New issue of Greenpeace Magazine, our director Patricia Pobric on the harmful consequences of Lustica Bay and other Orasco devastations in Montenegro. The first in a series of articles on the topic of how the government and investors (domestic and foreign) are destroying our country in terms of landscape, ecology, economy and archeology.
Young NGOs Nasa akcija, in addition to their activities related to online teaching, spend their time planting fruits and vegetables, working on farms, gardens, orchards, houses and backyards. We live by the slogan “Work today for a better tomorrow”. To engage in such physical activities we stay healthy, we go out in the sun and clean air. A part of the young people are already working on the preparation of the eco center Muo house, in preparation for the new team of young people who will start coming in May. We invite young people to join us.
On March 1, together with the Association of Gorica Lovers and the NGO Nase doba, we worked in the field again, this time in Zone B. A larger pine tree that fell on this location and blocked the trail was removed, as well as a lot of fallen branches. We formed a chain and transferred the complete plant waste to the road. See you at the next action.
Last weekend, young volunteers of the NGO Our action started an action of making art installations from collected natural and processed wood from the beach. Within the project “WELCOME” (WatER LandsCapes sustainability thrOught reuse of Marine littEr) which is financed through “Interreg IPA CBC Italy-Albania-Montenegro”, JU Morsko dobro announced in October 2019 a competition for the production of these art installations for which our organization won the third prize. The proposal of our young artists includes two installations – a crab and a jellyfish, which will be composed of natural materials without the use of nails or some other materials harmful to nature. After the construction, all installations within the project are planned to be placed on the dunes on Velika plaža and will serve as artistic protective constructions for the preservation of sand dunes. During this action day, one part of the team was in charge of procuring glue, wooden dowels and ropes, the other part of the team was working on the beach to gather the necessary material. The experience took the young people to one of the worst beaches in Montenegro, right to the right of the Lustica bay complex. After that, they started making installations that slowly began to form. We will not publish the results, ie the installations themselves, until the action of setting them up, on March 28, 2020.
NGO Nasa akcija continues to work at the level of youth policy in the municipality of Kotor. After integral work through the project “Education and activism for a more beautiful city and a better future” through which the Local Action Plan for Youth 2020-2021 was compiled, it was finally adopted in the Assembly last month. At the same time, our four-year initiative to open a youth club for young people in the Nautica area is finally being realized. In 2020, we are working hard to achieve the goals of the local action plan through the improvement of youth policy in Kotor, through work in the Youth Council, but also through three projects that have already been approved by international organizations and institutions. Online facebook informant “Info Center for Youth Kotor” will soon have an instagram form in order to inform young people about opportunities, opportunities and other forms of improving the needs of young people. We would like to take this opportunity to highlight our young volunteers who have shown themselves in the past year and contributed to Kotor through humanitarian actions to raise funds for sick children, children with disabilities and improving conditions in OS Njegos in Skaljari through the UpShift project. There are also numerous environmental activities that adorn their work and contribution to the community.
Volunteers of the NGO Our action spent a beautiful February sunny day in a wonderful walk and enjoying the winter carnival in Kotor. The tour started from the fortress Vrmac (one of the best preserved Austro-Hungarian fortifications in the Bay of Kotor, whose construction began in 1860, and got its current structure between 1894 and 1897) to the highest peak Saint Ilija at 765 meters above sea level. The tour lasted from 9 to 1 hour after which we went down to Kotor. For the first time this year we were not hired as volunteers, so this year we enjoyed the day and provided assistance to two groups in the realization of their masks. A wonderful day spent in nature and enjoying with this team.
On Saturday, February 22, we had the opportunity to support the humanitarian action for Kotor dog shelter. Montenegro adventures and Montenegro friends of dog organized a Woofing party in the Blue room in Porto Montenegro with donor / sports activities throughout the day. Our volunteers had the opportunity to join the activities, play with the dogs from the shelter ready for adoption and sell tickets for various activities. At the end of the day, this wonderful event raised over 5,000 Euros for Kotor dog shelter.
Stating on the 1st of February, NGO Our action is organizing "Englsh Chat nights" for youth, which will be held every Friday at 17:00 in the NGO Center, Rakite, Kotor. Young people have chosen topics they want to talk about and that interest them and are preparing for next week. All young people from 13 to 30 years of age are welcome to this extracurricular type of education. Chat rooms will be held until the end of April 2020.
On February 18, we had the opportunity to join the NGO Galop and students of the Faculty of Fine Arts in making a mural on the wall of the boxing club in Njegosev Park in Podgorica. The mural with its message about veganism was created with a nice gathering of members of our organizations, work, staying in nature, frisbee and board games.
On Thursday, February 13, our volunteers spent another wonderful sunny day in the Podgorica shelter for dogs walking and hanging out. They invite you to come and adopt these wonderful and cuddly little creatures. At least come at least once a week to volunteer.