Support for the Upshift project for the elementary school “Njegos”, Kotor (part 2)

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For the second action in a row volunteers of NGO Our action responded to the call for help to the Upshift project for impovements in elementary school “Njegos” in Skaljari, Kotor. The project is lead by three young ladies Dejana Vukokovic, Nadja Srdic and Ivana Rapovac who together with the school teacher Tanja Lalosevic put together a big works schedule for this day: 1. Painting preparation and the paining of the entire hallway, 2. Paining of the school kitchenet, 3. Paining of remaining doors, 4. Paining of the remaining Gym details, 5. Paining of the base for wall targets, 6. Removing of the adhesive from the previous vitrage, 7. Placement of the new vitrage on the windows. The projects the ladies organized has one more planned activity and that is the delivery of school supplies for the Gym and recreational area for the children and with that the school will not only have gotten a new coat of paint everywhere but also a valuable donation of physical education supplies.

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Clean up and planting of the old mill area, Ribnica

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NGO Our action participated today in the joint action of clean up and organizing the left bank of the Ribnica river, by the old mill. The action was supported by the Greening department of Podgorica, the Waste management company of Podgorica, the Municipality of Podgorica, NGO Green home, Monteneomaks control and logistics company and the firefighters of Podgorica. For NGO Our action this is already the seventh activity this year that we supported with flying colors, happiness and alot of work. The action included three planting, river bank clean up, cutting of additonal greenery, freeing the old mill from shrubbery. Feel free to visit and enjoy this beautiful space in the city.

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Workshop for youth volunteer work at the dog shelter

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On Wednesday, 22th of January in the office of the NGO 35mm NGO Our action organized a workshop for youth who wish to volunteer at the dog shelter. The workshop was held by our friends and partners NGO Spas and NGO Ruka Sapi. With high attendance 19 volunteers crammed in the office to hear about the rules and regulations, volunteer responsibilities, the hours of operation and volunteering, and safety aspects of working in a shelter.

By request of our youth we included this type of volunteering in our yearly activities and programs. We agree that working with animals entices happiness, physical activity, empathy and much more, all elements so highly needed in Montenegro. A viber group for shelter volunteers was crated and will be used for further coordination and communication.

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Studying abroad – winter consultations

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While NGO Our action is waiting for the implementation of the local Kotor youth strategy 2020-2021 we started with the implementation of measure B3 of the action plan for the youth of Kotor.

We started the year with a winter consultation workshop regarding studying abroad that was held by the representative of the Organisation of Montenegrins Studying Abroad, Dimitrije Jovicevic. Dimitrije talked to youth about mobility and studying abroad, available stipends for Montenegro citizens, procedures and deadlines for application, the process of application and much more. There was of course Q&A time for young people to ask about details that interested them regarding studying abroad.

We invite all young people in the Boka bay to follow our facebook page or the page Info centar za mlade Kotor for more educational and other possibilities.

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Spring work in the Mediterranean garden, Gorica

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On the 18th of January, youth volunteers form NGO Our action joined spring garden preparation work in the Mediterranean garden in Podgorica. Our host and partner – Union of Gorica lovers gave direction on removing old and dried plants, preparing the ground for planting and weed removal. We will continue to do work in the gardne twice a month until the summer season break.

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CV and motivation letter writing workshop

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January 16th our first workshop regarding the education on how to write a CV and motivation letter was held in order to prepare young people for project, stipend, university and job application processes. In the Youth center in Podgorica young people from Danilovgrad and Podgorica worked on their documents and had an opportunity to ask question on their further career development. This workshop is a continuance on our years of educating youth outside of the school system for a better and more successful future.

A day collecting acorns

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Second year in a row we join organization KOD in their annual acorn collection day, for the initiative called “100.000 trees”. At the great Kakaricka gora location our now professional youth acorn collectors joined volunteers from all generations to collect as many as possible healthy samples that will be planted. Our youth Brian Martic also had a chance to give an interview on the subject, video soon to be released. Join us in activities such as these all across Montenegro.

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NGO strategic planning and personal goal setting

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On the 10th of January, assisted by an abundance of homemade cakes and pancakes, our traditional January volunteer meeting was held. We firstly focused on the strategic planning for NGO Our actions activities for 2020, ie in which direction do our members want our NGO to go to best serve their needs. The tradition of our organization has always been an open door policy towards its young members and their needs, wishes and challenges as that is why the NGO was founded.

The second part of the meeting, volunteers worked on their own development thru a personal SWAT analisis and then personal goal setting for 2020. Year 2019 has been a year of change for our NGO with the older generations leaving and many new members with us who have not touched any of these subjects in their lives so the subject at hand was new to many. We even touched the subjects of happiness and youth mental health – so rarely talked about in our society. Of more then 100 members of our NGO, one fourth where at this first yearly activity, however we will repeat it soon for volunteers from other cities.

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Educational event ” Youth about youth”, Budva

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On the 26th of December in the fabulously decorated TQ Plaza in Budva the educational event “Youth about youth: What have we done and have we done enough in 2019?”. We joined this event by invitation of the TQ Plaza and Youth club Budva. During the evening everyone enjoyed the sounds of the elementary school choir, various promotions and interaction. Besides the choir Svorcan Matija,a local Budva youth talked about the promotion of recycled aluminium cans and plastic bottle lids, and Lazar Djurovic displayed physics experiments. NGO Our actions at their tables focused on CV writing and career counseling, as well sa promoting youth mobility thru stipends, education, exchange and EVS experiences many of our members have participated in. We also talked about our organizational achievements in 2019. Thanks to the Budva youth club and TQ Plaza for organizing such a wonderful event. #praznicnacarolija #tqplaza #nvonasaakcija #omladinskiklubbudva #kancelarijazamlade #budva #montenegro

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Humanitarian action collection of Christmas gifts for youth with disabilities in Niksic

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On the 26th of december NGO Our action handed finished the humanitarian action of collecting Christmas gift packages for the organization of helping persons with disabilities located in Niksic. 42 gift pakets were collected by volunteers and friends of our NGO. Youth from this organization had a wonderful Christmas party and received their gifts at the party. We thank all the volunteers and donors from the towns of Tivat, Kotor, Herceg Novi and Podgorica for assisting.

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