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30

Nov

2018

Culture and arts

For the Right Riesling: EUR 2,500 Raised at Tikvesh Wine Festival for a Special Music School

Apart from tasting delicious wine, visitors of this year’s Tivesh Young Wine Festival also had the opportunity to donate money to help open a free music and art school for children from underprivileged backgrounds.

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30

Nov

2018

Youth

Pupils at a Marketplace: They Sold Homemade Products to Their Bring Friends on a Class Trip

The pupils of one 8th grade class from the school Ratko Pavlovic Cicko from Prokuplje raised money by selling homemade preserves at a local market. The money was meant to cover the class trip costs for 2 of their classmates.

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30

Nov

2018

Youth

The Tenth A Step into Life Concert Held for Young People Without Parental Care

The 10th charity concert of the initative A Step into Life (Korak u život) was held on 25th November in Zagreb, and helped raise UER 33,700 (KN 250,000) for young people without parents, who are obliged to leave homes once they finish high school. 

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30

Nov

2018

Healthcare

News from NURDOR: Ombudsman’s Recognition for the Protection of Human Rights and the First Fundraising Evening

The regional Ombudsman Dr. Zoran Pavlovic presented the organization with a Plaque for Extraordinary Contribution to the Protection and Improvement of Human Rights, and the first fundraising evening organized by NURDOR in Zrenjanin raised over EUR 84,611 (RSD...

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28

Nov

2018

Healthcare

Young Entrepreneur form Porec Donates EUR 2,000 to Emergency Medical Service

The money which David Sakota donated was used to buy a pulse oximeter for children and adults, which is used for measuring the level of oxygen in the body. The money also helped purchase surgical glue, an alternative for stitches with wounds.

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24

Nov

2018

Support to marginalized groups

One Ton of Food for Families in Shtip, Macedonia

As a way of marking World Food Day (16th October), Red Cross in Shtip organized several food collection activities and created special coupons which citizens purchased to help the organization buy more food for socially vulnerable citizens. The final result came to an...

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22

Nov

2018

Youth

Young, Gifted and Ready for Great Things: Winners of Nescafe 3in1 Generation Competition Receive EUR 2,018

Ten young people with special talents, innovative ideas and great projects each received EUR 2,018 from Nescafe, so that they can continue their professional development, and make their ideas a reality.

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21

Nov

2018

Community development

Addiko Bank Employees Volunteering Across Bosnia and Herzegovina

The corporate volunteering project Addiko Cares was launched in continuation of marking this year’s International Children’s Day (20th November), and its main aim is precisely supporting children. The employees of the bank will visit 14 institutions by the end of the...

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16

Nov

2018

Poverty relief

Anonymous Donor from Sarajevo is Building a House for Family Poturak

The deteriorated house in the village Drazmilo, near Gorazde, which doesn’t have a house and is missing parts of the roof is going to be replaced by a new one, thanks to an anonymous donor who visited the family, after the story of them was broadcast on television....

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16

Nov

2018

Youth

Heart of Fire Foundation Raises EUR 61,000 for Clinic for Child Diseases and Children without Parents

Money was raised through telephone calls which viewers made to members of the Croatian football representation, during a fundraising evening. Funds will be used to buy equipment for the Clinic for Child Diseases and providing scholarships for children without parental...

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