Youth members of the NGO Our action adopted many animals in the past year, volunteered at the shelter in Podgorica, participated in humanitarian actions to collect donations for dog asylum in Kotor, attended educational workshops on the protection of dolphins and other animals, and volunteered on a donkey farm. We continue to work in this area and raise awareness of the need to protect animals.
Another wonderful fall day spend by helping park Gorica. With the hosts of the Gorica Lovers Association and members of the NGO Our age, 25 volunteers did a lot cleaning fallen trees and other debris after the past week of bad weather. We thank our young and dedicated members, especially those from Kotor and Cetinje who joined the work on this wonderful morning her in Podgorica. See you at the next action where we will continue to live our slogan “Working today, for a better tomorrow.”
After the December and January activities of paining and repairing of primary school Njegos (regional unit Skaljari) through funds obtained through the Upshift workshop, proposed by our young members Dejana Vujkovic, Nadja Srdic and Ivana Rapovac, the last two days we returned to primary school to finish what we started. Namely, in cooperation with the management of the school, and under the leadership of teacher Tanja Lalosevic, the remaining classrooms (7) were painted and thus the complete internal refreshment of this institution was completed. We want to send a message – with funds of about a hundred Euros in material and about 30-40 Euros in refreshments and food for volunteers, much can be done, and many schools in our country are in very poor condition. Let’s not whine, but roll up your sleeves, parents, teaching staff and young people. Let’s refurbish school institutions in our country for a better educational environment for our children. In this school, 15 volunteers, 3 teachers, 1 excellent new caretaker, 1 cleaner did a lot.
Last weekend, the NGO Our action worked at full speed. With our volunteers we supported 5 actions:
1. Forest clearing action on Zlatica in Podgorica
2. Aquathon competition on Lustica
3. Our eco camp and the action of cleaning the coast Perast-Drazin Vrt
4. Opening of the exhibition of installations for the Kotor Children’s Theater Festival, and finally
5. Boke triathlon in Perast. Congratulations to all the volunteers / heroes on so much work and effort in one weekend.
Montenegro In celebration of International Youth Day and in order to mark this day with a relevant topic for young people in Montenegro, the NGO Our action decided to focus on what is most endangering young people at the moment and what is little talked about – and that is traffic safety. The “Fast drive could be Last drive” campaign aims to raise awareness of the alarming situation on our roads regarding the devastating number of young people killed or injured in traffic accidents. The campaign focused on young people who wanted to send messages to their peers and create a promotional video with them that would send a message to the public. Join the campaign and post a picture on social media with #Fastdrivelastdrive. More than 12 media channels have already joined to announce our campaign. Be a part of it. We thank all the young people who took part from various organizations, cities, etc., and especially the group Who See for donating the song “Put Pasat”.
Waste in Montenegrin rivers is a huge problem throughout the country. Plastics, plastic bags and other waste “adorn” most river streams. At the invitation of a friend from the NGO Green home, our volunteer Milica Suskavevic responded to help make a film that aims to raise awareness about the problem of waste in the rivers of Podgorica.
On July 22, the NGO Our action participated in the performance “Let’s Save the Peace” organized by the NGO Anime from Kotor. The need for justice, the amount of police violence on the streets of Montenegro, the abuse of young people and the lack of response of the authorities to the case of Professor Jasminka Milosevic encouraged us to contribute to this performance.
On June 21, 2020, we supported the Perast Open Sprint Marathon, organized by our dear friends from the Kotor Triathlon Club and the X Herceg Novi Triathlon Club. It is always a pleasure to help in events like this that are full of positive energy. We thank the organizer for the invitation.
A cooperation agreement was signed with the municipality of Herceg Novi in the IPA cross-border project “Y O U t h D r i v e – Program for raising awareness on proper waste management and empowering legislators for taking action”. We are still waiting for the municipalities of Kotor and Tivat, in order to complete and implement activities in all three municipalities on this side of the border. Thanks to the municipality of Herceg Novi for cooperation.
After a three-month break, it was a great pleasure to work in Gorica again and join the field work of the wonderful Association of Gorica Lovers. A large team and good will removed as many as three dried pine trees and cleared the pedestrian path in Zone C. New volunteers of the NGO Our action who joined came to try out for the first time in the field. After the action, young volunteers went to donate books to the small library in the Bocara Club, and there were also donations of seedlings so that this wonderful location would be improved.