Monthly report of actions MARCH 2012
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MONTHLY REPORT OF ACTION MARCH Dear Rotaractors, Early spring awakening
Content RAC Subotica RAC Novi Sad RAC Beograd-Dedinje RAC Beograd—Sava RAC Pancevo
March is the herald of spring. Everywhere in the air begins to feel the breath of freshness mixed with the scent of the first petals. ... For the umpteenth time we wonder whether spring reminds us that we should show honor to somebody? As a noun, “honor” in the Bible means esteem, value, or great respect. It exhorts us to express respect and esteem toward people- our parents, our friends, the aged, the children, to love the brotherhood, fear God, to respect all other religions and hystorical memories. That is why our actions were colored with a honor toward women on the day of March 8th, with a color of friendship and fun, through joint outings and recreations. As in spring the snow melts even in the mountains, we expect that the spring will generate new ideas as the first buds and flowers. Yours in Rotaract
RAC Nis– Naissus RAC Nis– Constantine the Great RAC Prokuplje
Special points of interest ∗ Editors l view ∗ Members report ∗ Clubs actions
Milos Milojevic DRR RID 2483 2011/12 RAC Nis-Constantine the Great
Hristina Kocic District Secretary RID 2483 2011/12 RAC Nis
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From the Editors Each time brings new expectation, every friendship is a living episode, that expands the boundaries and horizons. I enrolled the PhD Biomedical Technology Studies in September, after receiving a scholarship from the Slovenian government, as a top-30 doctoral students in the country. My life came to the border between north and south. Great welcome honor I debit by the President of the RAC Maribor Matej Krampac and the other rotaractors brothers! RAC Maribor is in the district 1920. It has been chartered in 2000. Club members are recognizable leaders in their fields from the social, humanitary and natural sciences, sport, but above all good friends! It was my great honor to attend the debate under the title "Networking" (Umrezivanje), where the District Governor of Slovenia was also attended and explained the moral principles of Rotary , contained in the Four-way test as well as the global objective of Rotary Foundation, the morals and ethics of friendship. In this year Maribor has been nominated as the European Cultural Capital, and next year it will be the European capital of youths.
I hope that young people will bring GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS leading also to the good cooperation between our districts. Hristina Kocic
River Drava
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Univerzity of Maribor “tha wall of wishes� (to pass the exeams :) 2
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Jovana Perovic visited Hague
In the land of tulips and windmills When you think about the Netherlands, the first things on your mind are probably tulips, windmills, clogs, Rembrandt, Vincent van Gogh, “The Diary of Anne Frank" and other well-known sights of this country. In the modern history, at the end of 20th century, this WesternEuropean country became a home of many international judicial institutions, judges, experts and lawyers, specialized in the area of International Criminal Law and International Humanitarian Law. Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Mission to Serbia, supported by the Embassy of Netherlands organized visit of students from Serbia to this international institutions in the Hague. The goal of this visit was to help young people interested in International Criminal Law to learn something more and to get more experience. One of them was our friend Jovana Perović, Secretary of the Rotaract Club “Niš-Constantine the Great”, law student who won the third place on Tenth Serbian Moot Court Competition in International Humanitarian Law.
It is organized every year by the National Society of the Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross and got the chance to participate in Jean Pictet Competition. During her visit, Jovana had an opportunity to learn something more about International Criminal Court (ICC), established by an international treaty (the Rome Statute) which has now 120 countries as parties and Serbia is one of them. The Court organized the presentation on the ICC by a representative of the Presidency, Chambers of Registry and representative of the Office of the Prosecutor. Students also visited the Courtrooms and got more explanations.
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At the end of the first day of visiting the Hague, Jovana and rest of the Serbian delegation had a reception at the Serbian Embassy. The Ambassador and the First Secretary of the Embassy, Saša Obradović, also known as the Agent of Serbia before the ICJ (International Court of Justice) received them and explained the cases of Serbia before the ICJ. International Court of Justice is one of the organs of UN which is situated also in the Hague in the “Peace Palace”, palace where League of Nations was established .
She could improve her knowledge and professional ethic by conversation and lectures of Trial Attorneys, Defence Counsel, Legal Officers and Judges. The great honor for visitors was the reception of Mr. Serge Brammertz , the Prosecutor of ICTY who wanted to know more about them, their plans for future and their opinion about the Tribunal. The unforgettable thing for our young rotaractor is certainly the trials (case “Karadžić” and closing arguments in the case “Šešelj”). http://www.icty.org/sid/10938
During one week visit students also visited International Court of Justice and Special Tribunal for Lebanon (the first international court with jurisdiction over the crime of terrorism in times of peace). The most exciting visit for Jovana was the visit of International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), established on 25th May 1993, by resolution of the UN Security Council. 4
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During her visit to The Hague, Jovana also managed to take some time to visit Rotary Club “Hague Metropolitan� the first international Rotary Club in the Netherlands. They have 35 members, from 20 nations; including a number of Ambassadors, International Court Judges, and representatives of International Organisations/Corporations. Jovana was their guest during the dinner and she presented her Club and her Country, exchanged the banners with their president, made valuable contacts and discussed possible future cooperation between two Clubs. Rotarians were glad because they had guest from one Rotaract club. They are planing to organise first International Rotaract club and it wice be a pleasure for them to have friends in some other RI district.
This was unforgettable experience for Jovana as a future young lawyer, she could do improve her knowledge but also promote her Rotaract club and Rotary community .
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Subotica 8. March with the School for deaf Children
08.03.2012.
Place: School for deaf Children, Subotica Goal: The goal of this action was to spend time with children and help them make unique gifts for their mothers. This year, in collaboration with the School for deaf Children Rotaract Club organized action in which children decorated jars for their mothers.
http://www.subotica.info/eventview.php?event_id=40554
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Subotica RI President Kalyan Banerjee visiting Szeged - Hungary
27.03.2012.
Place: Szeged- Hungary Rotaract club Subotica, with Rotary clubs Subotica and Palić went to Szeged to meet president Rotary International Kalyan Banerjee, and to listen his lecture about Rotary, and how our family needs to support us on our Rotarian way. On the reception Serbia was represented by Vesna Baltezarević District Governor of Dictrict 2483 .
http://www.subotica.info/eventview.php?event_id=40787&subsite=zajednica
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CLUB ROTARACT CLUB Novi Sad Basket of solidarity
03.03.2012.
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Place: Univerexport Alba Goal: Collecting food for single mothers in need Our goal was to gather as much food as possible through donations from generous people that did their groceries and other basic supplies shopping in this shop. We managed to collect around 40 plastic bags full of groceries, cleaning supplies, even some sweets that were later distributed to 4 single mothers in Novi Sad. We are really happy with the outcome of this action, and we plan on doing it again really soon.
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CLUB Prokuplje ROTARACT CLUB Novi Sad Rotaract for NatašaŠakić
09.03.2012.
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Place: Museum of Vojvodina. Goal: Fundraising for operation of NatašaŠakić. Charity auction of paintings and art works held on Friday evening at the Museum of Vojvodina in order to raise money necessary for the operation in Russia for NatašaŠakićfrom Novi Sad. Central Art School from Novi Sad donated paintings so as various artists from Serbia.The organizer of this event was the Rotaract Club Novi Sad in cooperation with Environment Engineering Group. All the money we raised is now on Nataša’s account and she can cover a part of expenses with it. It was a very successful and rewarding action in which we all were human and had a pleasant time. We wish all the best to Nataša and speedy recovery.
http://blog.b92.net/text/19843/Hajde-da-pomognemo---akcije/ http://issuu.com/dnvdvp/docs/dnevnik110312 (strana 23) http://www.naslovi.net/2012-03-10/dnevnik/u-muzeju-vojvodine-humanost-salje-natasu-sakic-na-operaciju/3259886
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CLUB Prokuplje ROTARACT CLUB Novi Sad “ 8th of March
09.03.2012.
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Center Novi Sad. Goal: Bring joy and happiness to our senior female citizens for International Women’s Day. Early in the morning of March 8th our Club members visited the Gerontology Center Novi Sad to give our female elders greeting cards for International Women’s Day that are contained in greeting cards and candy. None of them expected that we will remember them and they were at least enthusiastic. We elicited a lot of smiles that morning and some tears of joy. All of us, who participated in this action, came up with a broad smile on our face and with the idea that we will soon again visit and delight them in some other way.
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CLUB Prokuplje ROTARACT CLUB Novi Sad Children’s smile
13. 3. 2012. – 19. 3. 2012
Place: Clinic for dentistry in Novi Sad Goal: Dental treatment for children .On March the 13th in 2012. members of our club made a team which is made by students on third year of dentistry studies and had gone to Bečej in elementary school Bratsvo, there the team had examened pupils from fifth to eight grade and choose from them ones that needed dental treatment. Team acuared a room for children dentistry on Clinic for dentistry in Novi Sad, beside that and the suppervision of professors and asistents for March the 19th 2012. from 12:30 pm till 05:30 pm. Four children came to clinic that day acopanied by their parents, the team menaged to do eighteen procedures on them. Rotary Club Novi Sad donated money for the materials which were used during the procedures as wel as bus tickets from bus station to clinic and back. Beside that, Rotary Club Bečej donated bus tickets from Bečej to Novi Sad and back. Children are now happier and so are we.
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CLUB Prokuplje ROTARACT CLUB Novi Sad Our care for your beautiful smile
29.03.2012.
Kindergarten “Veseli patuljci” Goal: Education of parents and their children about dental hygiene On March 29th in 2012. members of our club made a team which is made by students on third year of dentistry studies and had gone to Rumenka in kindergarten “Veseli Patuljci” there the team presented the importance of children dental hygiene to parents of children between one to seven years old. The action was successful, parents were educated about dental hygiene in that age. Memebers of our club will continue with this kind of education and we are hoping that actions like this will be as successful as this one.
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Beograd—Dedinje Exhibition of persons with mental disabilities-Awakening
12.03.2012
Place:The House of King Petar, Belgrade, str. Vase Pelagića 40 Goal: Support people with disabilities On Monday (3/12/2012) we attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition of humanitarian work of people with mental disabilities ‘’ Awakening’’ in the House of King Peter. The exhibition consisted of individual pieces of glass, natural and recycled materials in whose production people with disabilities involved and thus they presented their opportunities for independent living and work. All proceeds raised at exhibition will be used for the development of inclusive labor center. A lot of media and other organizations participated in this activity such as Blis.rs, Kombeg.rs etc.. We collected funds within the rotaract club and then use the funds to buy magazines and articles made by persons with mental disabilities. The major activity coordinator was club member Sanja Abu Omar .
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Beograd—Dedinje Defeat diabetes - support for Ninoslav Raskovic
19.03.2012.
Place: Belgrade Goal: Support athletes with diabetes Ninoslav Raskovic was born in 1975 in Knin below the mountain Dinara. Diabetes Type I was discovered him in December 1998, and he actively start running in 2007. So far, he participated in one ultramarathon, in 12 marathons (Amsterdam, Geneva, Stockholm, Belgrade, etc..), in 7 half marathon (Novi Sad, Skopje, etc..) and in several mountain races. RAC Dedinje donated Ninoslav sporty wear,running shoes with hope to have successful results in marathons that that are coming. Activity plan was as follow: - Get in touch with Ninoslav and see what sport equipment he needed most the for this year's races - Purchase the necessary equipment (running shoes etc..) and give it to Ninoslav - Become familiar with all the problems that athletes with diabetes have - Continious cooperation with Plavi Krug organisation whose member is Ninoslav Raskovic. Major activity coordinator was Goran Basta from RAC Dedinje.
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Beograd—Dedinje Theatre night: Drama ''Hasan Aga's Wife''
29.03.2012
Place: The National Theatre Belgrade, '' Raša Plaović’’ Stage Goal: Socializing and cultural rising Instead of regular meeting, members of Rotaract club Beograd Dedinje went to watch drama ''Hasan Aga's Wife'' at National Theatre Belgrade, '' Raša Plaović’’ Stage . This theatre play is a famous national balad written in XVII century. It tells a story about sad life of woman in that period of Serbia. This was also a great opportunity for all club members to refresh their memory and knowledge about this well-known drama, as well as to gather once more. Activity plan was as follows: -To get gather club members in front of '' Raša Plaović’’ Stage -Enjoy in the theatre play -Enjoy in friendly talk afterwords Major activity coordinator was Nikola Stojadinović from RAC Dedinje
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Beograd—Dedinje Sweats for kids
31.03.2012
Place: Zvecanska Children Centre, Zvečanska 7, Belgrade Goal: Making children happy Our members of Rotaract club Beograd Dedinje descided to bring some smile to childrens face by donating a small portion of always welcome sweets to kids in need. We belive that this is a small step in making their lives better and will continue to work with the Zvecanska Children Centre in organising more charity work for future projects of our RTC. This was the first of many good deeds that we plan to realise with the Centre, because as the Serbian old saying says ,, The future of the world is for the children“. Activity plan was as follow: - Colect donations from the club and our members and friends -Organise a shoping list of sweets and go to shops and buy them. -Donate sweets to the Centre Major activity coordinator was Ljubisa Stamatovic from RAC Dedinje
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Beograd—Sava Give in Spring
24.03.2012.
Place: Caffe Bar Izlog Goal: Raising funds for Daily Centre for the children from the street Once again, Rotaract Club Beograd Sava successfully celebrated the awakening of Spring, as well as our second birthday at Caffe Bar "Izlog" in Belgrade. A traditional charity party "Give in Spring" was organized to raise funds for clothes and school supplies for Daily centre for children from the street. Thanks to our friends, including other rotaractors who bought spring glow bracelets, symbolic priced 200 RSD, we managed to collect on our rough estimate 30000 RSD. Our biggest reward is a smile on those kids who come to the centre to warm them self up, get some clean clothes, have shower or just to get warm words.
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ROTARACT CLUB Pancevo NEW YEAR’S BAZAAR
27– 31.12.2011
NEW YEAR’S BAZAAR
Pančevo city park
From December 27th to 31th a New Year’s Bazaar was held in the city park of Pančevo, and Rotaract Club Pančevo was among the exibitors. The idea was to use the opportunity for our club members to spend the holidays witn our neighbours. We mostly spent time with our youngest neighbours, giving them candy as well as giving our PR materials on our activities and selling New Year's cards. Also, this was yet another chance to present Rotaract to the general public and spread the goals and the ideas of Rotaract to the Bazaar visitors.
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Rotaract club Pancevo MARCH 8 – 201 ROSES
08.03.2012.
PLACE :Home for elderly people, Pančevo GOAL : Rotaract caravan has visited “Home for the elderly” in Pancevo. Rotaract caravan has visited “Home for the elderly” in Pancevo. Women’s Day was the reason for the members of Rotaract Club Pancevo to visit this institution for the fourth time. This was a nice surprise for both the residents and the stuff. The elderly ladies were given small presents by people from the head office whereas the members of Rotaract club made each of the charming elderly ladies happy by giving them a rose. The atmosphere was very relaxed, everyone was very emotional, and there were tears as well. Rotaract Club Pancevo would like to thank to “Home for elderly people” for the confidence they expressed and warm hospitality. Thanks to the residents for their positive attitudes and good humor they were in. We had a great time as well. We are looking forward to seeing you again and we will finish this writing with the verse of a wonderful song we were saluted at the entrance:
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Rotaract club Pancevo FOOD FOR THE SHELTER
18.03.2012.
PlACE : Animal shelter “Ljubimci”, Pančevo GOAL: The members of Rotaract Club Pancevo have once again decided to help the shelter for abandoned animals in Pancevo After the party was finished on March 17 at the restaurant “Little Paradise” where Rotary Club Pancevo had celebrated its anniversary, the members of Rotaract Club Pancevo gave the leftovers to the shelter. We carried it away on March 18. The excitement was rather boisterous than visible! Besides the dogs which were happily waving their tails, the people who work in the shelter were quite satisfied. We talked to them about their job, the problems they are facing to and potential actions in the future. To sum up, we spent a very pleasant Sunday morning there.
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Rotaract club Pancevo
THE SECOND ROTARACT BOWLING TOURNAMENT
31.03.2012.
PlACE : Kuglana & caffe, PanÄ?evo The Second Rotaract Bowling Tournament was held on March 31, in Pancevo, organized by the Rotaract Club Pancevo. The whole thing was highly organized, with numerous visitors, so both the visitors and hosts were satisfied. The tournament visited guests from the following Rotaract clubs: Rotaract Club Belgrade, Rotaract Club Belgrade Center, Rotaract Club Belgrade Metropolitan, Rotaract Club Belgrade Sava, Rotaract Club Belgrade Dedinje, Rotaract Club Belgrade Cukarica and Interact Club Belgrade Center.As one could notice, many teams took part in bowling tournament. It was an intense competition, which made this event even greater and more significant. This time, two brilliant guys from Rotaract Club Belgrade Center won the cup. The second prize went to Rotaract Club Belgrade Metropolitan and the third to Rotaract Club Pancevo.After the tournament, which was perfect, the competitors carried on the companionship in one of the local cafĂŠs, where the party began so that everybody could relax after the hard competition.
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Nis—Naissus
01.03.2012 Clothes for those in need Place: Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina Goal: Clothes donation Rotaract club Niš - Naissus has responded to the invitation of Rotaract club Sarajevo to help them collect clothes for many homeless and poor people that found themselves in a very difficult position through this harsh winter. This winter was the coldest one in several past decades, with snow cover rising over the 100 cm in Sarajevo only. So in the good spirit, our members donated some of their clothes, which have been sent to our fellow Rotaractors to contribute to their quantity.
04.03.2011 Snow for everyone Place: Stara planina Goal: Socializing
In order to promote a healthy lifestyle and socialize within our club members, Rotaract Club "Niš - Naissus" organized a day trip to the sky center Stara Planina. Clear blue sky with lots of sunshine made this day perfect for our skiing members, but also for the non-skiers who enjoyed fresh air and warm tea from the nearby resting place.
07.03.2012. Lecture about Gender equality Place: hotel "Panorama Lux", Niš Goal: Education Ivana Pavlović, our member candidate, held a lecture about gender equality, especially focused on position of the women rights through the history. Since the International women’s day is on the 8th of March, it was interesting and educational to remind ourselves about the women struggle and lack of equality and the problems which women still have today in various countries.
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ROTARACT CLUB ROTARACT CLUB Prokuplje Nis-Constantine the Great Semi-annual report and joint meeting with Sponsor Club
23.02.2012
. PLACE: Regent Club GOAL: Semi-annual report and joint meeting with Sponsor Club Rotaract Club “Nis – Constantine the Great” held a joint meeting with its Sponsor Club. The reason for such a gathering was to celebrate the Rotary International Day, formally declare full membership to new members and present them with official Club badges. We hereby congratulate Sasa, Teodora, Aleksandra, Tihomir, Aleksandar and Aleksa. This way, we wanted to show our appreciation for their efforts during their provisional period and honor them in front of members of our Sponsor Club. We also presented our semi-annual report, as well as future projects to our Sponsor Club. After the formal meeting, we all went to celebrate while enjoying the music and specialties of Regent club.
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ROTARACT CLUB ROTARACT CLUB Prokuplje Nis-Constantine the Great Professional development and Teambuilding
04.03.2012
PLACE: Marko Stanojevic’s weekend cottage GOAL: Professional development and Team-building We continue with our monthly project – Internal professional development and team-building. Again, the host was Marko Stanojevic, future Club President, at his weekend cottage in Toponica. The lecturer was Club member and Economist Irina Petrovic and the subject was “Business correspondence and business Bon-ton”. After the official part, our company went to “Marjan’s” for lunch, where the team-building part began. Club member Vladimir Milojkovic and his guitar were responsible for the follow-up and great atmosphere, even though some of us tried our best to ruin the whole thing by singing :) LINK: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/? set=a.343544032348392.73152.151810268188437&type=3
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ROTARACT CLUB ROTARACT CLUB Prokuplje Nis-Constantine the Great Rotaract Week
12.03.-16.03.2012.
PLACE: City of Nis GOAL: Honoring Rotaract Week Rotaractors around the globe celebrate March 13th (and the whole week surrounding it) as the Rotaract day, in honor to the founding of the first Rotaract Club in 1968. Regarding Rotaract Week, our Club “Nis – Constantine the Great” decided to dedicate each day of the week to a specific Avenue of Service that we honor on every Club meeting. Starting this year, we will organize an action dedicated to each Avenue on each day of the week. Monday, Club Service – Club Parliament and elections Tuesday, New Generations – Joint meeting and socializing with Interact Club Wednesday, International Community Service – Supporting Rotaract Club Sofia-Vitosha, D2482 Bulgaria, in their international project Thursday, Local Community Service – Donation to “Safe home for children from the street” and socializing with the children Friday, Vocational Service – Study exchange excursion to the International Tribune for War Crimes in The Hague, the Netherlands for Jovana Perovic and her visit to local Rotary Club We also visited 2 local TV stations where we discussed about Rotaract, what it is and which values it represents, as well as our past and future projects. 25
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ROTARACT CLUB ROTARACT CLUB Prokuplje Nis-Constantine the Great Rotaract Week, Part 1, Monday, Club Service - Club Parliament and Elections
12.03.2012
PLACE: Regional Center for Education GOAL: Honoring Rotaract Week As traditional, Rotaract Club “Nis – Constantine the Great” organizes its annual Club Parliament in March. The subject of the matter is to have the incoming Club President, in our case current Club Vice President, present his long term plan for Club development, Club mission and vision for the following Rotarian year. After the presentation, the whole Club Parliament votes whether it approves of the incoming President and his Club development and leadership strategy. The honor to lead our Club in the following 2012/13 Rotarian year was unanimously given to Marko Stanojevic.
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ROTARACT CLUB ROTARACT CLUB Prokuplje Nis-Constantine the Great Rotaract Week, Part 2, Tuesday, New Generations – Joint meeting and socializing with Interact Club
13.03.2012.
PLACE: Kupina Cinema GOAL: Honoring Rotaract Week Second day of Rotaract Week was dedicated to our youngest – members of Interact Club. It was a great opportunity to organize a joint meeting and socialize with future members of our Club. City of Nis just got a new cinema and what better way to declare the cinema season open than to go together with our youngest friends and watch “Professor Vujic’s hat”.
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ROTARACT CLUB ROTARACT CLUB Prokuplje Nis-Constantine the Great Rotaract Week, Part 3, Wednesday, International Community Service – Supporting Rotaract Club Sofia-Vitosha, D2482 Bulgaria, in their international project
14.03.2012.
PLACE: Regional Center for Education GOAL: Honoring Rotaract Week Rotaract Club “Nis – Constantine the Great” has always been opened for cooperation. Honoring the Rotaract Week, we answered the call of our friendly Rotaract Club Sofia-Vitosha, D2482 Bulgaria and their President Ms. Vasilena Dranchovska to participate in their international project “Martenitza”. Each March they organize a workshop where they get together and make specific chaplets they call “Martenitza”. Martenitzas are in Rotaract colors and are given to children or sold for fundraising. RTC Sofia-Vitosha sends requests and instructions to other Clubs in the region to participate in their project. Each Club that agrees to participate needs to take photos of its members making Martenitzas. Naturally, we agreed to participate and invited our Interact Club to help us in making the chaplets. Needless to say, we all had a lot of fun. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.343487039020758.73140.151810268188437&type=3
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ROTARACT CLUB ROTARACT CLUB Prokuplje Nis-Constantine the Great Rotaract Week, Part 4, Thursday, Local Community Service – Donation to “Safe home for children from the street” and socializing with the children
15.03.2012.
PLACE: Safe home for children from the street GOAL: Honoring Rotaract Week Lucky are those who have enough to spare and share with those less fortunate. Noble are those that do. We at Rotaract Club “Nis – Constantine the Great” are grateful to have had such an opportunity to help someone. And who is in more dire need than the children who have to spend their on the street. Mr. Bosko Aleksic recognized the necessity to find a place for those children to come to, shelter and spend some quality time. However, they are in constant need for attention. And this was our guide for Local Community Service Avenue. We bought them a certain amount of computer exuipment, donated clothes and food. Children from the Home and our Club members enjoyed each other’s company, painting and playing together, with refreshments and snacks, which contributed to a great atmosphere and a probable future cooperation.
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ROTARACT CLUB ROTARACT CLUB Prokuplje Nis-Constantine the Great Rotaract Week, Part 5, Friday, Vocational Service – Study exchange excursion to the International Tribune for War Crimes in The Hague, the Netherlands for Jovana Perovic and her visit to local Rotary Club
16.03.2012.
GOAL: Honoring Rotaract Week International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, The Hague, the Netherlands We at Rotaract Club “Nis – Constantine the Great” take Vocational Service very seriously and do our best to be professional on our everyday workplaces and represent our Club worthily. We think that the best way to promote your Club in your local community is to do your best to be the best at your job. This is why we are proud to share with our national Rotaract community that our Club Secretary Jovana Perovic visited the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), International Court for Justice (ICJ) and Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague, Netherlands as the Best Student of Faculty of Law in Nis, and winner of national competition in Criminal law. That way, Jovana showed exceptional professional ethics and standards, which we think promote in best possible way the idea of Rotary and our Club as well. The whole event was organized by Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). Jovana, along with the rest of the Serbian delegation had a reception at the Serbian Embassy. During her visit to The Hague, Jovana also managed to take some time to visit Rotary Club Hague where she presented our Club and our Country, made valuable contacts and discussed possible future cooperation between our two Clubs. http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3629742628880.171344.1433545912&type=3&__adt=4
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ROTARACT CLUB ROTARACT CLUB Prokuplje Nis-Constantine the Great PETS Seminar
24.03.-25.03.2012
PLACE: Serbia Lux Hotel, Stara Pazova GOAL: Training seminar
PETS Seminar is a training seminar for future Rotary, Rotaract and Interact Club Officers, namely Presidents and Secretaries, organized by incoming District Rotary Board. This year’s PETS was organizes in grandiose Serbia Lux Hotel in Stara Pazova. District Governor Elect Nikola Obradovic presented his plan for the following Rotarian year and his deputies held various lectures on Club functioning. Rotaract Club “Nis – Constantine the Great” also had its representatives at PETS – Marko Stanojevic, President Elect and Marija Perovic, Secretary Elect. They found presentations and lectures very useful and informative. During informal parts of the seminar, they were able to talk to the DG and other Rotaractors about possible future cooperation.
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ROTARACT CLUB PROKUPLJE MOVIE PARTY
9.03.2012
Place: CLUB 40, PROKUPLJE Goal: PROMOTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL „ACTION“; PROMOTION OF ROTARACT; ROTARACT MEMBERS GATHERING On 9th of march Rotaract Club Prokuplje organized a promotional party of the second international short film festival „Action“, witch was held in the city's cult place „Club 40“. The club was complitelly filled with our citizens and rotaractors. By serving popcorn, film music and smiles all around, Rotaract Prokuplje members made pleasant and relaxed atmosphere and perfect introduction and promotion of the festival as well.
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ROTARACT CLUB PROKUPLJE INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL „ACTION“
13.03.2012
Place: NATIONAL MUSEUM TOPLICA PROKUPLJE Goal: RAISE AWARENESS OF THE CULTURE; PROMOTION OF ROTARACT; PROMOTION OF PROKUPLJE; ROTARACT MEMBERS GATHERING On march 13th, Rotaract Prokuplje members took part in organization of the second international short film festival „Action“. The festival was divided into tree parts: the first part – local films from Prokuplje, the second one – competitive part with eight movies, while in the third part visitors have seen some of world's best short movies up to 5 minutes. Among films from USA, UK, Poland, Turkey, Spain, Brasil and Serbia, the 1st place went to serbian autor Zoran Cvetkovic with two-minutes film „Au!“. Thanks to the basic approach in terms of marketing, witch included promotional „Movie party', distribution of leaflets and promotion through social and other media, Rotaract Prokuplje members have caused great public attention, so National museum hall was crowded! Some of the event photos:https:// www.facebook.com/media/set/? set=a.392600370767068.113439.1523522 51458549&type=3
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First look at the camels Look again! Amazing, isn’t it?
District RID 2483
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We are expecting that images of the desert are usually full of illusions. Please look at the camels, and then read the message below. This photo was taken directly from the National Geographic. The photo was made above the camels during the sunset. It should be declared as one of the finest images. When you look carefully, you can realize that black camels are not real camels, the camels are the small white lines in the picture! Black camels are their shadows. Look again! Amazing, is not it? I wonder whether it happened in our real life? How do you see somebody when you fall in love? Of course as a big and powerful. Is it always true? Isn’t he /she in your eyes as a black camel (despite of his/her real quality)? Or otherwise, when you hate and disparage somebody, isn’t she/he looks as a white camel (despite of his/her real quality). Sometimes, we make our idols much bigger than they actually are, creating a large shadow over them. However, they are often much smaller than we think. Let's try to be real and to see persons or problems from another-real angle .
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