Jelena and Marko are two of the 115,000 children in Serbia who live in absolute poverty. For them, the Christmas Holidays are not about presents but about survival.

While some of us have managed to weather the COVID-19 pandemic better than others, this year has seen more children plunged into extreme poverty than ever before.

Poverty and hunger do not disappear during the Holidays — For children with disabilities, for children living in orphanages and for children growing up in enclaves of Kosovo and Metohija, 2020 has magnified their already dire situations.

These kids do not have food to eat, winter clothes to keep them warm, a bed to sleep on and a roof over their heads to keep them safe. Along with gifts, we want to provide them with much needed food and supplies to make their Christmas Season a little warmer.

For the 4th year running, we are making these children and their families our priority. However, we can’t do this without you, the children are counting on your support now more than ever.

PayPal: info@28jun.org

Credit Card: https://28jun.org/#donate

Facebook Fundraiser: https://www.facebook.com/donate/394612811693043/

Serbian Bank: Ime: 28. JUN / Dinarski racun broj: 265111031000342797 / Raiffeisen banka Srbije

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Address to Mail Gifts: Grobljanska 112 / 11272 Dobanovci / Beograd, Srbija

Jеlena i Marko su dvoje od 115.000 dece koji žive u apsolutnoj nemaštini. Za njih Božić nije dan kada će dobiti poklone, već još jedan dan u nizu koji je potrebno preživeti. Praznog stomaka.

Ova godina je pred svakog od nas donela nove prepreke zbog pandemije Covid-19. Upravo zbog toga, u ovoj godini siromaštvo je pogodilo našu decu više nego ikada do sada.

Ne zaboravite, siromaštvo ne nestaje Božićnom čarolijom za vreme praznika. Sta više. Ono tada jos teže pada. Naročito dečici sa posebnim potrebama, u sirotištima ili pak enklavama na Kosovu i Metohiji.

Ova deca nemaju ni hranu za pristojne obroke, odeću da ih utopli u ovim zimskim danima, možda čak ni krevet ili krov nad glavom da im ulije dozu sigurnosti, u ovu krajnje nesigurnu 2020.

S toga, zajedno sa Božićnim paketićima, želja nam je da ih snabdevemo hranom i svim ostalim potrepstinama, kako bi im praznici bili što topliji i sigurniji. Kako se ne bi osećali da su sami.

Četvrtu godinu za redom, stavljamo našu decu i njihove porodice ispred svega i svih. Zato nam je potrebna vaša nesebična pomoć , jer deca računaju na nas, više nego ikada do sada.

PayPal: info@28jun.org

Kreditna kartica: https://28jun.org/#donate

Facebook prikupljanje: https://www.facebook.com/donate/394612811693043/

Tekuci račun: Ime: 28. JUN / Dinarski racun broj: 265111031000342797 / Raiffeisen banka Srbije

SMS: Pošalji 1 na 1733

Adresa za slanje paketića: Grobljanska 112 / 11272 Dobanovci / Beograd, Srbija

2020 REVIEW: WHAT WE DID TO BATTLE COVID-19

• Donated over 100,000 protective equipment items including N95 respirator masks, gowns, gloves and eye protective goggles worth nearly $1 million to help curb the pandemic in Serbia.

• Translated and distributed the leading manual for COVID-19 prevention and treatment to 200,000 medical personnel throughout the Western Balkans within days of its publication.

• Donated over $10,000 in financial assistance for Serbian children in Croatia, with each child receiving paying 50$ per month to help cope with the economic costs of the crisis.

• Donated 3 pallets of emergency food and supplies to orphanages, aged care facilities and women’s shelters throughout Serbia to assist in easing the burden of economic hardship.

• Created a data center for Serbs stuck abroad due to COVID-19 and shared our information with Serbian embassies around the world while providing emergency medicine and accommodation.

• Led an email and social media awareness campaign to consolidate the relief and response effort which resulted in over 10 million unique impressions among the global Serbian population.

2020 REVIEW: WOMEN’S PROJECT

We donated several tons of aid to women’s shelters in Sombor, Pancevo and Zrenjanin to mark a massive launch to our Women’s Project.

28. Jun Women is committed to empowering women in the Western Balkans. As one of the broadest campaigns in support of women’s mental and physical health, the core pillars of our initiative are ensuring women’s access to education, participation in sport and economic leadership. We will aggressively combat current issues of domestic violence and trafficking in the region. We strive to provide direct assistance and resources to women’s shelters and single mothers, while promoting positive role models to mentor young girls in their life and career goals.⁣
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Find out how to get involved on 28jun.org/women

2020 REVIEW: CHILD POVERTY ERADICATION IN ACTION

This year we made battling child poverty our top priority! Under the ‘Child Poverty Eradication Program’ umbrella we invested over $500,000 into expanding four ongoining projects:

• ‘Their Future, Our Responsibility’ Project
• ‘No Child Left Out’ Project
• ‘Krajina Zivi’ Project
• ‘Help Serbian Families’ Project

Through these initiatives we provide; Christmas gifts, scholarships, school supplies, computers, clothes, groceries, hygiene products, sports equipment, medical supplies and home appliances to some of the poorest children and families in the Western Balkans. Renovation of homes and sports facilities as well as donations of farming equipment for long term economic stability round out our program. To learn more please visit 28jun.org

Thanks to your support our organization has had the busiest Autumn on record! While other humanitarian organizations struggle to survive due to the pandemic, your trust in us has enabled us to help thousands of people in need.

We donated several tons of aid to women’s shelters in Sombor, Pancevo and Zrenjanin to mark a massive launch to our Women’s Project. We’ve also continued to support vets and their families with our ‘Srbi Za Srpske Veterane’ Project. Here is a quick look at what else we accomplished:

NIKOLA TESLA SCHOLARSHIPS – YEAR TWO

Throughout the year, we receive a large number of requests from parents who are looking for the most basic school supplies (notebooks, pens, backpacks), and that number increases drastically in September, at the beginning of the school year.⁣
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We are pleased to inform you that once again our organization provided ’28. Jun Nikola Tesla’ scholarships in the form of school work materials for Serbian children in the Knin municipality of Kistanje in Krajina. This is our second year of providing 30 plus scholarships for this region!

NEW SPORTS COURT IN KRAJINA

‣ At a time when the whole world was fighting the peak of the vicious Covid-19 virus, a group of young and determined people found themselves in the village of Đevrske near Knin with the desire to build a tennis court and enable the youngest members of their community to have a sports court.

‣ We helped by painting the court, buying a net for the tennis court, while providing sports equipment in the form of tennis rackets, footballs, basketballs and volleyballs.

‣ Sport is what makes our nation the most recognizable in the world, and we hope that one of these kids will one day follow in the footsteps of our famous sports greats!

HELP SERBIAN FAMILIES 2020 – NOV

‣ In Republika Srpska, we helped the Makaric family by buying books for their 3 kids, as well as clothes, groceries and hygiene products. And most importantly, we bought them wood so they would be warm this winter!

‣ In Banija, we met Djordje Nisevic who is disabled from a serious car accident. We managed to buy him a wheelchair and additional medical supplies which will make his and his parents’ everyday life easier!

‣ In Metohija, our friends ‘Kosovsko Primorje’ asked us to assist in their campaign to help the elderly in the province. We responded by donating a new heater for Baka Marija so she can stay warm as the weather gets colder!

COMPUTER DELIVERY TO STUDENTS IN HERCEGOVINA

A few months ago our DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) team began the campaign for the “Petar II Petrović Njegoš” primary school in the small town of Bileća. Our goal was to enable the students to have access to modern online learning. We would now like to proudly present the end result of our project; happy and grateful students who can hardly wait to make use of the new computers! Thank you to all those who supported us!

As long as we have you to count on, these families have a fighting chance!