On Monday, 6th of august two youth volunteers of our NGO – Petar Raicevic and Slavo Bozovic completed the clean-up of Gurdic and river Skurda. The activity was complete on SUP boards made out of plastic bottles that we build with our partners The Whale Company. Our boys were joined by friend of our NGO Marijan Santic who assisted with the clean-up and pictures. Besides the water the walls of the where cleaned of weeds. Thanks to Petar, Slavo and Marijan for a great activity

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On Saturday 4th of august the Perast coastal and sea bed clean-up was completed. 5m3 of waste was collected plus two 1m3 waste containers where extracted from the bottom of the Perast aquarium. The action was realized by the youth of NGO Our action, Kotor Art members under the sponsorship of the Municipality of Kotor and the Tourist organization Kotor. We were supported by local divers and fisherman, folks from the beach and other swimmers, as well as the Waste management company Kotor and the company Cogi Mar doo that provides the big float for every such activity we organize. A bit thank you to all participants. We will see each other again for International coastal clean-up day on September 15th.

On Saturday, the 28th of April volunteers of NGO Our action assisted in the call for action for the project called “For a beautiful Vranjine” that is being realized thru the UNICEF UpShift program. Finances for this project where awarded to Jana Raičević, Petar Raičević, Isabella Pobric and Lazar Marovic. This, third part of the project, focused on the beautification of the small fishing village by renewing facades and outdoor look of houses in this village whose citizens are primarily socially disadvantaged groups and retirees that suffered allot of damage during this winters and spring floods. The action lasted from 9am until 5pm under a very hot sun, and finished with a refreshing swim in lake Skadar after the action. To all volunteers a great thank you for once again supporting the third activity of the project of these wonderful young leaders, hence making the activity successful.

NGO Cultural-heritage society NAPREDAK from Gornja Lastva and NGO Our action (Nasa akcija) from Kotor organized a volunteer day (volunteer action) on the 29th of April, during which public spaces in the center of Gornja Lastva was cleaned and organized. Achievements from this day where: the clearing and organization of steps and pathways, grass and hey collected from the terraced fields along the main municipality building, the old mill walls as well as adjacent buildings where cleared of greenery and other rubbish, the interior of the mill was refreshed and reorganized as well as the adjacent building, and the pathways where cleared from roof tiling debris. Following the clean-up activity the NGO’s held a outdoor educational class with young people discussing the need of public space protection, as well as the roll of youth in protecting heritage cites, and their views on public spaces, youth and heritage. Additionally volunteers had a chance to have some fun and do some swimming. Over 30 participants joint this activity. Volunteer days was organized as part of the project named StroNGO which has a goal of strengthening civil society in the Bay of Kotor. Leading partner in the project is NGO Expeditio, while the rest of the 4 partners are Our action (Nasa akcija) from Kotor, Urban Nova from Herceg Novi, cultural-heritage society NAPREDAK from Gornja Lastva in Tivat, and Agora from Budva. The project is being realized thru the IPA 2014 Civil Society Facility Montenegro program managed by the delegation of the European Union. To all participants a great big thank you for a very successful action.

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The second part of the project “For a more beautiful Vranjine” was realized on Saturday, January 27th. The project is funded thru the UpShift project call, by the very efficient team comprised of Jana Raicevic, Isabella Pobric, Petar Raicevic and Lazar Marovic. The following tasks where competed:

1. Cementing of the basketball stand, as well as installation of boards and basket rims

2. Cleaning of debris brought on by recent higher water levels

3. Marking and painting of the sport field lines

4. Repairing of the large fence surrounding the sports terrain

5. Paining of the benches we had made for the location during the previous activity

6. Marking of the hiking trail from the Vranjine monastery to the top of the

With this the young UpShift team wishes to give its gratitude to the help of all the volunteers of NGO Our action that helped today, as well as the Mountaineering team “Komovi” who marked the trail. Additionally, thanks are extended to the basketball team Golubovci who where send by the municipality to assist with the basketball hoops and terrain completion.

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NGO Our action was called upon to once again provide volunteer assistance in the organization of the traditional Kotor winter carnival.

20 volunteers are needed on the 11th of February for assistance in a variety of jobs and elements to support the event realization to this very important happening in our city.

Youth from all across Montenegro showed their dissatisfaction and shock regarding the sudden death of the toddler Jelena due to the slow and irresponsible social services and institutions that are not assisting the ever growing number of families that live in poverty. These type of tragedies especially because of mistakes are unacceptable in a country that calls itself a democracy.