After being recommended by the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) NGO Committee’s 19 member states, 28. Jun has officially been granted Special Consultative Status with the United Nations. 28. Jun is the first humanitarian organization from the Western Balkans to be granted the honor, with an estimated 10 million NGOs in the world, less than .0005%, or 4500, have achieved Consultative Status.

To celebrate this achievement 28. Jun will send a container with approximately $1 mil worth of medical equipment from the US to be distributed to hospitals throughout the Western Balkans. Some of the equipment will include anesthesia machines, portable X-ray units, ultrasound machines, EKG/ECG machines and several tons of medical supplies.

Founded in 2012, to date 28. Jun delivered 184 tons of humanitarian, medical and disaster relief aid worth over $6.1 mil to the Western Balkans.

28. Jun is the first humanitarian organization from the Western Balkans to be granted Special Consultative Status with the United Nations. With an estimated 10 million NGOs in the world, less than .0005%, or 4500, have achieved Consultative Status.

After an 18-month long application process, 28. Jun was formally granted the status by the UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) NGO Committee’s 19 member states during its May 25, 2018 Coordination and Management meeting in New York.

The ECOSOC serves as the central platform of the UN for addressing global economic, social and related issues. The selection of 28. Jun comes as an acknowledgement of its outstanding humanitarian, social and philanthropic work in the Western Balkans.

The designation will allow 28. Jun to deliver oral statements and submit written statements on areas of expertise to the United Nations to be circulated by the Secretary-General. Other privileges include:

• Provide expert analysis on issues directly from experience in the field;
• Attend international conferences and events;
• Organise and attend parallel events that take place during the session;
• Meet official government delegations and other NGO representatives;
• Participate in debates, interactive dialogues, panel discussions and official meetings;
• Play a major role in advancing United Nations goals and objectives;
• Serve as an early warning agent;
• Help monitor and implement international agreements;
• Help raise public awareness of relevant issues;
• Have opportunities to network and lobby.

Representatives from 28. Jun will hold up to seven United Nations grounds passes; at the New York headquarters as well as in Geneva for the Human Rights Council.

The application process was lengthy and vigorous as noted by 28. Jun President Filip Filipi Jankovic, “The NGO Committee’s UN member state representatives have been thoroughly vetting our application which contains detailed reports of our work in the field, governance and financial regime, since early 2016.”

28. Jun Executive Director for Balkans, Aleksandra Trifunovic, who also attended the session noted that “28. Jun members are doing a tremendous amount of valuable work and our new UN-accredited status will allow us to be involved in UN processes and share our expertise on the regions we operate in.”

The UN Charter established the ECOSOC in 1945 as one of the six main organs of the United Nations. It is the principal body for coordination, policy review, policy dialogue and recommendations on economic, social and environmental issues, as well as for implementation of internationally agreed development goals.

The 28. Jun Team in Australia met with Ambassador Miroljub Petrovic on two occasions in Canberra and in Perth as our activities broaden on the continent. Several events were successfully held in Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne with events scheduled in Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane. Please contact our Australia Coordinator nikolinamilosevic@28jun.org

28. Jun Vice President Milo Dubak & 28. Jun Treasurer – LP Corbett were honored to represent our organization at the United Nations in New York to attend the ‘ECOSOC; Committee on NGO’s, Regular Session 2018.’ We look forward to continuing to work with the UN on humanitarian initatitives in the Western Balkans.

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With your support we successfully delivered Christmas presents to every Serbian child living in the enclaves of Kosovo & Metohija! Our members along with our partners, humanitarian organization 038, made deliveries to Gracanica, Badovac, Susica, Velika Hoca, Orahovac, Osojane, Brestovik, Gorazdevac, Staro Gracko, Suvi Do, Rabovce, Novo Naselje, Kuzmin, Ugljare, Kosovo Polje, Livadje, Laplje Selo, Preoce, Caglavica, Donja Gusterica, Gornja Gusterica, Dobrotin, Partes, Pasjane and Budriga.

Around 2000 children received the gift packages, which were handed out by volunteers dressed as Santa and various cartoon characters. We are extremely satisfied with the results considering the short amount of time we had to realize our ambitious goal. The reaction to the project was so positive that we pledge to make it an annual event. All photos and video of the children receiving the gifts can be viewed on our Facebook page.

If you are happy with our work and wish to continue your support please consider becoming a monthly donor.

Kicking off their holiday humanitarian projects, 28. Jun volunteers delivered urgent relief to two families in Kosovo today. The Stojanovic family from Gracanica received a stove, a washing machine, clothing for their six children, groceries and materials to renovate the facade and insulation in their house. While the Aleksic family from Zvecan received all the materials needed to complete the insulation and facade of their entire home. A big contribution to the realization of the project was made by Rada and Ranko Ristic from the US, the Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation and all our friends and supporters.

28. Jun Serbian coordinator Aleksandra Trifunovic was touched by the experience and stated:
“When you first see the genuine happiness and surprise of people who thought their existence was forgotten, when you devote time to them, when you talk to them, in a time when Serbs in Kosovo have been forgotten and abandoned by all, you want to never leave them. When you first call a family that does not have electricity or water in the 21st century, to ask them what they need and get the answer that they have all they need, and to help someone who needs it more, it’s impossible not to be touched by such modesty. At the end, when you realize that only $20 is necessary for the feet of little children not to freeze during winter which is around the corner, you can not help but wonder why you do not help more often. Or help every day. That is why I am filled with happiness and sorrow every time I bring a donation to wonderful people on behalf of 28. Jun.”

Our youth team, ‘FK 28. Jun’, won the championship in their debut appearance at Srbijada last weekend in Chicago. We have previously partnered with the Ministry of Youth and Sport on our ‘Their Future, Our Responsibility’ project to aid vulnerable children in Serbia in 2014.

Last week we visited Strahinja, Mihajlo and Nemanja in Gracanica, 3 brave young boys who lost both their parents to tragic circumstances. Our members delivered everything on the boy’s wish list; smartphones, a tablet, a pool, school supplies and tickets to Belgrade to watch their favorite team, Partizan. Our movement was born 5 ago years with a delivery of medical supplies to Serbs in Gracanica and we pledge to continue to stand with our people living in Kosovo and Metohija.

WE DO MORE WITH LESS

Here are the charitable projects we completed this summer:

– We donated 3 industrial heaters to the St. Mary’s Church in Plaski, Lika – the biggest Serbian Orthodox Church outside of Serbia proper. We want to thank members of the Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Sava (Kilkenny) and members of the Serbian community in Adelaide, South Australia for assisting us with this project.

– We completed our humanitarian project to equip impoverished Serbian areas with computers with a delivery of 4 desktops to the ‘Retirement Center Kragujevac’. 28. Jun Coordinator Andjelka Popov who commented; “I was happy to help out the grandmothers and grandfathers, I felt as if I helped my own.”

– Our volunteers visited the orphanage ‘Youth House Mladost’ in Herceg Novi and delivered beach towels and chocolates to all 86 children at the facility. Thank you to the celebrities who supported the project; Ceca Raznatovic, Vlado Georgiev, Emina Jahovic, Beli, Milica Pavlovic, Milica Dabovic, Bo Krsmanovic and many others!

– With your help, we managed to raise over $50,000 for Miona Kojadinovic (leukemia), Snezana Kovacevic (chronic pancreatitis), Miljana Ristic Stankovic (leukemia), and Stojan Radeka (leukemia) toward their fight against cancer and other debilitating illnesses.

28. Jun in partnership with Alfa University completed their humanitarian project to equip impoverished Serbian areas with computers with a delivery of 4 desktops to the ‘Retirement Center Kragujevac’. Dr. Vesna Randjelovic, Director of the center, toured the facilities with 28. Jun Coordinator Andjelka Popov who commented; “the visit was a great experience and the recipients were excited for their computer lab, I was happy to help out the grandmothers and grandfathers, I felt as if I helped my own.”

The project, which kicked off in Spring, focused on Central and Southern Serbia with previous deliveries being made to Elementary School ‘Braca Aksic’ in the village of Staro Gracko, Kosovo and Metohija, Elementary School ‘Zivko Tomic’ in the village of Shatornja near Topola and the Cultural Center in Leskovac. 20 computers and laptops with flat-screen monitors were donated in total.

In keeping with their Vidovdan tradition, humanitarian organization 28. Jun today announced a significant donation, this time assisted by Serbian celebrities. Ceca Raznatovic, Vlado Georgiev, Emina Jahovic, Beli, Milica Pavlovic, Milica Dabovic, Bo Krsmanovic and many others supported their project to help orphanages and centers for the disabled.

Per usual, 28. Jun donated to Serbian causes and institutions throughout the Balkans; volunteers visited the orphanage Youth House ‘Mladost’ in Herceg Novi and delivered beach towels and chocolates to all 86 children at the facility. Additionally 28. Jun donated $3,000 to Boris Malagurski’s #NoKosovoUnesco documentary in support of the Serbian community in Kosovo and Metohija.

The organization also announced centers for the disabled, maternity wards and Serbian Churches in Serbia, Republika Srpska and Croatia will receive donations over the next several weeks. After operating in the Diaspora since 2011, 28. Jun registered in Serbia earlier this year, to learn more or to donate visit their Serbian website www.28jun.rs or send a SMS to number 1733.

U sklopu vidovdanske tradicije, humanitarna organizacija 28. Jun je danas najavila veliku donaciju, ovog puta uz podršku poznatih ličnosti. Cece Ražnatović, Vlado Georgieva, Emine Jahović, Belog Preletačevića, Milice Pavlović, Milice Dabović, Bo Krsmanović, kao i mnogh drugh, koji su pomogli projektu za pomoć deci bez roditelja, porodilištima i centarima za ometene u razvoju.

Kao i ranije, 28. Jun nastavlja da pomaže Srbima širom Balkana; naši volonteri su posetili “Mladost”, dom za decu bez roditelja u Herceg Novom, gde su dostavili peškire za plažu i čokolade za 86-oro dece koja tu žive. 28. Jun je takođe donirao 3000 dolara Borisu Malagurskom za njegov dokumentarni film #NoKosovoUnesco koji će biti snimljen kao podrška srpskoj zajednici na Kosovu i Metohiji.

Organizacija je takođe najavila donacije centrima za ljude ometene u razvoju, porodilištima i srpskim crkvama u Srbiji, Republici Srpskoj i Hrvatskoj u sledećih nekoliko nedelja. Nakon osnivanja u dojaspori 2011. godine, 28. Jun je prošle godine registrovan i u Srbiji, a da biste saznali više, ili informacije o tome kako možete donirati, posetite naš sajt na srpskom www.28jun.rs ili pošaljite SMS 1 na 1733.