Humanitarian organization 28. Jun made two deliveries this past week! Our coordinator for Germany, Ljiljana Zivanovic, visited little Iva Bijelic from Herceg Novi who suffers from a rare form of cancer and delivered our donation to her family in Stuttgart where she is receiving treatment. While our coordinator for Republika Srpska, Aleksandar Ljuboja, delivered our donation to little Marko Sumatic in Doboj so he can continue his heart treatments in Italy. We can’t express how thankful the families were and we want to thank our supporters for helping these two young heroic children continue to get the help they need!

International humanitarian organization, 28. Jun, presented Jelena and Novak Djokovic with a 5th anniversary award at the Djokovic Foundation’s Giorgio Armani hosted gala in Milan last night. It recognized Djokovic’s support of 28. Jun’s maiden humanitarian project ‘Boj za Kosovo’ in 2011. The project turned out to be a huge success and $1.5 mil of humanitarian aid was delivered to Serbs in Kosovo i Metohija, launching the then newborn movement onto the humanitarian scene.

28. Jun, which is celebrating its 5th anniversary in October, went on to deliver 170 tons of humanitarian, medical and disaster relief aid worth over $4.4 mil to the Western Balkans. This is the first of five such awards which will recognize significant contributors to the success of the organization. 28. Jun president and founder Filip Filipi Jankovic stated: “It was an honor to be invited to such an event to celebrate the work of our colleagues in our fight to make Serbia a better place for future generations.”

Internacionalna humanitarna organizacija 28. Jun, prezentovala je Jeleni i Novaku Đokoviću nagradu za petogodišnjicu rada na sinoćnoj gala večeri Fondacije Đoković i Giorgio Armanija u Milanu. Organizacija se zahvalila Đokoviću i njegovoj podršci 28. Junu i njenom humanitarnom projektu „Boj za Kosovo“ iz 2011. godine. Projekat je bio veliki uspeh jer je preko 1,5 miliona dolara humanitarne pomoći poslato Srbima na Kosovu i Metohiji, lansirajući tako novonastali pokret na internacionalnu humanitarnu scenu.

28. Jun ovog oktobra slavi petogodišnjicu postojanja, a u proteklim godinama poslao je preko 170 tona humanitarne i medicinske pomoći za sanaciju katastrofa zapadnom Balkanu vrednoj od preko 4,4 miliona dolara. Ovo je prva od pet nagrada koja prepoznaju značajan doprinos uspehu organizacije 28. Jun, a predsednik i osnivač Filip Filipi Janoković je naveo: „Bila je čast biti pozvan na ovakav događaj i proslaviti saradnju sa našim kolegama u borbi za stvaranje bolje Srbije za buduće generacije.“

International humanitarian organization, 28. Jun, reached two significant milestones this week! On Friday, we held our 300th event since our formation in 2011, it took place in Chicago and we were extremely happy with the turnout and community support. 28. Jun members have worked tirelessly holding fundraisers and awareness events in over 120 cities across 30 countries over the past 5 years. On Tuesday, we passed 250,000 Fans on our Facebook page, giving us a reach of over half a million people when combined with our other social media platforms and our mailing list.

With such achievements, comes great responsibility and accountability to our supporters, which we take very seriously, this is why for FULL TRANSPARENCY we have now updated the blog section of our official website https://28jun.org/blog/ and included all our humanitarian deliveries since 2011. Additionally, even more detailed documentation of every delivery has been added to the ‘Albums‘ section of our official Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/28jun/photos/?tab=albums

28. Jun’s audited financials, prepared by an independent accounting firm and an independent appraiser in Canada, in concert with an audit oversight committee, can be viewed/downloaded on: https://28jun.org/transparency/ Lastly, because we operate in regions where the stigma of corruption and clientelism is rampant, we are in the process of partnering with PwC’s Global X Assessor division. The Swiss-based firm uses the latest technology and innovation to appraise the quality of our humanitarian work through analytics, real time assessment of our projects, monitoring, and reporting while significantly reducing the cost of our administrative work.

We pride ourselves on our efficient management of resources, for every $1 donated to 28. Jun, we have delivered $28 worth of humanitarian aid to needy families and communities. We are the only WHS-affiliated organization working in the Western Balkans and we are privileged to have formed lasting partnerships with the Red Cross and the UN. To learn more about becoming a sponsor or to donate to our cause, please visit: https://28jun.org/#donate

Međunarodna humanitarna organizacija 28. Jun ove nedjelje obeležava dva bitna događaja! U petak smo u Čikagu održali svoj 300. po redu event od osnivanja organizacije 2011., i izuzetno smo zadovoljni ne samo sa odazivom, već i iskazanom podrškom cele zajednice. Kroz poslednjih 5 godina, članovi 28. Juna su se pokazali neumornim – u samo tih 5 godina, organizovali su evente za prikupljanje humanitarnih sredstava i podizanje svesti u više od 120 gradova u 30 zemalja širom sveta. Od utorka se naša Facebook stranica može pohvaliti sa više od 250.000 fanova, što znači da nam sad, kad dodamo druge društvene mreže i mailing listu, doseg uključuje više od pola milijona ljudi!

Ovakva dostignuća takode nalažu veliku odgovornost prema svima koji nas podržavaju, odgovornost koju shvatamo veoma ozbiljno. Zato smo nedavno, sa ciljem APSOLUTNE TRANSPARENTNOSTI, ažurirali blog naše službene web-stranice (https://28jun.org/blog/) i naveli sve humanitarne dostave od 2011. nadalje. Uz to, detaljnija dokumentacija svake isporuke je dodana u Albumewebstranice: https://www.facebook.com/28jun/photos/?tab=albums.

Revidirani financijski izveštaji organizacije, pripremljeni od strane nezavisne računovodstvene tvrtke kao i nezavisnog procenitelja u Kanadi, u dogovoru s nadzornim odborom za reviziju, se mogu pregledati i downloadati ovde: https://28jun.org/transparency/. Pošto delujemo u delu sveta u kojem je stigma klijentelizma i korupcije još uvek sveprisutna, trenutno sklapamo partnerstvo sa divizijom Global X Assessoršvajcarske kompanije PwC, koja koristi najnovije tehnologije i inovacije kako bi procenila kvalitet našeg humanitarnog rada pomoću analitike, procenom projekata u stvarnom vremenu, nadgledanjem, i izveštavanjem, tako istovremeno smanjujući administrativne troškove.

Ponosimo se i našim efikasnim korištenjem resursa – za svaki $1 doniran 28. Junu, mi smo dostavili humanitarnu pomoć u vrednosti od $28 potrebitim porodicama i zajednicama, Takode smo jedina organizacija povezana s Svetskim humanitarnim samitom (eng. WHS) koja deluje na Zapadnom Balkanu, a i čast nam je što smo uspostavili trajna partnerstva sa Crvenim krstom i Ujedinjenim nacijama. Ako želite da saznate još o tome kako postati sponzor ili o donacijama, molim vas posetite stranicu: https://28jun.org/#donate. 

28. Jun, the largest Serbian diaspora organization, will be responsible for the marketing and branding of an Emir Kusturica-backed exhibition about Jasenovac entitled ‘Hidden Holocaust’. As reported in the Serbian and Russian media, the art exhibit will be held at the United Nations in New York on Holocaust Remembrance Day which falls on April 23, 2017. 28. Jun will partner with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia, the Andric Institute, the University of Belgrade and the Jasenovac Research Institute, on what promises to be largest exposé on the concentration camp ever organized in the West. Over 500,000 Serbs, 40,000 Roma, 33,000 Jews and 127,000 Anti-Fascists, including many Croats, were executed in the camp complex from 1941 to 1945.

28. Jun plans to counter the rise of extremism and anti-Serbism which has swept Croatia since the formation of the new nationalist government. The organization led the Oluja remembrance march in Belgrade last Friday, forced the leading German dictionary to redefine ‘Ustase’ two weeks ago and successfully completed the digital #NoKosovoUnesco campaign in late 2015 . In addition to its anti-defamation projects, 28. Jun is the largest Serbian humanitarian organization in the world, having delivered $4.6 mil worth of aid to Serbs throughout the Balkans since 2011.

Please visit the official website to learn more: www.hiddenholocaust.info

28. Jun, kao najveća organizacija srpske dijaspore, će biti odgovorna za marketing i brending izložbe o Jasenovcu pod pokroviteljstvom Emira Kusturice, naslovljene ‘Skriveni Holokaust’ (eng. Hidden Holocaust). Kao što prenose srpski i ruski mediji, umetnička izložba će biti postavljena u Ujedinjenim narodima u Njujorku na Medunarodni dan sećanja na žrtve Holokausta, 23. aprila, 2017. Organizacija će u saradnji sa Ministarstvom vanjskih poslova, Andrićevim institutom, Univerzitetom u Beogradu i Institutom za istraživanje zločina u Jasenovcu ostvariti najveći ekspoze o koncentracionom logoru Jasenovcu ikad na Zapadu. Od 1941. do 1945., više od 500.000 Srba, 40.000 Roma, 33.000 Jevreja i 127.000 anti-fašista, uključujući i mnogo Hrvata, je pogubljeno u kompleksu logora.

28. Jun planira odgovoriti na porast ekstremizma i svojevrsnog anti-srpstva koji su se proširili Hrvatskom nakon formiranja nove nacionalistički orijentisane vlade. Organizacija je bila na čelu mimohoda u sjećanje na žrtve Oluje u Beogradu prošlog petka, pre dve nedelje je naterala vodeći nemački rečnik da ispravi pojam ‘Ustaša’ i uspešno je #NoKosovoUnesco digitalnu kampanju privela kraju prošle godine. Uz realizaciju projekata namenjenih borbi protiv klevetanja srpskog naroda, 28. Jun je najveća srpska humanitarna organizacija na svetu; od samo 2011. je dostavila pomoć u vrednosti od $4,6 milijuna Srbima diljem Balkana.

Za dodatne informacije, molim vas posetite službenu web-stranicu projekta: www.hiddenholocaust.info

28. Jun lead the march to protest to mark the 21st anniversary since the expulsion of 250,000 Serbs from Croatia during ‘Operation Storm’. The organization was on the  cover of Novosti. Video of march can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/28jun/videos/1469336213133185/

Exactly one week after 28. Jun petitioned Duden, the leading dictionary in the German language, to change their definition of ‘Ustasa‘ from ‘freedom fighter’ to ‘genocidal fascist’ they have made the change!

The online edition has already been updated and we received an email from Duden saying all future print version will also have the new definition. Additionally, Duden apologized to all those effected by Ustase war crimes during WWII and their subsequent terrorism from the 1970s to 1990s.

28. Jun would wish to thank the Serbian Embassy in Germany, Ambassador Ljiljana Niksic, Vukman Krivokuca – Director for the Office for Cooperation with the Diaspora and our partners the Israeli organization StandWithUs for contributing to our efforts.

On top of of our humanitarian work, we are also the leading Diaspora organization which battles anti-Serbian defamation in the media. We successfully lead the global #NoKosovoUnesco campaign in late 2015 but our work in this field goes back to 2011 when we made American talk show host Chelsea Lately lose sponsorships over her xenophobic comments against Serbs.

Tačno jednu nedelju nakon što je 28. Jun poslao peticiju Dudenu, vodećem nemačkom rečniku, da promeni svoju definiciju reči “Ustaša” od “borci za slobodu” u “genocidne fašiste” oni su napravili promenu!

Onlajn izdanje rečnika je već promenjen da  sadrži noviju definiciju i mi smo dobili email od Dudena gde su nam rekli da će u budućim, štampanim izdanjima takodje biti nova definicija. Dodatno, Duden se izvinuo svima koji su osetili ratne zločine Ustaškog režima za vreme Drugog Svetskog Rata i njihovog terorizma izmedju sedamdesetih i devedesetih godina prošlog veka.

28. Jun se želi zahvaliti srpskoj Ambasadi u Nemačkoj , Njenom visočanstvu Ambasadorki Republike Srbije Ljiljani Nikšić, Vukmanu Krivokući (direktoru Kancelarije za Saradnju sa Dijasporom) i našim partnerima u izraelskoj organizaciji StandWithUs za njihov doprinos našim naporima.

Uz naše humanitarne delatnosti, mi takodje vodimo organizaciju za dijasporu koja se aktivno bori protiv anti-srpske defamacije u medijama. Mi smo uspešno vodili globalnu kampanju #NoKosovoUnesco u kasnoj 2015. godini ali naš rad u ovoj oblasti postoji još od 2011. kada smo bili zaslužni da američka, televizijska voditeljka Chelsea Lately izgubi svoje sponzore zbog ksenofobičnih izjava protiv Srba.

Today we made a visit to the Institute for Mother and Child where we made a donation directly to Nenad’s mom, Danijela. They were both in good spirits and very optimistic they will raise the funds to pay for Nenad’s critical operation in France. We want to thank everyone who contributed, especially Dnevna Doza Lepog. We will continue to raise funds for Nenad for the remainder of the week.

For International Donations:
PayPal (info@28jun.org)
Credit Card: https://28jun.org/#donate

For Donations in Serbia:
Komercijalna banka, Danijela Jokic, ziro račun; 205-9011006701722-65

Danas smo se, na Institutu za Majku i Dete, na Novom Beogradu, sreli sa malim Nedandom i njegovom majkom Danijela kojoj smo direktno uručili našu donaciju sa nadom da će im pomoći u njihovim daljim naporima i ubrzati oporavak. Posebno nas je obradovalo da ih obadvoje zateknemo u dobrom raspoloženju. Delimo njihov optimizam da će uspeti u naporima da prikupe neophodna sredstva za operaciju u Francuskoj a i obavezali smo se da će mo i dalje činiti sve što je u našoj moći kako bi se sredstva i dalje prikupljala za ovaj nesebičan cilj. Ostaćemo u kontaktu sa Nenadovom porodicom i nastavićemo sa intenzivni prikupljanje sredstava u toku ove nedelje. Zahvaljujemo se svima na donacijama a posebno bi smo želeli da pomenemo Dnevnu Dozu Lepog i njihov gest koji je za svaku pohvalu.

Za Donacije iz Dijaspore:
PayPal (info@28jun.org)
Credit Card: https://28jun.org/#donate

Za uplate u Srbiji:
Komercijalna banka, Danijela Jokic, ziro račun; 205-9011006701722-65

28. Jun and the Karic Foundation today announced a multi-year, Serbian cultural restoration project called ‘Serbian Heritage Revival’.

28. Jun kicked off the project with monetary donations to Serbian Churches and Monasteries in Gracanica, Berane, Kistanje, Glamoc, Treskavac and New York City. Long term sub-projects to support the monasteries in Zica, Pec and Krka are also under way.

Additionally the two organizations will work on the following:

• retrieving valuable historical artifacts that disappeared from Serbian museums during WWI and WWII
• encouraging Serbian students from the diaspora to finish their Higher Education studies in Serbia
• promoting the legacy of leading Serbian intellectuals; Maric, Tesla, Pupin and Milankovic
• encouraging traditional Serbian family values through the arts

To learn more about the aspects of the project which will be lead by the Karic Foundation CLICK HERE, to learn more about the aspects which will be lead by 28. Jun CLICK HERE.

Watch 28. Jun accept our award for 5 years of humanitarian work from the Tesla Science Foundation/Office for Diaspora on: https://www.facebook.com/28jun/videos/1441140082619465/

I, Filip Filipi founded 28. Jun 5 years ago because there was no other Serbian humanitarian organization around in the diaspora which I could have joined. Everyone told me I was crazy because our people are impossible to unite. Everyone was wrong.

Here is what we have done over the past 5 years:

We managed to acquire 170 tons of humanitarian, medical and disaster relief aid worth over $4.4 mil and deliver it to Serbs all over the the Western Balkans

We coordinated youth fundraisers and awareness events in over 120 cities, across 30 countries which raised over $250,000 then used to transport our aid

We led the #NoKosovoUnesco digital campaign advocating NO vote on Kosovo UNESCO membership; amassing 140,000 petition signatures and 100,000 viral video views

We engineered marketing campaigns which attracted over 500,000 followers to our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and mailing list giving us the largest database of Serbs in the world

We directed the airlift of 30,000 lbs of urgent humanitarian relief directly into Belgrade from Toronto during the 2014 Southeast Europe floods

And finally last month WE presented at the pinnacle event of humanitarian work; the UN’s first ever World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, alongside 2000 of the world’s top humanitarians, in a list which included UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Angela Merkel, the presidents, ministers and ambassadors of over 150 countries and the leaders of every large humanitarian organization in the world.

We DID this together. Our VP Milo Dubak from Chicago and his entire family worked 14 hour days to load containers during the floods in 2014. Our UK coordinator Relja Ilic was helping send relief aid for flood victims the morning after his mother died. Our global ambassador Marko Racic organized a dozen humanitarian events in the Toronto area as his mother was battling terminal cancer. Sasa and Aleksandra Guculj took 2 months off work to see that all material aid from North America was properly delivered to people in need on the ground. Aleksandra was recovering from a car accident which she didn’t tell me about until all the aid was loaded onto containers. Our European coordinator Petar Grabez and Marko Petrovic stayed up 72 hours after the floods hit to head our communications center and coordinate our efforts in Europe before waking up and proceeding to go load containers themselves. Our coordinator for Germany Aleks Naum, paid for 2 containers for Republika Srpska out of his own pocket after we had exhausted all funds because we had just paid for an airplane from Toronto and sent 8 containers via ship before any other organization sent even one. Our members Tamara Hadzi-Pavlovic and Stana Dubajic spent their entire winter and spring holidays doing humanitarian deliveries instead of seeing their families and enjoying their vacation time. Marko Sejat invested 100s of hours designing all the artistic material we used to create our base and personally mailed out 1000 posters all over the world for the ‘Boj za Kosovo’ campaign before the organization had a single donation. Ceca Radmanovic, Diana Todic, Neven Vujinovic, Ana Zivkovic, Aleksandra Orbovic, Branka and Mile Celap, Marko Karac, Andrej Babic, Jovana Magazin and Daniel Jankovic worked tirelessly organizing events in Canada, as did Amanda Andjelov, Dusanka Barisic, Jovana Zelenbaba, Nenad Arcaba, Milica Miocinovic, Stefan Popovic, Nikolina Dzinkic and Marko Lipar in Australia. As did Marina Kuzmanovic, Filip Dzafic, Stefan Sofronijevic, Katarina Duvnjak, Marija Karlicic, Dijana Loncar, Djordje Savanovic, Danilo Lesnjak in Europe and as did Dusko Kuzmanovic, Aleksandar Rakic, Igor Maric, Nina and Dusan Matic, and Andrija Stanojcic in America. Those who supported us over the years; Boris Malagurski, Dule Vicovac, Milinko Filipovic, Ivana Andjelkovic, Zvezdana Scott, Lana Matijevic, Jelena Vujovic, Kristina Pavlovic, LP Corbett and Ubavka. Our former members who I worked to death, their contribution will always be remembered; Suzana Bicanin, Kosovka Spreco, Tara Garic, Juliana Pandurevic, Jovan Subotic and especially Nikola Peric. And finally our coordinator for France who passed away in May, Sofija Buckvicki, rest in Peace.

However we could have not done this without the entire Serbian diaspora and the eternal guardian of the Serbian people; the Serbian Orthodox Church. I expressed this to his Holiness Patriarch Irinej in person yesterday. Thank you everyone – and we look forward to making you proud over the next 5 years!

Filip Filipi Jankovic,
28. Jun President