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20

Jun

Support to marginalized groups

Refugee children from shelter in Kikinda marked the World refugee day with theater play „Cinderella“

 

World refugee day marks on June 20. For that occasion, on June 14, an unusual representation of theater play „Cinderella“ took place in Belgrade. Refugee children from the shelter in Kikinda prepared and played this piece, completely in...

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18

Jun

Community development

How CRH Serbia Invests in Local Communities through Calls for Proposals

Companies in Serbia decide more and more to direct their charity investments into local communities where they work. According to Catalyst repport on philathropy in Serbia in 2017, 21.4% of charity porjects were dedicated to local communities. One of the ways to do it...

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18

May

Healthcare

A Hospital Built on Kindness: NURDOR Opens Children’s Hemato - Oncology Clinic in Niš

In 2013, NURDOR started an initiative to build a new children’s oncology department in Niš, the main treatment location for patients from South Serbia. Five years, many fundraising campaigns and events, charity boxes, numerous kind individuals, and EUR 850,000 (RSD 100,000,000...

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04

Apr

Healthcare

New Digital Platform “Counseling” Launched on The World Autism Awareness Day

Thanks to the digital platform “Counseling”, parents and family members of autistic people will be able to schedule counseling with psychologists, defectologists, doctors, social workers or lawyers free of charge. This platform is the result of the project of the Union of...

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26

Mar

Zoran Ilić je čovek

Poverty relief

Words to Live by from a Serbian 77-Year-Old Man: “Giving is Very Important, and I will Keep Doing it for as Long as I Live”

Zoran Ilić is an elderly man who recently embarked on a journey through Serbia in order to traverse his homeland on foot, after spending a lifetime as a hitchhiker. The reason you should know about him, is not only because of this unusual adventure, but because of his precious...

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16

Mar

Emergency management

Youth From the Village Kraljevci (Serbia) Started a Campaign to Help Their 16-year-old Friend

Dragoljub Nikolić (16) from Kraljevice near Ruma lives in difficult conditions. He lost his parents at a young age and the conditions in which he lived and grew up are inhumane. Because of this, the members of the Independent Youth Organization from this village decided to help...

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13

Mar

Community development

Crowdfunding - More Than Funding

Crowdfunding is an alternative way of financing projects and ideas and it exists around the world for about 20 years. Individuals or organizations have launched their campaigns through Indiegogo and Kickstarter platforms, and now Serbia has its own version of these sites -...

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28

Feb

Healthcare

NURDOR Raises EUR 23,000 More For Children’s Oncology Department

On February 15, NURDOR marked the International Childhood Cancer Day with fundraisers in the central squares in more than 40 cities across Serbia. A great number of public figures and citizens joined their cause.

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19

Dec

Support to marginalized groups

More Than a Cup of Coffee: Belgrade Gets Its First Café That Employs Youth from the Drop-In Shelter

Last week, Center for Youth Integration has opened a café in Belgrade, Serbia (46 Gospodar Jovanova Street) which will support teens from the drop-in shelter (Svratište). They will provide them training for bartenders and waiters and opportunity to get employed.

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15

Dec

Community development

Bambi Karavan Receives the Award for Corporate Volunteering in 2017

Company representatives were presented with an award that recognized Bambi’s 2017 campaign called Bambi karavan (Bambi caravan), a project that was initiated to mark the 50th anniversary of the company.

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