserbs.org) collected over 200.000 EUR
of donation since the beginning of 2015 for the help to
the disadvantaged children throughout Balkan. The
organization recently celebrated the first 10 years of its
charity work at the Solemn academia held in Belgrade.
Under the slogan “Children are our future” SERBS
FOR SERBS collected a total of 1,3 million EUR of
donation and thus helped over 1.400 socially
disadvantaged families with more than 10.000
children.
Thanks to the official branches of the organization in
Serbia, the Republic of Srpska, Montenegro, Austria,
Switzerland, Germany, the United States of America
and Canada as well as great number of donors and
friends of the organization worldwide, SERBS FOR
SERBS collected necessary means and provided safe
roof over the heads of hundreds of families by building
and upgrading the houses.
Apart from that, we provided great help in household
appliances (refrigerators, stoves, washing machines,
freezers…) and other household furniture, we built and
equipped great number of bathrooms, and we equipped
the children’s rooms with new beds, closets, tables,
computers, toys and school equipment.
The organization also provided great help to rural
families in tractors, trailers and other agricultural
machines, greenhouses, seeds, cows, sheep and goats
in order to enable them to work on their own and obtain
the possibility to provide elementary living conditions
for their children.
Apart from the direct and specific material help to the
socially disadvantaged families and children, valuable
donations have been in multiple occasions provided to
public kitchens, community health centers, maternity
wards, hospitals, kindergartens, elementary and high
schools and other institutions who primarily take care of
the everyday life of the children.
On Vidovdan, 2015, in the courtyard of the Gracanica
monastery on Kosovo and Metohija, the organization
SERBS FOR SERBS has been awarded with the
Order of St. Sava of second degree by His Holiness
Serbian Patriarch Irinej for the love towards the
Serbian Orthodox Church, particularly expressed in its
selfless and wholehearted benevolence towards the
sanctuaries and the faithful people on Kosovo and
Metohija.
The distinction between the Charity organization
SERBS FOR SERBS and the others consists in its
transparent way of work and great number of donors
who are donating relatively small amounts on a monthly
basis and thus participate in the charity actions of
helping the disadvantaged families. In its official website
(www.srbizasrbe.org) and social networks Facebook
(facebook.com/srbizasrbe)
and
Twitter
(twitter.com/srbizasrbe), the organization is publishing
the lists of donors and the insight into the current
account balances on a daily basis, which represents the
unique example in the work of the charity and nongovernmental organizations in Serbia.
At the beginning of March, 2015, the Charity
organization SERBS FOR SERBS, started a big
charity campaign “Send SMS to 7763” at the charge of
100 dinars per message, through which we raise funds
for helping the socially disadvantaged families
throughout Serbia.
Whit our friends from “Majka devet Jugovica”
Solemn academy – first 10 years of charity work
Representatives of Charity organization “Serbs for
Serbs” on Holy Mount Athos
SERBS FOR SERBS will continue to work hard for the
well-being of the disadvantaged Serbian families
throughout Balkan in order to deliver the necessary
charity help to the vast number of children.
SFS VISITED PATRIARCH IRINEJ
SEND SZS ON 81190 IN GERMANY!
Members of „Serbs for Serbs“with His Holiness Irinej
Patriarch of Serbia
Members of the Charity organization SERBS FOR
SERBS from Germany have established cooperation
with the mobile service providers on launching of the
charity SMS number. It is sufficient to send a message
SZS to number 81190. The message will be charged
at 2.99 EUR (the charge of the service provider is 0.18
EUR). By sending a donation to this number, you
directly help the children from the multiple children
Serbian families throughout Balkan. In the years to
come, charity SMS number will be opened for donations
in the Republic of Srpska as well as in the countries
throughout Europe and USA.
……………………………………………………….......
On November 30, 2015, members of the Charity
organization SERBS FOR SERBS, which celebrated
the 10th anniversary of work and existence this year,
visited His Holiness Irinej Patriarch of Serbia at
Serbian Patriarchy in Belgrade. It was a very warm
encounter and members of the organization SERBS FOR
SERBS told the Patriarch about the activities of the
organization, which during a decade of existence and
benevolence raised 1.3 million Euros of donations and
thus provided aid for more than 1,400 poor and
disadvantaged families with over 10,000 children
throughout the Balkans.
The Charity organization SESRBS FOR SERBS is
officially registered in Serbia, Republic of Srpska and
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Austria,
Switzerland, Germany, Canada and the USA, and
there are also offices in Australia, Sweden and the
Netherlands.
Extending deep gratitude to the Serbian Orthodox
Church for selfless help and support, and to His Holiness
for encouragement and blessing for their work, members
of the Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS
presented the Patriarch with the Gramata as a
testimony of mutual cooperation and care, which have
existed from the very foundation of the organization.
SERBS FOR SERBS presented and announced their
traditional Christmas action, which aims at collecting
and delivering necessary aid to disadvantaged children
and families throughout the Balkans.
SERBS FOR SERBS
11 MILLION HITS ON SFS SITE!
On Thursday, November 25, 2015, the official site of the
Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS www.srbizasrbe.org - had eleven million hits, starting
from 2007 when we started counting visits to the site,
with almost a million new visits from the beginning of
September until the end of November. This is certainly
another evidence of support to our charity work and aid
actions, intended for socially disadvantaged families all
over Serbia, Republic of Srpska and the region.
The account is 56201281300241-58, and the data for the
foreign currency account are: IBAN BA39 5620 1281
3002 5031 and SWIFT BIC: RAZBBA22. We thank all
the people of good will for their support.
…………………………………………………………...
“NEMA PREDAJE” FLAG
AVAILABLE
5.040 MESSAGES TO 7763 IN
OCTOBER
The Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS has
widened the selection at the SZS store by making a
NEMA PREDAJE flag (1m x 1m). The flag costs 1,300
RSD (€ 12, 24 BAM, 20 CHF, $ 15) plus delivery cost.
Money made from selling is intended for the work of the
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs, which helps Serbs
in Kosmet and wider. The flags can be ordered through
the e-mail: [email protected], the official
Facebook page www.facebook.com/srbizasrbe, and
also in Belgrade, at boutiques BUNKER (13 Dragoslav
Jovanovic Street), and THE STREET (4 Desanka
Maksimovic Street).
…………………………………………………………...
IMPORTANT! NEW SFS ACCOUN IN
REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA
At the beginning of March, 2015, the Charity
organization SERBS FOR SERBS, in cooperation with
mobile service providers Telekom, Telenor and Vip,
started a national campaign for helping socially
disadvantaged families throughout Serbia. During
October, 5,040 messages were sent to the charity
SMS number 7763. The charity campaign SMS to 7763
continues. It is sufficient to send an empty SMS or an
SMS with any text you want. Your message will be
charged at 100 RSD (without the charge of your service
provider). We extend our deep gratitude to all donors
and friends of the organization who have taken part
in the charity campaign of the organization SERBS
FOR SERBS.
Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS informs its
donors that there has been a change of banc in the
Republic of Srpska. The previous account was opened
in Banka Srpske. The intervention team of the Banking
Agency of Republika Srpska, together with temporary
manager, on November 16, 2015, took over complete
control over the work and management of Banka Srpske.
The new account of the Charity organization Serbs
for Serbs in the Republic of Srpska was opened in the
NLB-Razvojna banka.
SERBS FOR SERBS CHARITY SHOP
Donors in November :
1. Compass Fuel donation box (IL) - $ 42
2. Balkan Bakery donation box (IL) - $ 10
3. Beograd Café donation box (IL) - $ 76
4. Nada's Deli & Bakery d. box (IL) - $ 38
5. St. Nikola, Brookfield d.box (IL) - $ 10
6. Bubamara cafe d. box (IL) - $ 25
7. Zoran Zdravkovic (MI) - $ 15
8. Radomans Framing (CA) - $ 15
9. Srdjan Gavrilovic (GA) - $ 15
10. www.usaserbs.net (IL) - $ 25
11. Mladen Subotic - $ 100
12. Zeljka Bucalo (NV) - $ 25
13. Dragan Bacic (CO) - $ 109,19
14. Milan Dobras (AZ) - $ 15
15. Tihomir Bajic (CA) - $ 100
16. www.designswww.com - $ 15
17. Slavisa Karach (GA) - $ 25
18. Ivan Aksentijevic (MD) - $ 25
19. Dragana Beara (CAN) - $ 50
20. Petar Kesic - $ 100
21. Ivan Radulovic (NY) - $ 25
22. Nina & Maksim Krsmanovic(VA) - $50
23. Aleksandar Micic (MO) - $ 15
24. Milan Zdrnja - $ 25
25. Dragana W. - $ 40
26. Vesna Kozomora (IL) - $ 25
27. Amazon Smile - $ 7,15
28. Predrag Kisa - $ 50
29. Mitar Prentic - $ 15
30. Helena Urukalo (CAN) - $ 15
31. Milos Kuburovic (FL) - $ 15
32. iSerbApparel.com - $ 10
33. Tanja Radovanovic - $ 40
(facebook donation app)
34. Nikola Mrdakovic (IL) - $ 40
35. B. Bojanic (CA) - $ 15
36. Zoran Starcevic - $ 20
37. Marko Saric - $ 20
38. Daniel Plavsic (WA) - $ 25
39. Nenad Milasinovic (Australia) - $ 25
40. Protecta El. Sevices (Australia) - $ 15
41. Ivan Aksentijevic (MD) - $ 25
42. Vladimir Milosavljevic - $ 25
43. Dragisa Djordjevic (MD) - $ 15
44. Slavica Petrovic (IL) - $ 25
45. David Gavric (IN) - $ 50
46. Danijela Korom-Djakovic (PA) - $ 200
47. SD (CA) - $ 50
48. Sasa Savic (TX) - $ 30
49. Marta Stojanovic (CAN) - $ 25
50. Olga Generalow (NY) - $ 250
51. Palacinka party in Chicago - $ 555
52. Stuart Murray (Norway) - $ 25
53. Bojan Jovanovic (IL) - $ 25
54. Biljana Bursac (CO) - $ 15
55. Srdjan Markovic (CA) - $ 25
56. Neven Cvetkovic (Sweden) - $ 50
57. Silicon Va. Com. Foundation - $ 20
58. Silicon Va. Com. Foundation - $ 25
59. Your Cause Giving Prog. - $ 87.5
60. Делије Њујорк - $ 15
61. Olja Meyer (NY) - $ 15
62. Zlatko Kurtaljevic - $ 20
63. Dejan Davidovic (NY) - $ 25
64. Yvonne Murray(United Kindom)- $25
65. Ankica D. (NJ) - $ 25
66. Marko Saric - $ 20
67. Zivko Tatalovic - $ 50
68. Luka Jovic - $ 25
69. Brankica Paunovic - $ 25
70. Sinisa & Mirjana Peric (MD) - $ 50
71. Aleksandar Tanasic (CAN) - $ 25
72. Zoran Mladenovic (MD) - $ 100
_________________________
TOTAL IN NOVEMBER: $ 3.269
DONATIONS IN 2015.
NUMBER OF DONORS IN 2015.
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