Naša nedavna poseta Domu „Duško Radović“ u Nišu i Manastiru Svete Petke u Paraćinu ostavila je dubok utisak na sve nas. Zahvaljujući vašoj podršci, doneli smo sportsku opremu i paketiće deci u Nišu, kao i higijenska sredstva i prehrambene proizvode za Manastir Svete Petke.

U Nišu su nas deca dočekala raširenih ruku, vodila kroz prostorije koje su uredili prema sopstvenim željama, a vreme provedeno u igri, razgovoru i smehu podsetilo nas je na prave vrednosti. Zaposleni u domu pružaju deci ljubav, pažnju i sigurnost – čineći da se svako dete oseća viđeno i voljeno.

U Manastiru Svete Petke susrele smo se s tihom snagom i nesebičnom posvećenošću. Danas tamo boravi gotovo 90 osoba, a monahinje im pružaju ne samo negu, već i duhovnu podršku, svakog dana, u svakom trenutku. Teško je opisati koliko ljubavi i dobrote smo osetili – „to su anđeli na zemlji“, kako reče jedna od sestara.

Zahvalne smo što smo imale priliku da prenesemo vašu pomoć i još jednom osetimo snagu zajedništva i humanosti.

Ove božićne sezone, porodice koje su izgubile svoje voljene u tragediji u Novom Sadu ostaju u našim srcima i molitvama. U znak naše solidarnosti i jedinstva, donirali smo 100.000 AUD da pružimo podršku i pokažemo da nisu sami u ovim teškim trenucima. Donacija predstavlja više od finansijske pomoći – to je izraz podrske,saosećanja i zajedništva koji nas povezuje. Kroz ovaj gest želimo da pokažemo našu ujedinjenost u bolu i odlučnost da pružimo utehu onima kojima je najpotrebnija. Verujemo da zajedništvo ima moć da donese svetlost i nadu čak i u najmračnijim trenucima. Naš narod stoji uz porodice ne samo danas, već i u danima koji dolaze, želeći da zajedno prevaziđemo sve prepreke i obnovimo snagu zajednice.

Porodice su ohrabrene podrškom cele Srbije, dok su naši viralni snimci za ovu akciju dostigli 10 miliona pregleda. Mihajlo Veruović, poznatiji kao Voyage, predvodio je podršku poznatih i proglašen je za Humanitarca godine od strane organizacije 28. Jun. Uključeni su bili pevaci Aleksandra Prijović, Saša Kovačević, Teodora Džehverović, Saša Matić i Milica Todorović; glumci Pavle Mensur, Miona Marković i Sloboda Mićalović; NBA igrači Nikola Topić i Tristan Vukčević; igrači fudbalske reprezentacije Nemanja Gudelj, Ivan Ilić, Saša Lukić i Nemanja Radonjić; te influenseri Aleksandra Bezmaravić Stević, Vladimir Zvekić, Boris Malagurski i Jovan Radulović. Fondacija Exit bila je jedini veći korporativni donator, a jedine medijske pokrivenosti su obezbedili Nova, Serbian Times i 192.RS.

Odložili smo ovo saopštenje da bismo izbegli politizaciju i omogućili porodicama da nastave sa samostalnim prikupljanjem sredstava. Sva plaćanja su izvršena u decembru 2024. godine,kroz potpuno transparentan proces. Iako je tragično izgubljeno 15 života, Teodora Martinko i Vukašin Crnčević se idalje bore za svoje živote. Pozivamo vas da direktno donirate kako biste podržali njihov oporavak.

Zvona hrama Sv. Mučenika Jasenovačkih po prvi put su odjeknula u Knežpolju, uoči Vidovdana, naše slave i imendana naše organizacije. Tom prilikom, predstavnici naše organizacije imali su izuzetnu čast da kumuju jednom od tri zvona, kao i da, nakon osveštavanja tokom Svete Liturgije, narodnog okupljanja i same postavke zvona, po prvi put pokrenu njihov gromki zvuk.

Ne postoje reči kojima bismo opisali zahvalnost i ponos što, nakon godina aktivnog učešća u izgradnji ovog Hrama, od samih temelja, možemo da prisustvujemo ovako svečanom i simboličnom činu.

Ganuti što učestvujemo u izgradnji nečega što je mnogo veće od svih nas, želeli bismo da izrazimo duboku zahvalnost Njegovom Preosveštenstvu g. Jefremu, Episkopu Banjalučkom, na dodeljenoj Arhijerejskoj gramati našoj organizaciji i našem predstavniku.

Sa željom da nas zvuk naših zvona sve okuplja i održava pamćenje stradalničke sudbine naših Sv. Mučenika Jasenovačkih, od srca se zahvaljujemo svim našim saradnicima i prijateljima, koji su nas podržali i pokazali izuzetnu veru u ovom, mirna srca možemo reći, životnom projektu izgradnje našeg Hrama.

S ljubavlju i zahvalnošću,
Tim 28. Juna

Help us renovate the “Sv. Petka” orphanage for children with special needs in Paracin!

For our Spring 2024 Humanitarian Project, we aim to renovate the “Sv. Petka” Monastery and orphanage for children with special needs in Paracin. Our objective is to create a secure, nurturing environment for the children and youth with severe developmental disabilities, as well as those without parental care, who call it home. We first visited the nuns caring for the children at the “Sv. Petka” Monastery in the summer of 2014 and have continued to support them with numerous deliveries over the years. Now, exactly 10 years after our first visit, we are eager to support their amazing work once again.

We plan to coordinate fundraisers and awareness events worldwide, uniting the global Serbian community in supporting this orphanage. Contact aleksandrapjevalica@28jun.org to get involved!

Download and put up the High-Resolution Poster in your local community: https://ibb.co/NyvX8zd

Support us by making a donation through the following platforms:

• Credit Card: https://www.28jun.org/donate

• PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/28jun

• GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/f469c029

• SMS: Pošalji 1 na 1733

• Dinarski račun:
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• Bank Transfer Austria (EU):
Name: Humanitäre Organisation 28.Jun
IBAN: AT372011184561424300
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Vision 2026 represents a pivotal 30-month capital campaign, running from April 15, 2024, to our 15th anniversary on October 15, 2026. The initiative is focused on achieving three key goals:

• Maintaining 28. Jun’s status as one of the leading humanitarian organizations in Eastern Europe.

• Sustaining 28. Jun’s position as one of the premier lobbying organizations in the Western Balkans.

• Expanding 28. Jun’s role as an international disaster relief organization.

We will be allocating $6 million over the next 3 years to special projects aimed at achieving our goals. These projects will focus on key areas such as supporting vulnerable groups (children, women, and the elderly), addressing poverty and housing issues, improving healthcare and the environment, promoting sports and culture, and enhancing the economy and animal welfare.

We consider it our obligation to leverage our unique capabilities to take our mission to the next level during this period. This project stands as our most ambitious endeavor yet and will culminate in our 10th-anniversary Christmas project in the winter of 2026. We hope for your support as we strive to achieve the extraordinary before our 15th year.

In the current year, our ‘Back to School’ initiative manifested as a strategic investment in education, realized through the provision of laptops to educational institutions spanning the regional landscape. Our project’s fruition was significantly propelled by a collaboration with the AO Foundation, an esteemed organization that recognized our contributions and chose to join forces in extending the invaluable gift of education to underserved children. We express our deepest gratitude for their unwavering support, trust, and benevolence. The collective value of the laptops, generously bestowed upon various schools, nearly reaches the remarkable sum of $130,000.

Education, a pivotal catalyst for both social and economic advancement, assumes a central role in our mission. Notably, there exist students who are without access to personal computing devices or internet connectivity within their households. By supplying laptops to educational institutions, we have diligently endeavoured to rectify this disparity, fostering an equitable educational environment wherein every student, irrespective of their socioeconomic circumstances, is bestowed with an equal opportunity to excel academically.

Our multifaceted project encompassed the distribution of laptops to schools situated in Southern Serbia, Vojvodina, Kosovo i Metohija, and Bosnia. Furthermore, additional deliveries under this project are currently in progress, and we pledge to furnish you with comprehensive updates upon their successful conclusion.

The Serbian populace is well acquainted with the profound challenges imposed by sanctions and the experience of being left without international assistance in the wake of natural disasters. Our steadfast conviction lies in prioritizing the welfare of ordinary individuals over political considerations.

With these principles in mind, we have dedicated extensive efforts over the past several months to execute our most substantial charitable initiative beyond the Western Balkans. In conjunction with our esteemed partners, we are currently in the final stages of orchestrating the most significant humanitarian aid delivery from the United States to Syria since the onset of the conflict.

To ensure the safety and security of this endeavor, we shall withhold the specifics of the project until its successful conclusion. We appreciate your continued interest and encourage you to remain engaged for forthcoming updates.

This is the first initiative of our new ’28. JUNior’ special project which will focus on children in Serbia and the region. Kindergarteners from the “Vračarac” and “Čarolije” public preschools were overjoyed at the unveiling which included balloons and ice cream. ⁣

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Project lead, Ana Markovic, said of 28. Jun’s involvement; “Our city has been filled with tragedy, grief and division. We wanted to bring some desperately needed joy to the youngest, our kids. Especially in this part of this city where we recently lost 9 young lives.”

Dear Friends,

In 2022 we doubled our previous record and donated nearly $3.1 million. In 2023, with your help, our aim is to double it again. Our organization did not use your outpouring of generosity to increase salaries or stash funds for a rainy day. All resources were put right back into our communities to help the most needy. We are facing unprecedented times, extreme poverty and income inequality in Serbia are at their worst since our movement was founded. To counter this, we will commit $2.8 million to urgent projects supporting families, communities, our institutions, and our environment. In 2022 we surpassed 3.4 followers on our social media and mailing list. We will leverage this network to spread the Serbian spirit of generosity home and abroad. Additionally, we will establish a permanent presence by opening our first office in Belgrade in order to be even more engaged with challenges on the ground. Serbia and the world have never needed us more. Everything leading up to this year has prepared us for the next chapter of our movement and we are excited to rise to the challenges together!

In Gratitude,

FILIP FILIPI (PRESIDENT) & SNEZANA DIMITRIJEVIC (VICE PRESIDENT)

Full report PDF: https://28jun.org/reports/28J-Annual-Report-2022.pdf

Full report online version: https://28jun.org/reports/2022.html

At first glance you would never assume that Julijana (9) and Sofija (6) Stojanovic have lived the hardest lives we have ever seen. Our first family of 2023 is a story of hope, bravery, and survival.

We are greeted by two girls who are shy but welcoming, clean but visibly dressed in hand-me-down clothes. They invite us into their home which is literally falling apart around them. However, our volunteers are stunned by the cleanliness of their modest house. In their young lives they have already seen more suffering than most do in a lifetime. First, the deaths of their beloved uncle and grandfather, followed by unimaginable abuse by their father who abandoned them shortly after.

SRPSKI: https://beograd.in/hitno-bez-vode-i-struje-dve-devojcice-i-slepa-baka-prepusteni-sami-sebi-u-ocajnom-siromastvu/

The two girls live with their mother Ivana and grandmother Ljubica in the village of Rutevac, near Aleksinac. Their uncle hung himself and soon after, unable to cope with the grief of losing his only son, their grandfather also took his own life. They found no support in the only other man in their lives, their father. The girls and their mother were mentally and physically abused by him so severely that the police intervened with a restraining order.

The immense stress worsened their grandmother’s health, who already suffered from near blindness and difficulty moving. They live on social assistance and child allowance, a miserly total of $250 a month. They have no water besides a pump inside the house, but even that water is not drinkable. There is no indoor toilet or kitchen and they have never seen a washing machine. The family has never owned a TV so the girls go around the neighborhood to watch cartoons.

Despite the cards dealt to these heroic women, this remains a story of hope. We were moved by their immense love for each other and we promised Julijana and Sofija to return soon with help. Ivana, the girls’ courageous mother, survived domestic violence while mourning the loss of her dad and brother, but she needs us to keep going. We need to be there for her so she can continue to be there for her girls and their grandmother.

Our plan is to immediately provide clean water, an indoor toilet, kitchen, furniture, fridge and washing machine to this exhausted family. But we cannot do it without you, please donate generously:

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

• PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/28jun

• Facebook Fundraiser: https://www.facebook.com/donate/901650581036534/

• Bank Transfer Austria (EU):

Name: Humanitäre Organisation 28.Jun

IBAN: AT372011184561424300

SWIFT(BIC): GIBAATWWXXX

• SMS: Pošalji 1 na 1733

• Tekući račun:

Ime: 28. Jun

265 – 1110310003427 – 97

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