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On Saturday 14.12. the first sewing workshop was held with children without parental care, who are in the home in Bela Crkva! The children responded phenomenally to the idea of ​​learning to sew and were very interested! To begin with, we taught them how to thread a needle, how to sew a plait and how to sew a button! Since they found it very interesting and wanted to do more, we decided to show them how to make phone cases! Our dear seamstresses, who held the workshop, cut out old, worn clothes and showed the children how to sew the materials to make purses!😍 The children showed amazing skills, and they mastered the task very easily! Some then wanted to add a strap or make pouches to their purse! A few very talented ones have even made baby socks!🥰 All in all, a great start to the new series of workshops for the little ones at Bela Crkva, and when we see how interested they are in everything we offer them, it’s not hard for us to travel!❤️ Thank you @mona_official_page and @duel._beohemija for your support😊

It was a pleasure to be a guest tonight at the celebration of 30 years of work of the company BEOHEMIJA, and even greater that I had the opportunity to be one of three people who had the opportunity to address numerous dignitaries from the region! It’s not just like that, there was something important to say, hence the credit! From November 2023, the “Center for the Advancement of Society” is, so to speak, the representative of BEOHEMIA for social responsibility! During 2024, thanks to monthly financial support to our Center, we managed to expand our team, change the space, get the opportunity to hire great experts to write big projects for us! And the most important part of our contract is that we distribute aid to single families and all vulnerable groups on behalf of BEOHEMIA! So we can boast that we worked seriously, communicated with over 300 single families and provided support to those who need it the most, namely: 1. We supported 12 families across Serbia by buying stoves, machines, beds, wardrobes, windows and even helped those who are sick through therapy and physical aids! 2. We distributed 2016 packages of chemistry (powder, softeners, products for floors and containers): 2.1 to 9 municipalities to the Red Cross organization 2.2 out of 8 homes for children without parental care 2.3 on 12 associations 2.4 individually for 44 vulnerable families throughout Serbia! Through these two actions, we visited 12 cities in Serbia! Thanks to Beohemij for everything it does through social responsibility, and kudos to us for our responsibility and results!

Another ERASMUS+ program, implemented by the “Center for the Advancement of Society” in cooperation with the ISTANBUL PROVINCIAL DIRECTORATE OF NATIONAL EDUCATION, has been completed. It is informal education of adults! This time, we provided them with education on two topics: 1. Basics of computer skills, lecturer Nenad Kojić 2. New ways of communication at work, lecturer Marko Janković In addition to the education they had every day, we also provided them with a visit to the House of Flowers! We also organized a Welcome Ceremony for them, where our wonderful guests had the opportunity to learn about folklore and our folk songs. Also, wonderful people from the Turkish Embassy addressed our guests at the ceremony!

It was a pleasure today to attend an online supervision meeting with students/volunteers who have been working individually with children without parental care for almost 12 months! Wonderful stories, questions and suggestions galore! Emotions, tears and happiness because we managed to change the children, to empower them, to open them up, to show them how important they are to us, that we are there for them, that the babies we work with enjoy being hugged and fall asleep carefree, that some of the volunteers venture into foster care, which we are especially proud of! We are also proud that high school students from an international school from Belgrade are very successfully volunteering on the project, who additionally organized several campaigns to buy shoes, clothes, sweets for children from the home❤️ We are proud that we almost always produce many results in our work with one procedure!!! Today, 19 volunteers spoke with us about their experiences and dilemmas, and we expect 22 more at the next meeting! Thank you Alem Dedovic for leading the whole group with your heart! Thank you Ljubiša Jovanović for excellent supervision and support of the project! Let’s move on to a new cycle

6 years ago, the “Center for the Advancement of Society” on the “International Day of Persons with Disabilities” presented the first results in cooperation with the municipality of Čukarica as part of the project “A step towards an accessible Belgrade”. The presentation was attended by associations of persons with disabilities from the territory of Čukarica and representatives of the municipality. The program refers to the creation of the first electronic register that analyzes and shows which facilities and to what extent they are accessible to people with disabilities, the elderly or people with current injuries, mothers with babies 🙂 Since the cooperation with the municipality of Čukarica started in the middle of the year, 300 buildings have been listed, and the register records another 700 buildings in the territory of the city of Belgrade, which are divided into 15 categories with 65 subcategories. You can access the registry via: 1. WEB portal https://dostupnibeograd.rs/ 2. Android application for residents and domestic tourists “BGDzaSVE” 3. Android application for tourists from abroad “BGD4ALL”. Today, the “Accessible Belgrade” project is waiting for some further financial resources in order to continue developing.