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Highlights

28

Sep

Education

Relentless Support for Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Hastor Foundation Gives out 26 Scholarships to Students in Ilijaš

Seven high school students and 19 elementary school students signed scholarship agreements on 18th September in the Municipality of Ilijaš. This is just one of many initiatives which the foundation has run in support of education in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the past...

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28

Sep

Healthcare

Insurance Company Eurolink Donates EUR 30,000 to Kozle Institute for Lung Disease in Skopje

The institute is part of the children’s hospital in Skopje and the money will be used to improve the intensive care department with new equipment for treating patients with pulmonary dysplasia and cystic fibrosis.

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27

Sep

Support to marginalized groups

Campaign “Paint the Home with a Smile” Helps Paint 6th Home in 2018 for a Family of 6

The campaign “Paint the Home with a Smile” (“Osmijehom oboji dom”) run by Chameleon Paints and Varnishes (Kameleon boje i lakovi) with the support of Maxima from Lučani, started in 2015, and since then has helped renovate homes for 10 socially vulnerable families in...

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25

Sep

Healthcare

A Chance for Parenthood Organized a Festival of Assisted Fertilization

The organization A Chance for Parenthood (Šansa za roditeljstvo), held a one-day festival on 22nd September under the slogan “You’re not Alone” (“Niste sami”), which dealt with infertility and questions around in vitro fertilization (IVF) in Serbia. The festival was...

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24

Sep

Community development

Propulsion and AmCham Establish a Corporate Social Impact Committee in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Propulsion, an agency specialized in social impact communications teamed up with the American Chamber of Commerce in Bosnia and Herzegovina (AmCham BiH) to establish a body...

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21

Sep

Education

CEDIS Helps Renovation of Preschool and School with EUR 5,000

CEDIS (Electricity Distribution System of Montenegro (Crnogorski elektrodistributivni sistem) gave EUR 2,500 each to Zagorka Ivanović preschool in Cetinje and Vuko Jovović elementary school in  Danilovgrad.

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20

Sep

Crossborder Philanthropy

Women’s Bank Walk in Dubrovnik Raises EUR 4,157 for Women in Developing Countries

On 9th September, Dubrovnik was one of 74 European cities to host a Women’s Bank Walk - a global event for raising funds to support women in developing countries. The event in Dubrovnik raised the 2nd highest number of funds of all cities which hosted the...

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13

Sep

Healthcare

Less Pollution, More Philanthropy in Univerexport’s RSD 4,000,000 Donation to NURDOR

Completing their campaign “Say ‘no’ to plastic bag and something good will happen” (“Recite ‘ne’ plastičnoj kesi i nešto lepo će da se desi”), the company Univerexport raised RSD 4,000,000 (about EUR 33,800) for NURDOR - National Association of the Parents of...

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13

Sep

Support to marginalized groups

Philanthropist from the Diaspora: Blažo Sredanović Donates EUR 30,000 to Families in Cetinje

Blažo Sredanović, an engineer from Montenegro, who has spent most of his life in the USA, has recently made a donation of EUR 30,000 to six socially vulnerable families living in his hometown of Cetinje.

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