Opening of the exhibition Eco Colony 2018 in Podgorica

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On Monday, September 24, at the Petrovic palace in Krusevac, an exhibition “Eco Colony 2018” was officially opened in Podgorica. The exhibition was opened by Edin Koljenovic, Head of the Regional Office for Youth Cooperation RYCO for Montenegro, Srdan Kosovic, the new editor-in-chief of “Vijesti” and representatives of partner organizations Lucija Dumancic from the Association Eko ZH, BiH and Patricia Pobric, director of the NGO Our action. The exhibition was created within the framework of the project “Eco-colony 2018” financed by the Regional Youth Cooperation Office (RYCO). Regional Office for Youth Cooperation. In the figurative part of the project that took place in June in Blidinje nature park in Bosnia and Herzegovina, young people from 4 countries of the region participated and 80 works were created, out of which 35 were exhibited in the Petrovic palace. The project aims to provide young people with opportunities for intercultural learning and skills development, as well as establishing intercultural dialogue and tolerance in order to reduce hate speech, negative stereotypes in society and prejudices among young people in the region. At the end of the exhibition, the sale of works through the auction is planned and the funds will be donated to children with disabilities. Partners in the Eco ZH Association for Development, Environment and Culture and NGOs Our actions invite you to enjoy the artwork of young people. The gallery is open every day from 8 am to 8 pm until September 28. #youth #RYCO #NVONasaakcija #EkoZH #Ekokolonija2018

Youth educational camp Ponte Veslo

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On Friday, September 21st and Sunday, September 23th, the NGO Our action organized an educational camp for young people in Ponte Veslo. The aim of the camp was to encourage young people to develop tools through cooperation, joint problem solving, brainstorming, reflecting on problems and solutions in activities carried out in previous years, and further life planning of young people as well as organizational planning for the improvement of local communities. During the camp, the open-air workers were held at the campsite, and the CV was finished. Of course there was time for swimming, jumping, diving, enjoying nature, sunsets and sunsets. The highlight of the weekend was a kayak tour with Camp Oars to Blue Caves. This camp is the last volunteer activity for our NGO, implemented as part of the STRONGO project Contribution to the development of a stronger civil society in Boka bay. The project was approved through the EU Program IPA 2014 Civil Society Facility Montenegro. The leading partner in the StroNGO project is Expeditio, while the other partners are four organizations from the Boka bay area: “Our Action” from Kotor, “Urban Nova” from Herceg Novi, Cultural-Homeland Association “Napredak” Gornja Lastva from Tivat and “Agora” from Budva. The project will last 35 months. . #NVONasaAkcija #NGOOurAction #StroNGO

Humanitarian action for Jovan Dasic

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On Saturday, September 8th, youth members of NGO Our action organized a humanitarian campaign lead by Jana Raicevic for six-year-old Jovan Dasic from Plav, who is suffering from leucoccephalopathy. For the treatment of this disease, little Jovan needs detailed analysis and therapies in the Netherlands. For this he and his parents are traveling to Holland by the end of the month. They need funds, and this evening our NGO collected and additional 682 Euros in donations. The evening consisted of dancing and singing of NGO Our action youth, then face art, spray art, twister and selling souvenirs. We owe our gratitude to the companies PG sound that borrowed us sound equipment, as well as the dance school Buena Vista that impressed the audience with tango and salsa, and finally the Municipality of Podgorica that gave permissions and electricity for this event. The Dasic family surprised us with their presence as well. The fundraising campaign continues with our friends and partners from Kotor – the Kotor Children’s Theater Festival and the Cultural Center Nikola Djurkovic set up by donor boxes, and through the account 535-1900-1000-128-5092. Thanks to everyone who attended, donated and activated for this noble action.

Opening exhibition “Eco colony 2018.” in Kotor

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On Saturday the 15th of September in the art gallery of the cultural center “Nikola Đurković” in Kotoru a exhibition “Eco colony 2018.” was formally opened. The works of art where created as part of the project called “Eco colony 2018.” that is financed thru the RYCO (Regional Youth Cooperation Office). The colony was held in the month of June in the breathtaking nature park Blidinje in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in which youth from 4 countries in the region painted 80 works of art of which 35 are showcased in the gallery in Kotor. The goal of the project is to give young people an opportunity for intercultural learning, bettering their skills as well as developing intercultural dialog and tolerance in order to reduce hate speech, negative stereotypes in society and reduce prejudices between youth from the region. At the end of the exhibitions the works of art will be sold thru auction with all funding going to children with handicap. Specially for this opening 20 young people from the region came to Kotor to join youth from NGO Our action, and here they had a chance to enjoy the cultural, historical and natural heritage of the Bay. Partners in the project NGO Eko ZH from Bosnia and Herzegovina and NGO Our action invite you to enjoy the exhibition that will be in the Kotor gallery until the 21st of September, after which time it will move to Podgorica. The gallery is open from 7am until #youth #RYCO #NVONasaakcija #EkoZH #Ekokolonija2018

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International coastal clean-up 2018

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NGO Our action spend Saturday the 15th of September – International coastal clean-up day cleaning the coast of Prcanj in Kotor. This is the second year in a row our organization took part of this day with activities in Kotor. This year youth from NGO Euromost from Bijelo Polje joined our clean-up affords, as well as other local citizens. We collected 5m3 of waste especially at the location Glavati and near hotel Splendido. NGO Our action realized this project thru the support of the Municipality of Kotor project “Thru education and activism to a beautiful city and a better future”. We were also supported by the Waste management company of Kotor, and the Prcanj township representatives who provided the group with valuable historical information regarding Prcanj thru the educational speech of Admiral Zbutega.

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