Humanitarian action with Arcadia Academy

Actions, Activities

Students and teachers of the Arcadia Academy from Kotor collect clothes, hygiene products and food every year as part of the Autumn Festival. One part of these donations this year, the school gives to the NGO Our action to distribute to families in Kotor, and the other part is sent to the north of Montenegro. Our young coordinators for Kotor, Nadja Srdic and Dejana Vujkovic, added donations and today blew up goods in MZ Muo, processing five households with packages of food and hygiene products, as well as some clothes and medicines.

Educational walking tour – Pestingrad and Ivanova korita

Under the expert guidance of the members of the mountaineering club Vjeverica Kotor, the NGO Our action organized an educational walking tour of Pestingrad and Ivanova korita on Sunday, October 18. Twenty young nature lovers headed to this rather difficult and somewhat slippery terrain, and the temperatures on Ivan’s riverbeds were quite low. This time, young people from Kotor and Podgorica took part in the tour, who had the opportunity to learn about this part of our country, about Boka and enjoy a beautiful autumn day. Educational walking tours are conducted as part of the program “Nature for the physical and mental health of young people” implemented by the NGO Our Action and funded through institutional support of the European Endowment for Democracy, and aims to activate as many young people to spend their free time in nature. they not only protect their health but also learn to love and respect their country.

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Educational hiking tour – canyon Moraca

In observance of World mental health day, NGO Our action realized a educational hiking tour through the magnificent canyon of the river Mrtvica on Sunday, October 11th. About thirty young nature lovers, passed the canyon route for the first time under the watchful eye of guides Stefan Jeremić, Luka Vulić, and Dejan Besović. During the trip, with a few breaks, the young people visited the Gate of Wishes, learned that the river springs under the mountain Sinjajevina and flows into Morača, visited the stone bridge that Prince Danilo II built in the 19th century in honor of his mother, visited the springs “Bijeli nerini”. passed through the beams and paused at the beach itself. The whole educational tour was held in a beautiful autumn setting, which was a special attraction for young people from Kotor, Cetinje, Danilovgrad and Podgorica. This event is implemented as part of the program “Nature for Physical and Mental Health of Youth” implemented by NGO Our Action and funded through the institutional support of the European Endowment for Democracy, and aims to activate as many young people to spend their free time in nature not only for their personal overall health but also to learn to love and respect their country.

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WORKSHOP HELD WITHIN THE YOUTH DRIVE PROJECT

As part of the cross-border project “YOUth DRIVE – a program to raise awareness on proper waste management and empowering legislators to act”, funded by the European Union, a workshop “Analysis of the situation and a set of recommendations on waste and pollution in the area of the West Herzegovina County and the Bay of Kotor ”. Patricia Pobrić (NGO Our action from Kotor) and Lucija Kvesić (Association for Development, Environment and Culture EKO ZH from Široki Brijeg) greeted the gathering in front of the project partners, who informed the participants about the results so far. Radoslav Udovicic, an expert in environmental protection, presented the analysis of illegal landfills and waste treatment in three Boka municipalities. Jozo Kolobarić, sociologist and eco activist, spoke about the impact of (un) awareness of citizens on the need for proper waste management with examples of positive practice. In the next two days, similar workshops will be organized in Tivat and Herceg Novi.

Humanitarian at the time of Covid

Actions, Activities

This October, the small fishing village of Muo got a wonderful new – old fisherman. NGO Our action has been organizing humanitarian actions since the day it was founded on the initiative of its young volunteers. This year, due to the pandemic, as well as due to the general financial situation of the population, our activities have largely stopped. Yet we manage to be creative and continue to help individuals. So this fall and winter, until next spring, we will host the fisherman Serdja in our youth home on Muo, who has been financially impacted by the corona virus pandemic. We hope for him to enjoy our humble and warm home and that our wonderful home will give him the necessary zeal to return to his town when spring is over, and that he gets back on his feet.

NGO Our action celebrating World Animal Day 2020

Actions, Activities

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.

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Volunteer support to the Association of Gorica lovers

Actions, Activities

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.”

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Youth work action “Painting and repair of primary school”

Actions, Activities

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.

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NGO Our action in Mreza za mlade CG

As one of the founders, our delegate Dejan Besovic participated in the founding session of the assembly #MrežaZaMladeCG. In addition to participating in the establishment of this new alliance of non-governmental organizations that will deal with the implementation of youth policy in Montenegro, our delegate Dejan Besovic was also named President of the Assembly of the Youth Network of Montenegro.

Black Lake xtreme triathlon

Activities, Camps

For the past four days, a small but strong team of our xtreme volunteers (Dejan Besovic, Filip Drobnjak, Slavo Bozovic, Matija Radojevic and Krsto Lalic) has supported the Blacklake xtreme triathlon Montenegro 2020 in Zabljak. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, there are far fewer competitors and even less need for more volunteers, but we hope that next year everything will be in full capacity again. Thank you to the team for their dedication and work. This is always a demanding event but also an amazing experience.

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