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Monthly Report No 3 September, 2010
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs
PO Box 34206, Chicago, IL 60634 Phone: +1-312-85-SERBS
Website: www.SerbsForSerbs.org E-Mail: [email protected]
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Dear friends and donors,
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs have
finally registered in the state of Illinois in United
States by the group of the Serbian youth. Charity
organization Serbs for Serbs is currently in the
process of applying for a 501(c)3 non-profit
organization status. We registered organization in
Jun 2010 and we have already started working and
began raising donations for our first small project -
providing humanitarian aid for Serbian children
and people living in Kosovo and Metohija villages.
Since this is our fresh start in the United States
please excuse us for any difficulties and mistakes
that we make in the beginning.
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 Montenegro 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. 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!
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Ambition
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.
How do we define “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.
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 social-
dependable government programs. Indirectly, we
want to affect on birth rate of Serbian people that
has been in great decline in last 20 years.
What are our long term goals?
- family is ready to support itself daily and manage
to pay all required expenses and bills
- 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
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.
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We purchased a house for family Danjek
Report: Stefan Ječmenica
/ PHOTO GALLERY / / ACCOUNTS and confirmation
On the day dedicated to St. John the Baptist 11th September,
from Belgrade this trip started team of four ,members of
Charity organization Serbs for Serbs ,our destination Ravno
Selo Village (Flat village) (municipalities of Vrbas), where we
successfully completed another major project planned by
organization for the current 2010. Seven-member family
Danjek received today in the permanent property an old house
in Ravno Selo- Village, where faith is slowly returning to
normal and peaceful life. House and property were paid a total
of 4500 Euros, of which our organization provides 3,000
Euros. And this time, the biggest thanks goes to our donors
throughout the world who support another action in a series of
successful humanitarian projects!
During Saturday's morning, representatives of the
Organization went along with our great friend Petko
Koprivica, longtime TV Backa eminent journalist and the
daily newspaper Politika, to take the last scheduled payment
of 1500 Euros to buy a home seller was Lazar Jaksic also from
the village. After receiving the signed certificate from Lazar
we are coming into the house of the family Danjek as the first
guests now officially in their new home! However, even
though the house itself was built more than 80 years, it is
certainly a new hope and a new beginning in life of this
anguished Serbian family and especially Sasha Danjek head of
the family.
Visually happy children waited for us impatiently outside the
house, along with parents Sasa and Smiljka and grandmother
Jelisavkom. For children we have modest gifts in the form of
candy. Sasa , as always, very warmly welcomed us and host
us. In a friendly conversation, family Danjek repeatedly was
thankful for our help. Unfortunately, grandmother Jelisavka
left her treatment of cancer in Novi Sad, in order to be with
the children while Sasa work. To remind, Sasa, with almost 20
years went from Backa peaceful village on the first line of
battle in Herzegovina where the next four years of selfless
struggle and sacrifice on almost all fronts to defend the
Serbian people.
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When Shiptar/Albanians started terrorist attacks in Kosovo
and Metohija, Sasha rushed again to put an end to worldwide
injustice and participates in the defense of his Fatherland and
holy Serbian land. Only ten years later, the same country and
the vast majority of Serbian people turning their back when
Sasha and his family needed protection, assistance and
brotherly hand. But not us!
Just before the end of our friendship Family Danjek presented
an proposal that we could not refuse. In fact, they insisted that
our organization be godfather at the baptism of their children.
Kumstvo we are pleased to accept! After a short interview to
TV Backa we left family Danjek and move towards Belgrade.
The light at the end of the tunnel is much closer now, unlike
the period a year ago. Our organization has promised Danjek
family to provide animals for breeding when the conditions
are.
On the way back to Belgrade,we stop by the monastery
Kovilj, the endowment of St. Sava in the 13th century. It was
built for the glory and honor of the Holy Archangels Michael
and Gabriel. The current monastery church was built in the
Serbian-Byzantine style. After burning candles, we start our
way to Belgrade more motivated to help vulnerable Serbian
families and wake up of the Serbian people, in our
neighborhood and around the world.
With faith in God,
Stefan Ječmenica
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We continue the project for Ekmečić family
After we successfully completed project buying a family
house in village Ravno Selo, Vrbas for Danjek family,
humanitarian organizations Serbs for Serbs continue with a
gradual implementation of large projects, because of its huge
financial needs it require a certain amount of time to complete.
Next big project is to help with the purchase of tractors and
machinery for cultivating the land for the family Ekmečić
Prebilovci in Herzegovina.
Currently we collected 800 Euros for this project, this month
we will add another 400 Euros in a special fund our
organization for this project. It currently comprises a total of
1,200 Euros collected. The general goal is to collect 9,000
Euros with which would certainly provide an excellent tractor.
After that order, in cooperation with the family, local
businesses and our donors throughout the world tried to assist
in providing additional Ekmečić machinery necessary to
process a large area of land currently in the weeds and not in
use. All owners of land in Prebilovci willing to give their land
to the use and processing to Ekmečić without having (or
almost no conditions.)
This is so far the largest and financially most demanding
project that we started. All projects so far have been
successfully implemented before schedule, and so with God's
help we believe that and this grand project will successfully
brought to an end.
We have made a bathroom for family Krunić
Report: Dobrina Kusmuk / PHOTO GALLERY /
Krunić Jovan (8 years) and Jovana (6 years) living in Kasindol
(Eastern Ilidza) with father (Rade/he is physically disabled)
and brother Dalibor (21 years). Mother abandoned them and
brother, Zarko (22 years) long time ago moved with
grandparents, he spends most of his time in the woods
working on the difficult tasks because it is the only thing the
youth of this country manages to find as the only source of
income.
Because Rade is are not able to take care of them, Dalibor is
the only person who can help kids, but since he has no
permanent work it is very hard for him to managed to feed
them. Center for Social Work East Ilidza often helps but that
is not enough in a family where there is absolutely no income
except for occasional Dalibor’s daily paid jobs.
Dalibor is trying hard to help children and prevent social
worker to take them from family home. Since the house is
unfinished, they do not have bathrooms so that children are
sick of the mite, which forced Dalibor to realize that children
do not maintain proper hygiene and seek someone who will
help him with a bathroom. So the director of the Center came
to us asking how we can help.
Since our organization this summer in addition to the regular
big actions in Krajina and Kosovo, started two major projects
(buying houses and tractors Danjecima/ Ekmečić) and all this
after action for Pavlovic family
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(we help them to complete the house) For Krunić family we
have tried to finish this action at the local level so we don’t
overload the already planned.
How ESTIMATES of private shops specializing in bathroom
amounted to almost 3,000 KM, we gave up right at the
beginning of it and went to look for donors to help us in the
material.
Aware of the fact that the manual work and labor in any case
have to paid, between colleagues at work I have assembled a
490 KM. We hereby thank everyone again, especially as these
same people supported the campaign about family Ćodo.
Since that money was spent to labor 400 KM and the rest is
left to the necessities that were lacking.
Colleagues and friend did for monetary donations to buy the
water heater. Our campaign has joined the local Red Cross
East Ilidza who was contacted by colleagues from the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs contacted and allocated funds for Dalibor
bath.
Our regular donors from Italy Angelo and Gordana gave the
sink, toilet bowl and tap. They prepared some clothe for
children.
Stanisic DOO Pale (owner. Stanisic Aco) donated plumbing
material in an amount of 50 KM.
Gradjenje DOO. (Owner Popić Zoran) donated 30 m2 of wall
and floor tiles.
Glue we received from STR Paints and varnishes (vl. Jugovic
Aco).
Thanks to all these good people a tiny Jovan and Jovana will
be able to take a bath when they want as their peers.
In front of organizations I once again thank everyone and I
hope that many will join us in our work for a better future of
our children.
Serbs for Serbs in action on the holly
Serbian Land
Report: Milos Markovic / PHOTO / / ACCOUNTS /
NO SURRENDER! These are for the Kosovo Serbs two very
large and difficult words. It was hard to use words and
pictures to describe how these people live and how much
power and will they need to keep this parole and remain in
their homes in Kosovo. In a joint effort Charity organization
Serbs for Serbs, Serbs for Serbs from the U.S. ($ 1,000),
Serbian Orthodox Youth Innsbruck SPOJI Austria (300 €),
Humanitarian Christian Community My joy from Germany
(620 €), Forum Serbian elite, Orthodox brothers from Russia
and Greece, and many friends of the organization from Serbia
take a part of our eighth visit to Kosovo and Metohija again in
Štrpce we helped six Serbian families, soup kitchens and Saint
Sava elementary school in the amount of 2,800 euros.
Representatives C.O.Serbs for Serbs from Belgrade with the
priest in Strpce
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Four representatives from the charity organization Serbs for
Serbs from Belgrade with the help of our great friends from
the organization C.O "mother of nine Jugovica" went the way
to Strpce and Sar mountain early on the morning of 25
September.
The first family we visited in this action are brother and sister
Ljubicica and Goran Ilic from the village Borzani. In an old
house where they now live alone ,both sick and without any
income they tried to explain to us how they survive so far and
despite not having a penny of any assistance. We have
provided immediate assistance for Goran and Ljubicica, in the
form of a bed and refrigerator that will temporarily make
easier the daily living needs.
Goran Ilic and Ljubicica in front of there family home with
our representatives
The road continues to the village Vrbestica where we visit
seven-member family Milosavljevic. Dusan father and mother
Planinka and their five daughters, Milena (22), Sanja (21),
Maja (18), Natasha (18) and Sandra (8) live with no support
and certainly the greatest problem is the acquisition of their
necessary medications for their daughter Natasha that suffers
from epilepsy. Like with Ilic family we provide same help to
Milosevic family we purchase bed and refrigerator.
Representative of SFS Stefan Ječmenica with Milosavljevic
family.
Berevce village and family Antic with four children - Darko
(10), Marko (8), Stefan (6) and Viktor (4) .At the home of
family Antic we stayed little longer, where we entered into the
conversation with father who is currently processing other
people's land and that is how he make a living. Father of little
Antic’s has his farm on which we agreed to try to make a barn,
and that we will in our next action make an attempt to provide
them with some of the cattle so that he can support
themselves. Until then we provide to family Antic one
washing machine and a bed.
Representative SFS Milos Golic with little Antic’s
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The house of Stanojevic Golub in the village of Sevce we are
visiting the following family of five children: Dusan (13),
Nikoleta (11), Veljko (8), Dejan (7) and David (3). Head of
the family was not at home but we are in the conversation with
his wife learn that the father work all day for the wages ,t they
have two cows, and that also without any income and since
they abolished child allowance barely make ends meet and
live in the very old and dilapidated house. Since in the house
with them live and parents of Golub Stanojevića we decide to
buy two beds and refrigerators to this family.
Representative SFS Mihailo Makanjić handed small gifts to
Stanojevic family
Familie in the village of Vica, Milosavljevic have 5 members
of whom three children: Milijana (23), Jelena (19) and Milos
(18) and all three are good students. Milica oldest graduated
from Law school and wanted to continue her education but it
simply does not have conditions, and the father of the family
is already 4 months in Belgrade, where he works in a private
company, but he did not get a salary for 3 months. We decided
to help this family by buying refrigerators and washing
machines.
Milosavljevic in an conversation with Milos Markovic
The story that has shocked us all and very impressed is story
of family Milenkovic from Susica. Five brothers Dragiša (30),
Radisa (29), Slavisa (25), Ivica (22) and Alexander (19) live
alone. Their father died, and there mother is currently being
treated in a psychiatric hospital and the tragedy is even bigger
a few months ago their sister committed suicide. Very very
difficult situation and scary atmosphere in the house
Milenkovic who welcomed us with tears in their eyes could
leave no one indifferent. Barely speaking any words we are
into agreements with them to help this time by buying two
single beds. After leaving their home we decide to supply
them with basic food if possible for a short time to make their
life easier.
On the way back from the village Susic we visited the family
Simanović from Gornje Bitine which our organization in the
Christmas campaign this year bought a cow. To our delight,
not only that the cows is there but there is the little calf! This
family is working hard and is a true example that this donation
was a big hit! On the way back to Gracanica, in agreement
with representatives C.O. "The mother of nine Jugovica" we
decide to buy a refrigerator for a bakery in the village
Prekovce, and el. stove and water heater for the Elementary
School Saint Sava in place Paralovo.
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Total support for families:
7 beds
2 washing machines
4 refrigerators
12,577 dinars for food
For public kitchen and school:
A fridge
1 el. stove
A water heater
Total:
7 beds
2 washing machines
5 refrigerators
1 el. stove
A water heater
12,577 dinars for food
Unfortunately, it seems that the situation in the enclaves in
Kosovo and Metohija is worse! Child allowances and social
assistance are repealed, the number of users of public kitchens
is growing, Shiptar government abolished the Serbs any
communication (final action interrupting the telephone line is
happening at the time of writing). Day by day there is less
hope for the survival of the Serbian people in Kosovo, while
the rest of Serbia is currently pre-emptive other perverse social
issues and events. We hope that asleep and misdirected
energy of the Serbian people will soon wake up and allow a
simple biological survival of the Serbian people.
KOSOVO IS SERBIA - NO SURRENDER!
We provided firewood for the winter
Report: Dobrina Kusmuk, Republic of Srpska / PHOTO / /
Soon it will be a year of the planned three, how we are helping
children of Mihic family. So far we have mainly helped with
food and clothe but this time mother Marina asked us to help
them with the firewood. In families with five children, the
needs are very large.
We bought 6 meters of firewood it come out as planned 480
KM.
Part of the money for this action for the first time we extract
from the accounts of C.O Serbs for Serbs of Republic of
Srpska in this way we thank all donors from RS for their
confidence.
Marina once again thanks for all the kindness and care, but I
must single out children's gratitude, several times repeated,
because obviously they are all more than aware that they can
count on us.
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Read Serbian Report /Извештај на Српском
September in USA
Labor Day Weekend in Chicago
09/04/2010 and 09/05/2010
Taste of Serbia 2010
Few members of charity organization Serbs for Serbs
with friends visited Taste of Serbia 2010
in Lake Forest, IL Food and Music Festival.
About church:
St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church
27450 North Bradley
Lake Forest, IL 60045 USA
St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church of Lake Forest,
Illinois is a Parish of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the
USA and Canada. St. Basil Church was established in the Fall
of 1997 to serve the Serbian Orthodox Christians who live in
the North Shore, Northwest and Lake County suburbs of
Chicago.
After a two-year search to purchase land and/or an existing
church building, our prayers were answered, when in the Fall
of 1999, we purchased a 10 acre church complex in Lake
Forest - Mettawa. In March 2002, we purchased 5 acres of
land, adjacent to our existing 10 acre complex.
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09/06/2010
We visited picnic at Serbian Brothers Help estate in Lake
Villa ,IL .
SBH is one of the oldest Serbian Charitable organizations
in USA registrated in 1950.
After SBH we visited picnic at monastery Nova Gracanica
just few miles from SBH in Third Lake ,IL .
Few hundred of people enjoyed Serbian Food and Music.
Serbian Bishop Longin held a speech and we notice Alexi
Giannoulias democrat candidate for US Senate talking with
some Serbian priests.
Nice and long weekend in Chicago land area.
Serbian Newspaper „‟Ogledalo‟‟
Serbian Mirror published article from newspaper Vesti
about charity organization Serbs for Serbs Page number 9
Dr Srdja Trifkovic ,lecture„‟Kuda ide Srbija?‟‟
and lights of newspaper Liberty
Few Members of Charity organization Serbs for Serbs visited
Dr.Srdja Trifkovic lecture, nights dedicated to newspaper
Liberty, official publication of Serbian National Defense
council of America.
Finance
September was a successful month in terms of collected funds. This was the
most successful month of the year. This month we collected about 5000 Euros
and we had over 80 donors.
Here is finance report from Europe
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Donors from USA in September
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(Donations in US$ to USA account)
1. www.CikaskiSrbi.com (IL) - $50
2. B.K. - $15
3. Mladen Simic (OH) - $40
4. Milos Vujasinovic (PA) - $45
5. Zeljka K. (IL) - $50
6. I.S. (IL) - $20
7. Milos Joncic (NY) -$25
8. Jovika Gavric (FL)-$20
9. www.nemapredaje.net -$25
10. Mateja Stojkovic -$25
US $ Donations: $315.00
Donors from USA that still use European Pay Pal
(Donations in Euros € to Pay Pal in Austria )
1. MjCook /САД/ - 7.5 €
2. Милош В. /САД/ - 10 €
3. Магдалена М. /САД/ - 100 €
4. Драгана W. /САД/ -20 €
5. Недељко П. /САД/ - 20 €
6. Немања В. /САД/ - 100 €
7. Симке /САД/ - 15 €
8. Dragana W. /САД/ - 20€
9. Анкица Д. /САД/ - 15 €
Donations in Euros -307.5 €
Total donations from USA in September =$729.32
($315.00+307.50 €)
Note: If you wish to have initials, a nickname or to
be an anonymous donor instead of having your full
name in the donors list, with or without stating the
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