After the incredible public response to helping the Djergovic family buy a new home this Holiday season, 28. Jun launched the ‘Help Serbian Families’ project. With the deliveries to the maternity ward in Kosovska Mitrovica and a donation to the Church of St. Elijah in Podujevo, along with the donation to the Bogavac family in Podgorica, we can now proclaim our holiday ‘Help Serbian Families’ project a success! With this being the final delivery it also completes the overall ‘Help Serbian Families’ project which saw us help Serbian families in Serbia, Republika Srpska, Krajina, Montenegro and lastly, Kosovo i Metohija, during the holiday season. 28. Jun will take the next few weeks to work out the details of a massive project we hope to begin this summer which will see us assist the 1000 poorest Serbian families in the Balkans.

http://www.bastabalkana.com/2016/01/kako-je-vasa-podrska-pomogla-siromasnim-srpskim-porodicama/

28. Jun seldom donates to individuals, as our main focus has been donating to hospitals, Churches, orphanages, shelters for women and centers for the disabled. However, when our members in the field encounter extraordinary situations we have made exceptions.

Yesterday, several long-time 28. Jun members brought up the case of Jovan and Predrag Djergovic from the village of Zagradje. As covered by the Serbian media, the two brothers aged 9 and 6, live in horrific conditions. Predrag has a speech impediment which developed when they lost their mother two years ago to cancer, her final agonizing moments played out in front of the young boys. They live with their father in a house which has no basic necessities, food is scarce, the boys do not own footwear without holes and their only toy is a bicycle with a missing wheel.

As told by the reporter, they have never seen a computer and do not know what the internet is, the floor of their house is covered in mud and mice walk on the boys as they sleep. We have decided to assist this family and help secure a brighter future for these two boys who have already endured so much in their young lives.

Kosovo was denied UNESCO membership by just 3 votes at today’s session! 28. Jun and our partner Boris Malagurski would like to thank all those who supported our successful #NoKosovoUnesco campaign by signing and sharing the petition. We also want to thank the Serbian government, Students for Truth and General MacKenzie in particular for their contribution to our initiative. The support from the public was incredible as our main petition and others received 50,000 more signatures than our original goal of 100,000. Our #NoKosovoUnesco viral video has over 50,000 views after just 48 hours of being released!

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Persecuted refugee families are stranded and may not find a place to call home — unless we aid them on their journey. We have volunteers on the ground. Donate today and save lives.

We need 100,000 signatures in 72 hours to prevent Kosovo from joining UNESCO. 28. Jun is teaming up with famed film maker Boris Malagurski in a last ditch effort to nix Kosovo’s bid at UNESCO membership. We are aiming to collect 100,000 signatures before the decision is scheduled to take place on October 21st. 28. Jun has worked with the UN in the past and will use all our channels to influence the decision but we ask the public to make their voice heard. We invite all of the civilized world to protect the Serbian cultural, religious and historical heritage in the Southern Serbian province of Kosovo and sign the petition against the separatist government in Pristina being granted membership in UNESCO. PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE HERE: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/NoKosovoUnesco

“The Serbian and Jewish peoples have shared a long history of oppression and persecution. We’ve shared the horror of the Jasenovac concentration camp.” -Michael Dickson

28. Jun today announced the successful completion of a 4-year long initiative to deliver humanitarian and medical supplies to the Western Balkans.

The final delivery was made possible by a generous donation from the Israeli advocacy organization StandWithUs. Since 2011, 28. Jun successfully completed 5 projects which encompassed 22 deliveries of aid to Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Kosovo. The aid was transported from North America via ship and from Western and Central Europe via truck. “The Serbian and Jewish peoples have shared a long history of oppression and persecution. We’ve shared the horror of the Jasenovac concentration camp. Now, free in our homelands, Serbia and Israel have the opportunity to share a thriving future. On behalf of the Israeli people, StandWithUs is proud to contribute toward Serbian flood relief in the hopes of continuing and growing our historical friendship,” said Michael Dickson, StandWithUs Director.

http://inserbia.info/today/2015/10/israeli-organization-helps-28-jun-realize-massive-humanitarian-project/

28. Jun is overjoyed to announce that together we raised and donated $5,230 USD to WildCRU and Hwange National Park from the sales of our #CecilTheLion commemorative bracelets. The experience was so rewarding, that in addition to our humanitarian work, 28. Jun is planning a joint project with PETA to promote fair treatment of animals in the Western Balkans.

28. Jun is pleased to announce we are kicking off our first humanitarian project of 2015 ‘Passport to Education’. The initiative will focus on delivering computers and school supplies to needy Serbian communities in Kosovo and Krajina in addition to awarding scholarships to exemplary students in partnership with the Harvard Club of Serbia.

http://inserbia.info/today/2015/05/organization-28-jun-announced-partnership-with-harvard-club-of-serbia/

In the culmination of our 3 years of humanitarian work 28. Jun was invited to present at the UN’s World Humanitarian Summit consultation for Europe in Budapest this week. The presentation highlighted our innovative approach, the obstacles we faced and the realization of delivering 338,000 lbs of humanitarian, medical and disaster relief aid worth over $4.4 mil to the Western Balkans.

28. Jun is proud to announce the conclusion of the ‘Heart of Hope’ project with successful deliveries to the Serbian Orthodox Church in Montenegro and to orphanages in Belgrade.

The aid will be distributed to people in need all over the country. The second delivery, a truck filled with Christmas gifts from the UK, was distributed by our partners GivingBack to the following 3 orphanages in Serbia: Dom Dragutin Filipovic, Zavod za zastitu i vaspitanje dece, and Svratiste (centar za integraciju mladih).