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www.serbsforserbs.org 2015
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CHARITY ORGANIZATION SERBS FOR SERBS
Monthly Report for October
www.serbsforserbs.org
Monthly
Report No. 10
October, 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
SFS VISITED VLAHOVICS IN
PODGORICA
Representatives of the Charity organization SERBS FOR
SERBS from Montenegro visited on October 2 the sixmember family Vlahovic who lives in the Podgorica
suburb Konik.
Father Radojica (48) and mother Vojka (45) have four
children: Vesna (12), Jovana (11), Jelena (9) and
Vasilije (7). They live in a tin-cardboard home as
subtenants in two small rooms almost without furniture,
for which they pay 50 EUR per month. The parents have
severe health issues, and the children are receiving food
from the Public kitchen of the Metropolitanate of
Montenegro and the Littoral.
The parents Radojica and Vojka are unable to work, and
severely ill. Radojica was employed as a guardian until
the City Transportation Company was closed down. As
an asthmatic he is unable to do heavy physical labor.
The Vlahovics live on social benefit in the amount of
175 EUR and the nice people’s gifts. The children are
well-bred, and they made strong impression upon the
representatives of our organization. The city authorities
of Podgorica didn’t help them in resolving their housing
issue, which is currently a burning question of this
family.
- If it wasn’t for the Public kitchen at the Episcopal
Church of Christ’s Resurrection in Podgorica, we
wouldn’t know what to do.
Perhaps we would starve to death. The Church brings us
five meals for our family every day. We thank them
from the heart, because without them, we wouldn’t know
what to do – says Radojica Vlahovic while telling us his
sad story.
The regular cooked meal and bread gives at least current
security. Besides the food, the Church is helping to the
Vlahovic family, as well as other disadvantaged
families, by providing onetime help. The help is being
provided occasionally, and it doesn’t include food alone.
– The Church to which we are immensely thankful is not
only providing us food, but it also brings us occasionally
clothing, footwear, blankets and certain commodities for
the house if possible. It means a lot to us. We know we
are not alone. The municipality provided us with
textbooks for the children. Some of them are new, some
used, but the children are using them anyway, and we
are grateful for that – said Radojica Vlahovic.
His origins are from the Rovac tribe, and obviously life
hasn’t given him the opportunity to make shift in life.
Since the foundation of the Public kitchen at the
Episcopal Church in Podgorica, they are regular
beneficiaries, and are more than satisfied with the meals.
Kitchen in house of Vlahovic family
Tin barrack in which the Vlahovics currently live
Family Vlahovic currently needs the most a new
housing place, help in paying off the rent, firewood
and a refrigerator. The organization SERBS FOR
SERBS with the help of its donors, members and friends
of the organization, will try to provide firewood and
refrigerator as an urgent help.
The donations for helping family Vlahovic are being
collected in Montenegro:
Current account: 510-91548-03, Crnogorska
Komercijalna banka
Foreign exchange account: IBAN ME25 5000 0000
0091 5480 3, SWIFT: CKBCMEPG
Customer: Charity organization Serbs for Serbs
Contact: [email protected]
HELP TO FAMILY NIKOCEV FROM
BANJA LUKA
Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS in the
previous period helped successfully the six-member
family Nikocev from Banja Luka in the Republic of
Srpska.
Miroslav Nikocev who is a disabled war veteran lives
with his wife Zorana in Zorana’s family house with
their four daughters: Nevena (18), Nikolina (17),
Natasa (9) and Katarina (4). We provided construction
material to the Nikocev family for reconstruction of the
children’s rooms and a trimmer in total value of 1.063
KM.
The only income of the family consists of the child
benefit in the amount of 195 KM. The youngest daughter
Katarina suffers from epilepsy. Family Nikocev
addressed us to help them in the construction material,
because they needed it to renovate the bathroom and
repair other damages in the house, like demolished
ceilings in bedrooms.
After we decided to help the family, we bought the
material they need the most: isolation, tiles, styrofoam,
glue and net. Father Miroslav will conduct the works on
his own, because he is experienced in construction
works.
Along with providing the material, we fulfilled a great
wish and bought a trimmer so that Miroslav could earn
money for his family.
Part of the provided construction material
Natasa is helping her dad to unpack new trimmer
Father Miroslav is connecting parts of the trimmer
Family Nikocev expressed great thank to the donors of
the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs.
Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS calls upon
all its friends and donors to get involved in the action
of collecting the means for helping this and other
socially disadvantaged multiple children Serbian
families.
HELP TO SAVICS FROM THE
REPUBLIC OF SRPSKA
In the previous period Charity organization SERBS
FOR SERBS has successfully helped the sevenmember family Savic from the Snjegotin village,
Celinac municipality in the Republic of Srpska. The
oldest member of the family is grandma Slavojka Savic,
and then her son Vukosav who has four children with
his wife Snjezana: Nikola (16), Vladan (14), Marko
(12) and Mladen (10). We provided family Savic with
pluming material, a package of food and hygiene, as
well as accommodation with meals in the school
dormitory for the oldest son in total amount of 1.849
KM.
Family Savic lives in an old family house which is in a
bad state, and has only the ground floor with two rooms,
of which one is a bedroom. Apart from many financial
problems, family Savic doesn’t have running water in
the house. They bring the water from a well which is
approximately 600 m away from the house. The parents
are not permanently employed. Vukosav is working in
the forest for a wage and mother Snjezena is taking care
of the children together with grandma Slavojka who is
receiving a pension in the amount of 160 KM, which is
the only regular monthly income.
Package of basic foodstuffs and hygiene for family Savic
Members of family Savic with packages of basic
foodstuffs
Marko and Mladen Savic
The grandma’s greatest concern is her oldest grandson
who is living in a school dormitory, and as she points
out, she doesn’t know how long they can live in such a
manner.
The pension is too small in order to provide the basic
things to the children, so they asked for help in food,
accommodation of the oldest son in the school dormitory
and resolving the problems with the water.
Mladen Savic is helping while entering the groceries
A few days after our first visit we sent a package of
food, and afterwards we paid the accommodation and
meals for the entire school year to young Nikola.
After the two actions we commenced the project of
bringing the water from the nearby well from which they
were carrying water before. We bought pipes at the
beginning, while in the meantime the Savics dug the
canal for the pipes themselves.
The canal through which the water should come to the
house
Water pipes arrived at Savics
The canal was dug from the well to the first pool which
is 720 m long, while the altitude difference is 90 m. The
plan is to bring the water from the pool to the house by
free fall in the length of 500 m.
Setting of pipes and digging of the first pool is in
progress, and that will unfortunately mark the end of the
project in this year due to the lack of funds. We hope
that we will continue the project as soon as possible, and
buy the pump, cable and the remaining material in order
to bring the water and finish the entire project of help to
the seven-member family Savic.
Family Savic is grateful for great help received in the
previous period, and they hope they will soon get all the
necessary material in order to finally have the water in
their home.
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.
SERBS FOR SERBS
NEW BATHROOM FOR RODICS IN
NOVI SAD
Construction works on the new Rodic family bathroom
The sport-charity tournament in fast shooting of threepointers “Trojka iz bloka” was held in Novi Sad on
May 23, when thanks to the proud sponsors and 157
applied contestants we collected 232.710 dinars and
100 EUR. Charity organization Serbs for Serbs
thanks everyone for supporting the tournament and is
pleased to announce that the project of building and
equipping the bathroom to family Rodic from Stari
Ledinci is successfully finished! Members of the family
are parents Dejan and Aleksandra with their son Stefan
(12) and daughters Lena (8) and Teodora (6). The total
value of the material and works was 323.988 dinars.
Current layout of the family Rodic bathroom
Novi Sad showed how it takes care of its residents in the
most beautiful manner! We wrote of the five-member
family Rodic and the situation in which they live prior to
the tournament in Novi Sad, during the tournament
“Trojka iz bloka”, and Radio Television Vojvodina
made reportage.
Today, several months later, we will write only one
thing – we expanded their house by building the
bathroom, but in that manner we spread their views,
pointed to new chances and opportunities and to a
number of people throughout the world who are there for
them when it is the hardest.
The state of the house prior to the beginning of works on
building the bathroom
When it is the hardest, we should work the most – the
Rodics have used some of the remaining material after
building the house and the bathroom, collected
additional means and renovated the kitchen by dividing
it into half. We found two rooms when we met this
hardworking and honest family – now there are four!
We all gathered and lent a hand to family Rodic and led
them to a better tomorrow. Everyone contributed on his
way and every help is big, which is best shown in the big
result! We particularly thank to company Milinkovic
which was transporting the necessary material free of
charge and thus saved significant amount of money in
this project.
Happy, satisfied and grateful family Rodic
When everything was over, we visited the Rodics in
their home, from where they send cordial greetings to
everyone.
Lena, Stefan and Teodora Rodic in their new bathroom
Serbs for Serbs with family Rodic in front of the house
New future in Novi Sad! In the Rodic house in Stari
Ledinci everything is now new! With the help of donors
and sponsors, with much work, bricks and blocks,
something big, indescribably and invisible, but yet –
bright and full of hope – the future!
The youngest Rodics said: THANKS EVERYONE!
And we say: thanks and see you again next year in Novi
Sad!
Become the part of “Trojka iz bloka”!
SERBS FOR SERBS
SFS VISETED NIKOLIC FAMILY IN
KLADOVO
This summer, representatives of the Charity
organization Serbs for Serbs visited the nine-member
Nikolic family from Kladovo, for which the funds raised
through the sports-charity “Trojka iz Bloka” project
were intended. The 3-point shooting tournament held
in the town on the Danube on July 23 was very
successful. There were about 1,500 people present, with
about 150 participants, and over 200,000 Dinars were
raised, so it can honestly be said that it was one of the
most successful tournaments this year! Our proud
sponsors did not stop at contributing funds to the
mission of the “Trojka iz Bloka” – aware of the hard
living conditions which the Nikolic family lives in, they
decided to help in every way they could. And the
Nikolic family needs all the help they can get! The
parents, Zoran and Zivadinka, raise seven daughters:
Zorana (16), Jelena (12), Marina (11), Tanja (8),
Rada (8), Milica (3), and Eugenija, who is seven
months old.
The Nikolic family lives in very hard living conditions,
in poverty and in a house full of mold. Good people
from Kladovo have decided to renovate their bathroom
and living room, and with the time passing, more and
more kind-hearted sponsors are getting involved in the
project, helping them in every way they can: some
provide tiles, some building blocks, some windows…
Representatives of the sports-charity “Trojka iz Bloka”
project from Kladovo are in contact with the family
daily, and ever since these great guys stepped inside the
Nikolic family home, things have started to become
better. They have started to fit out their home and take
care of them, and this has never happened to them
before. Images seen at the Nikolic family home cannot
leave anyone indifferent…
Current look of the bathroom in the Nikolic family home
“Washing machine” of the Nikolic family
Children are our future! Like in a fairytale, there are
seven daughters in the Nikolic family. Let us try to make
their life, which is far from the one in a fairytale, better.
Father Zoran with his youngest daughters
Let us try to make their modest dreams come true and
make the seven princesses get the life they deserve!
AID FOR HOSPITAL IN PASJANE IN
KOSMET
Organization SERBS FOR SERBS delivering the aid to
the hospital kitchen
On Tuesday, October 12, representatives of the Charity
organization SERBS FOR SERBS and our big friends
from the NGO “Majka devet Jugovica” from
Gracanica delivered a valuable donation to a newly
opened hospital with maternity ward in the village of
Pasjane, near Gnjilane in Kosmet.
The donated aid, worth 54,000 Dinars, consists of a
fridge and a freezer for keeping food in the hospital
kitchen, which is to start working soon.
The hospital with the maternity ward in Pasjane was
opened at the beginning of 2015.
A month ago they started to work using the latest
technology and equipment, provided by the Ministry of
Health of the Republic of Serbia and the Serbian
government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija.
Initially, the Soup kitchens in Kosmet will help by
providing food for the hospital kitchen, and the aid of
the organization SERBS FOR SERBS has definitely
contributed to providing all the necessary conditions to
make the hospital with the maternity ward in Pasjane a
place where Serbian children will be born in Kosmet.
HELP FOR FAMILY VELIC FROM
KOSOVO AND METOHIJA
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs helped the sixmember family Velic from Gracanica on Kosovo and
Metohija in early October. Member of the family are
father Boban and mother Darinka with their four sons:
Lazar (12), Nikola (10), Dusan (6) and Luka (4). We
have already helped the Velic family during the
summer by providing a washing machine and an iron.
This time, we provided them two bunk beds with
mattresses, kitchen furniture with sink and worktop,
a dining table and chairs. Total value of help is
108.174 dinars. We express our immense gratitude to
our dear friends from the EHO “Majka devet
Jugovica” for their help during the delivery of
household appliances.
Kitchen, beds with mattresses, table and chairs for
family Velic
Nikola, Dusan and Luka with their mother Darinka
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.
HELP FOR FAMILY POPOVIC ROOF
FROM HAGEN
The necessary help for Popovic family in reconstructing
the house
Thanks to the donation of the Serbian Cultural Center
“Nikola Tesla” from the German city of Hagen,
Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS conducted
the purposeful action of help to the five-member family
Popovic from Obrenovac who was hit by the floods in
2014 when their family home was completely flooded.
The Popovic family received construction material and
artisan work for the reconstruction of the roof in the
total value of 288.217 dinars which would enable them
to continue reconstructing the inner rooms of the house
in order to move into the house till the end of the year.
Works on replacing the old and placing new roof
New roof placed on the Popovic family home
Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS is
expressing gratitude to the Serbian Cultural Center
“Nikola Tesla” from Hagen for the wholeheartedly
fraternal help and care for the families hit in the last year
floods.
Second part of the donation of our friends from
Germany will be used for helping the families hit in the
floods in Doboj.
WORK ON NASKOVIC FAMILY
HOME ALMOST FINISHED
Our first visit was in July 2015
Just before Vidovdan, representatives of the Charity
organization SERBS FOR SERBS visited the sixmember Naskovic family from the village of Kusce in
the Kosovo Pomoravlje District. The parents, Boban
and Mikica, have four children: Danijela (7), Teodora
(3), and the twins, Aleksandar and Aleksandra (5
months old). 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
organization SERBS FOR SERBS started and almost
finished the big action of raising money for finishing the
construction of the Naskovic family home.
Organization representatives visiting the family in July
2015:
Little Danijela and her father Boban Naskovic in July
2015
Work on the house almost finished – October 2015:
Laminate flooring installed in all rooms
Interior doors and tiles being installed; all walls
plastered and painted
Work on bathroom fit out finished
We expect all work on the house upgrade and fit out of
all rooms to be finished by the end of October, so that
the family would get their new warm home before the
upcoming winter and the children their own rooms for
the first time in their lives.
AID FOR SCEPANOVIC FAMILY
FROM MONTENEGRO
The householder Mihajlo also took out a loan to enable
his family to move into their new house before the
upcoming winter.
The chapter of the Charity organization Serbs for
Serbs from Montenegro, together with the brotherhood
of the Ostrog Monastery, helped the eleven-member
Scepanovic family from Ozrinic, near Niksic.
Mihajlo Scepanovic with his children in their new home
The parents, Mihajlo and Anastasija have been blessed
with nine children: Vasilija (15), Lazar (11), Luka (9),
Teodor (8), Stefanija (7), Magdalina (6), Nikola (5),
Ana (3), and Aleksandra (2). Our first visit to the
family was a year ago when we agreed on helping them
by providing construction material for finishing the work
on the family house.
The total cost of construction work and materials was €
6,304.
The Scepanovic family moved into their new home
thanks to good people worldwide, who made donations
and thus contributed to purchasing construction material
so that the work on the house could be finished.
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.
SFS VISITING DAVIDOVIC FAMILY
Representatives of the Charity organization SERBS
FOR SERBS visited another socially disadvantaged
family in the Prijedor region. It was the Davidovic
family from the village of Marini, located between
Prijedor and Novi Grad, or to be more precise, 30
kilometers away from Prijedor. We had learned about
this family from the brotherhood of the Klisina
Monastery, and they soon introduced us with the
family. The Davidovic family consists of the parents,
Dalibor (36) and Vesna (27), and their four children:
Nikolina (8), Dejan (6), Natasa (5), and Pavle (2).
We wanted to get acquainted with the living conditions
of the family, so we visited them at their modest home.
The family lives in a very small and shabby house, but
with basic conditions. Considering the fact that the
biggest problems we had previously encountered visiting
the families were unsanitary bathrooms and dampness,
this family, luckily, does not have these problems.
The Davidovic family lives on child benefit and
occasional wages that the father of the family, Dalibor,
earns. They own a cow and about fifty hens, and this is
how they provide food for themselves. The family also
owns a small patch of land, which they cultivate and
they also cultivate the land around their house, with the
permission of the owners who live far away and are not
interested in cultivating it.
The biggest problem for the family is the location of the
house, about a kilometer away from the main road,
which is very hard to reach via the rugged road leading
through the forest. Since the main road is also mostly a
gravel road, i.e. there are more than 15 kilometers of the
gravel road to Prijedor, they live in hard conditions. The
winter is approaching along with bad weather, and the
children have to go to school using the forest road.
Taking everything into consideration, and also talking to
the father of the family, Dalibor, the plan is to provide
the Davidovic family with a used tractor. The
experience so far has shown that purchasing a tractor for
families is one of the best investments.
So, not only will the family be able to travel from home
in case of bad weather conditions and not take the risk of
being cut off from the world, but Dalibor will also be
able to cultivate more land than he is doing at the
moment and use the tractor to earn additional income for
his family.
The amount of money needed for this action is 8,000
BAM or a little over 4,000 Euros, so we would like to
take this opportunity to invite all friends and donors of
our organization to join the fundraising action in order
to enable another family to stand on their own feet and
pave their thorny road for a more beautiful and less
gloomy future.
NEW BATHROOM FOR PESIC
FAMILY FROM KRALJEVO
Although the season of the “Trojka iz Bloka”
tournaments is officially over, members of the Charity
organization SERBS FOR SERBS continue their
activities related to this sports-charity project. Hence, on
October 23, organization representatives, Mladen
Matijasevic and Milos Simovic, visited the ninemember Pesic family from the village of Samajla near
Kraljevo. This family was chosen for bathroom
construction and fit-out as part of this year’s “Trojka iz
Bloka” held on April 13 in the city on the Ibar. The
project was successfully finished and its total value
was 225,821 Dinars.
It is always nice to go back to Kraljevo, where we
started the forth and most successful season of our
charity outdoor 3-point shooting tournaments this year.
However, this visit was especially important and dear to
us because of the fact that nine Pesic family members –
the parents, Tomo and Gordana, and their seven
underage children: Ivana (12), Igor (11), Ivan (10),
Ivona (8), Irena (5), Isidora (4), and Lena (2), will no
longer have numerous problems caused by not having a
bathroom.
The state of the bathroom when we first visited the Pesic
family
New bathroom
The Kraljevo “Trojka”, held on April 13, raised
91,160 Dinars, and the Charity organization SERBS
FOR SERBS provided the rest of the money in order to
successfully finish another project of helping socially
disadvantaged multiple children families.
The total sum needed for the project was 223,476
Dinars.
New bathroom in the Pesic family home
Children of Pesic family in their new bathroom
New bathroom for the nine-member Pesic family from
the village of Samajla near Kraljevo
We opened the Kraljevo Tournament, held on Easter
Monday, with the most joyful Christian greeting
“Rejoice – Christ is Risen” and seven months later we
acclaim happily and gratefully “Indeed – He is Risen”,
because thanks to people of good will who responded
and participated in the tournament and also to the
sponsor of the first “Trojka iz Bloka” in Kraljevo –
“Gala Market” company, indeed a hope in a better life
of the Pesic family has risen.
Let us join forces and help even more socially
disadvantaged multiple children families in the area of
Kraljevo.
Parents with their children in front of the new bathroom
Serbs for Serbs with the Pesic family in front of their
house
There is no doubt that we will shoot 3-Pointers for
disadvantaged families in Kraljevo again next year and
on Easter Monday, too.
Hence, we invite people, public and private companies,
sports clubs, local community representatives and print
and electronic media, to respond in even larger number,
and thus contribute to the tournament in the way they
can – through participation, donations, sponsorship,
reports and news.
ROOF ON KINDERGARTEN IN
ORAHOVAC BEING REPLACED
The Charity organization Serbs for Serbs started the
work on replacing the roof construction of “Nasa
Radost” kindergarten in Orahovac in Kosmet.
Renovating the deteriorated roof construction is of great
importance for our youngest ones, because this is the
only kindergarten in this part of Metohija. There are
about 50 children from Orahovac and Velika Hoca
attending the kindergarten. The total amount of
donation, covering the work and materials, is 415,000
Dinars.
Replacing the roof in Orahovac’s kindergarten
We call upon donors worldwide to support this project,
as well as numerous other projects of the Charity
organization SERBS FOR SERBS, by making
REGULAR MONTHLY DONATIONS, so the muchneeded aid would reach numerous socially
disadvantaged families and their children as soon as
possible.
SFS VISITING FAMILY IN PALE
Members of the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs
of the Republic of Srpska chapter visited the sixmember Mandic-Cosovic family from Pale. There are
four children in the family: Aleksandar (17),
Aleksandra (16), Jelena (15), and Andjela (5). Life is
not a fairy tale and this family’s story shows it. The
mother, Snjezana, had previously been married to
Mandic, the father of Aleksandar, Aleksandra, and
Jelena, who had molested and humiliated her, so she
worked up the courage and ran away from him, taking
the children with her. She moved into her father’s house,
who had adapted the attic for her and her children to
live. Several years later, Snjezana got married to
Radinko Cosovic, and they have a daughter Andjela.
Radinko accepted her children as his own.
The parents are unemployed, but they try to provide for
the family by working for a daily wage or doing seasonal
jobs of fruit picking. Together, they do their best to
make ends meet.
Aleksandar, together with his stepfather, splits wood and
does other physical work jobs to earn a wage.
Nevertheless, tough life does not prevent the children
from being excellent and hard working students.
The Charity organization Serbs for Serbs first helped
Snjezana when she found refuge in the attic, together
with her children. Then we improvised the water
installation in their home.
Later, we bought them a motocultivator so they would
be able to earn money and thus provide for the children.
However, no matter how hard they work, they cannot
manage everything.
The fact that they also cultivate the land below the house
and grow vegetables in the greenhouse they got from
another charity organization is the proof enough of their
dedication and hard work. Despite all this, the family
cannot provide additional funds to invest in the house to
improve their living space. They have somehow
managed to build a bathroom in the lower part of the
house, but it is totally impractical to use, because it is
entered through the opening in bathroom ceiling.
The children dream of having their own room. They are
aware that they cannot have a room each, but they would
be happy to have one for all of them. Currently the
whole family stays in one room. The parents are aware
that their priority is the bathroom, because the children
need to have a place to maintain personal hygiene, and
that the opening through which they now climb down to
the bathroom, is very dangerous.
Therefore, the family was included in the “Trojka iz
Bloka” project, which raised the money to build them a
new bathroom. As the weather unexpectedly got worse
and it started to be cold early, we cannot start work this
year. Since we have to wait for the warmer weather
anyway, we have decided to expand the action over the
winter and try to raise additional funds with the help of
our donors. We would use the funds to build the room
for the children as well and thus definitely improve the
living space for this family.
The existing bathroom is impossible to renovate,
because it is impossible to make the stairs which would
lead to it, and it cannot be torn down to build the new
one in its place.
Realizing the “Trojka iz Bloka” project in Pale, we
raised enough money to build the bathroom and expand
the slab, which will provide enough space to build the
children’s room. Since most Pale residents know the
family to be hard working, beside the financial
contributions made at the sports event, some private
companies joined in afterwards, donating blocks and
construction material.
Together, we will try to provide all the necessary
materials during the winter, so the whole aid action for
the Mandic-Cosovic family will be carried out in the
spring, as soon as the weather gets better. We hope that,
with the help of good people, we will manage to make
the dream of these hard working children come true, the
children who are our future.
„TROJKA IZ BLOKA“ IN SC OLIMP
Red Star captain Luka Mitrovic
On Saturday, October 17 in the Sport Center Olimp in
the Zvezdara city municipality in Belgrade the last
“Trojka iz bloka” in the best season so far was held!
The hall of one of the most famous sport centers in the
country was too small to receive people of all ages who
came to support and help their disadvantaged fellow
citizens in the best possible manner! Charity
organization Serbs for Serbs and the School
Basketball Club Zvezdara thank everyone who came
to our tournament, especially our proud sponsors and
contestants, all 112 of them!
Through sport and fun we made another big step in the
mission of the sport-charity project: we collected 61.130
dinars on Olimp! Another joint victory is behind us, the
season which showed us how much we can and which
set high standards we would try to reach and overtake
the next year with all our forces! We learned so much
this year, but the most important is – together we are
stronger! The unity on Olimp was once again showed by
our great friends, the legend of the world handball Nedjo
Jovanovic and our famous writer Vanja Bulic, and the
real surprise for the young hopes of the Serbian
basketball were the first team players of BC Red Star
Luka Mitrovic and Branko Lazic, basketball Marko
Keselj, PR of BC Red Star Igor Vujicin and the assistant
coach of the basketball representation of Serbia Jovica
Antonic.
Great heart: Marko Keselj
Branko Lazic, Jovica Antonic, Dragana Kontic, Marko
Keselj and Luka Mitrovic
For the first time the competition was organized in two
categories: younger than 14 and older than 14 – the
struggle for two trophies and six medals will be
remembered after the lovely atmosphere and very
serious approach of the SBC Zvezdara, and all
remaining devotees of basketball who support and visit
the tournament “Trojka iz bloka”.
The tournament commenced sometime after 13h by
playing the anthem of the Republic of Serbia God of
Justice, and then Milos Simovic, PR of the Charity
organization Serbs for Serbs addressed the gathered and
emphasized that this was the most successful season of
“Trojka iz bloka” until now in 25 locations in 15 towns
throughout Serbia and the diaspora, in which we
gathered approximately 3,5 million dinars with the help
of over 100 sponsors and over 2,500 shooters.
Simovic thanked all famous sportsmen who came to
Olimp by pointing out it was nice to see that they are,
apart from being great and good sportsmen, are at the
same time great and good people. Dragana Kontic,
principal of SBC Zvezdara and president of the
Assembly of the Basketball Association of Belgrade,
also addressed the gathered and emphasized that the
mission of sport is primarily to promote and develop
humanity and the feeling for thy neighbor with the
youngsters, and afterwards the competition spirit, and
she called upon other basketball clubs and people from
the world of basketball to support “Trojka iz bloka”
which is promoting this beautiful sport in the best
possible manner.
Then our famous basketball players had the honor to
officially open the competition part of the tournament by
shooting three-pointers.
Let’s sing… Sale L and Skabo
Let’s dance… Triki
Let’s dance… Dancing studio Evolution
While the competitors took turns in two baskets, the
guests were entertained by our friends musicians,
rappers and magicians with the ball. Legend of the
Serbian rap scene Skabo, young rap hope Uncle Jo,
official DJ of “Trojka iz bloka” Sale L who was playing
the music together with the great name of the music
scene of Belgrade DJ Paja Koba33, joined us.
Beauties from the dancing studio Evolution were
dancing for us, and the best European basketball
freestyler Nemanja Blazic Triki left everyone without
breath! Each tournament in the best season had
something of the magic of “Trojka iz bloka”, and the last
one had it all!
Joy and excitement due to the competition felt by the
cadets of SBC Zvezdara reached everyone, a true spirit
of sport, humanity and fun was tangible in the hall!
Our proud sponsors on the last tournament were:
Veluks – 7,000 dinars, Stimroler Ltd (Boutique of BC
Partizan) – 7,000 dinars, and Studio LHS – 7,000 dinars.
The gratitude for the really emotional and successful
tournament goes also to: SBC Zvezdara, all coaches and
the principal Dragana Kontic, SC Olimp, Zvezdara
municipality,
Sport
Association
of
Zvezdara
municipality, elementary school “Marija Bursac” for
technical support, sponsors, donors, companies NIS,
Merkur, Ceramics Jovanovic and media friends of the
tournament Studio B, Pink Television, TV Nasa, Happy
Television, Grand Television, RTS, radio Slovo ljubve,
Bum bum radio…
Great team of great people and companied which we are
proud of and due to which we last throughout all these
years! Our family is getting bigger and happier; there are
no words that can describe the pleasure in the
community of good people who work in achieving great
goals!
… and winners!
In the competition of 44 younger competitors the most
successful were the winner Marko Mladenovic, the
runner-up Nemanja Glisic and the third placed Nikola
Nastic, and in the competition of 68 older competitors
the most successful were the winner Nikola Pejovic (21
three-pointers), the runner-up Aleksandar Zecevic (19
three-pointers) and the third placed Jovan Josipovic (17
three-pointers). We congratulate the best shooters, and
the true winner is the spirit of community and
benefaction that revived once again in its full strength on
our tournament!
The last page of the fairytale “Trojka iz bloka” was
written with golden letters on Olimp! The wonderful
season is behind us, great plans are ahead of us!
Again, we thank everyone who was with us from the
first tournament on the Faculty of philosophy until the
last one on Zvezdara: sponsors, donors and technical
sponsors, competitors and volunteers, guests and friends,
all members of our great family – thanks!
Finalists…
CHARITY SOCIALIZING IN
GERMANY
We collected a total of 500€
On Saturday, October 17, KUD “Jugos” from Munich
organized the autumnal entertainment with multifarious
program.
The folklore societies of various generations performed,
there was an offering of different dishes and drink, and
the guests were also entertained by the singer Jelena
Brocic.
The guests of the evening were KUD “Drina” from
Augsburg and KUD “Jelek” from Munich. Members of
the Charity organization Serbs for Serbs from
Germany were at the spot with their stand where they
were selling T-shirts and distributing informative
material and annual reports.
We collected a total of 500 EUR on the entertainment,
on which our organization warmly thank all the donors.
NO SURRENDER!
SERBS FOR SERBS
SFS AT CELEBRATION OF SKSD
NEMANJICI
On SFS info-stand we handed out annual reports and
sold T-shirts from the SZS boutique
SKSD Nemanjici from the German city of Konstanz
organized their second annual foundation celebration.
Folklore groups of different ages belonging to this
society performed their dances, and the youngest dancer
was only three years old. There was also a performance
of the church ensemble “Svilen Konac” from
Friedrichshafen. This time as well, there was an infostand of the Charity organization SERBS FOR
SERBS, where we handed out annual reports and sold
T-shirts from the SZS boutique. We got a special
surprise from Ms Snezana Pilovic, who made a cake
with the logo of our organization especially for this
celebration. We raised 400€, and we wish to extend our
deepest gratitude to the donors. We also wish to
cordially thank the “Nemanjici” for their warm and
homely welcome and treat.
Special surprise from Ms Snezana Pilovic
NO SURRENDER!
CHILDREN ARE UOR FUTURE!
SERBS FOR SERBS
PALACINKA SOCIALIZING IN
SWITZERLAND
Charity organization SERBS FOR SERBS from
Switzerland organized on Sunday, November 25 the
first palacinka socializing in this year in the Frenchspeaking region in Switzerland, in the town Romont, in
which we collected 1.000 CHF and 40 EUR of
donation. Less than 50 our compatriots gathered on the
sweet socializing and on that occasion they managed to
conclude new acquaintances and establish new contacts.
Great support has been given to the organization
SERBS FOR SERBS with the aim to organize another
manifestation in the Roman part of Switzerland.
We want to use opportunity to thank again all present
guests for the time they dedicated to our socializing.
We call upon all the Serbs and friends of our people in
Switzerland to help further work and collecting of
donations through the organization SERBS FOR SERBS
via the electronic PLATFORM or via the account in
Switzerland:
Konto: 61-335679-5
IBAN: CH57 0900 0000 6133 5679 5
SWIFT: POFICHBEXXX
BIC: 9000
Customer: Org. f. hum. Hilfe & integration Srbi za Srbe
Swiss
Contact: [email protected]
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs Switzerland
FAMOUS SEND SMS MESSAGE ON
7763
At the beginning of March, 2015, the Charity
organization SRBS FOR SERBS established a
cooperation
with Telekom, Telenor and Vip mobile
service providers to start a charity SMS number
7763 in Serbia.
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). By sending a
donation to this number, you directly help children from
Serbian multiple children families throughout the
Balkans.
Serbian national basketball team player Marko Keselj
sends sms on7763
Famous rapper Skabo
Famous journalist and author Vanja Bulic
...........................................................................................
1.176 MESSAGES TO 7763 IN
SEPTEMBER
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 September 1,176 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).
A fashion model Ivana Korab and a football player
Vujadin Savic
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.
SERBS FOR SERBS CHARITY SHOP
Donors in October :
1. Compass Fuel donation box (IL) - $ 34
2. Balkan Bakery donation box (IL) - $ 10
3. Beograd Café donation box (IL) - $ 15
4. Nada's Deli & Bakery d. box (IL) - $ 28
5. St. Nikola, Brookfield d.box (IL) - $ 36
6. Bubamara cafe d. box (IL) - $ 10
7. Srdjan Gavrilovic (GA) - $ 15
8. Zoran Zdravkovic (MI) - $ 15
9. Radomans Framing (CA) - $ 15
10. www.usaserbs.net (IL) - $ 25
11. Marko Saric - $ 20
12. Milka Bucalo (NV) - $ 50
13. Margareta Curcic (CAN) - $ 30
14. Zeljka Bucalo (NV) - $ 25
15. Network for good - $ 47,63
16. Dragana Nikolic (TX) - $ 25
17. Milan Dobras (AZ) - $ 15
18. Tihomir Bajic (CA) - $ 100
19. www.designswww.com - $ 15
20. Slavisa Karach (GA) - $ 25
21. Mladen & Milica Simic (GA) - $ 15
22. Ivan Aksentijevic (MD) - $ 25
23. Milos Koprivica (MD) - $ 50
24. Ivan Radulovic (NY) - $ 25
25. Dragana Beara (CAN) - $ 50
26. Aleksandar Micic (MO) - $ 15
27. Milan Zdrnja - $ 25
28. Nenad Grujicic (FL) - $ 50
29. Nina & Maksim Krsmanovic
birthday (VA) - $ 50
30. Aleksandar Stefanovski (VA) - $ 50
31. Milan Dukic - $ 100
32. Vesna Kozomora (IL) - $ 25
33. Mitar Prentic - $ 15
34. Helena Urukalo (CAN) - $ 15
35. Milos Kuburovic (FL) - $ 15
36. Zlatko Kurtaljevic - $ 20
37. Anonymous AT&T EGC - $ 40
38. Milan Dakic AT&T EGC - $ 4.20
39. Marko Popovic AT&T EGC - $ 12.72
40. Anonymous AT&T EGC - $ 2.12
41. Zoran Golubovich AT&T EGC-$ 28.46
42. Predrag Kisa - $ 50
43. Zoran Starcevic - $ 20
44. B. Bojanic (IL) - $ 15
45. Nenad Milasinovic (Australia) - $ 25
46. Daniel Plavsic (WA) - $ 25
47. SD (CA) - $ 100
48. Protecta El. Serv. (Australia) - $ 15
49. Ivan Aksentijevic (MD) - $ 25
50. Anonymous (CAN) - $ 100
51. Vladimir Milosavljevic - $ 25
52. Dragisa Djordjevic (MD) - $ 15
53. Slavica Petrovic (IL) - $ 25
54. Nikola Mrdakovic (IL) - $ 40
55. David Gavric (IN) - $ 50
56. Marta Stojanovic (CAN) - $ 25
57. Biljana Bursac (CO) - $ 15
58. Bojan Jovanovic (IL) - $ 25
59. Srdjan Markovic (CA) - $ 25
60. Neven Cvetkovic (Sweden) - $ 50
61. Dejan Davidovic (NY) - $ 25
62. Marko Jelic - $ 50
63. Ankica D. (NJ) - $ 25
64. Tanja Josipovic - $ 25
65. Sasa Savic (TX) - $ 30
66. Luka Jovic - $ 25
67. Brankica Paunovic - $ 25
68. Aleksandar Tanasic (CAN) - $ 25
69. Sinisa & Mirjana Peric (MD) - $ 50
70. Zoran Mladenovic (MD) - $ 100
71. Andreja Simovic (CA) - $ 100
_________________________
TOTAL IN OCTOBER: $ 2.308
DONATIONS IN 2015.
NUMBER OF DONORS IN 2015.
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