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1 A WORD FROM THE FOUNDERS 3 2018 IN NUMBERS 4 SUPPORT IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND HUMANITARIAN AID 5 AID THAT CHANGES LIFE 5 ANKA AND DAVID ERNE 7 SUPPORT TO SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES 8 DECENT LIFE FOR ALL 8 SUPPORT TO REFUGEES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES 11 A WORD FROM THE FOUNDERS ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND EMPLOYMENT INCENTIVES 12 When we founded the Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation, we urged to inspire others to look up to us. And we have succeeded in doing so since today, our foundation AGRICULTURE – THE FUTURE LIES IN GOOD IDEAS 12 consists not only of Ana and Vlade Divac, but of every citizen, volunteer, donor, IT BOOTCAMP – NONPROFIT IT SCHOOL foR RETRAINING PEOPLE into IT sectoR 13 team member, everyone who has contributed to the foundation developing on a IMPROVEMENT OF laboR MARKET paRticipation OF SINGLE motheRS 4 daily basis and helping the people who need help the most. We are just the people who initiated the foundation using our name, work, DEVELOPMENT OF DEMOCRACY AND SUPPORT TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES 15 money and integrity, everything else is a result of the work and investment of WE CAN too 15 all the people who share the same idea and values. THE CHANCE LIES IN EDUCATION 17 How would we like to spend our lives? What is it that we can say is really worth DIVac ScholaRships 18 it and what we have lived for? ALL KIDS ARE INCREDIBLE 19 For us, it is the Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation and the Foundation staff. In spite YOUNG PEOPLE CHANGE THE WORLD 20 of all the problems and challenges we face on a daily basis, it is important to turn HELP ON THE ROUTE 21 to positive things and values, and our Foundation’s goal is to promote these very BABIES ARE IN 22 values in the next period as well, by bringing into the light of the public unnoticed people who are not public figures but who are doing good every day. DEVELOPMENT OF PHILANTHROPY 24 We will thereby show that this country consists of soft-hearted people who IMPROVEMENT OF FRAMEWORK FOR GIVING 24 help others which is what brings us together. When we work for a common goal, it does not matter who belongs to which team, who supports whom, which nations and religions we belong to. After 11 years of work, we have FINANCIAL STATEMENT 27 gained a reputation for our professionalism and transparency, which is CONTENTS why donors and citizens trust us. We have collaborated with more than HELP THE MOST VULNERABLE ONES 28 700 companies and hundreds of thousands of individual donors. Since its founding, the Foundation has helped more than 700,000 people with $ 15.7 million through a variety of charitable activities and development projects that we have directed in multiple directions. We strive to be an example to others and to invite as many people as possible to join us in generosity. The global situation may not be up to us, we may not have enough influence to change the whole world, but we can change the micro cosmos around us for the better, we can change Serbia and make it good for all of us and for the generations to come. Yours Ana i Vlade Divac 2 3 Annual Report 2018 SUPPORT IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND 2018 IN NUMBERS HUMANITARIAN AID PEOPLE 50.000 WE HELPED WITH 2.2 MILLION DOLLARS AID THAT CHANGES LIFE During 2018, the Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation Through the humanitarian project You Can Too funds continued to assist refugees and internally displaced were collected for the housing care of refugees and1 persons from the former Yugoslavia as well as socially internally displaced families. As a result of cooperation vulnerable families. The Foundation strive to provide with the Airport “Nikola Tesla”, Belgrade and donations FAMILIES these social groups, which are increasingly exposed to received from a large number of individuals, two refugee RECEIVED NEW HOMES 9 the risk of poverty or below the poverty threshold, with families from Laćarak and Sokobanja got new homes. roofs over their heads, students’ scholarships and other Both families are single-parent families, which makes types of assistance which is not just short-term support, them a particularly vulnerable category frequently but essentially changes the lives of those who need exposed to discrimination, poverty and social exclusion. support the most. This helps these families come out of FAMILIES the vicious circle of poverty, overcome past traumas and 80 RECEIVED SUPPORT FOR THEIR BUSINESS become equal members of society. Achieved results • Houses for two single-parent families purcHased in laćarak and sokobanja FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN 19 PLAYGROUNDS AND SPORTS FIELDS WE RECONSTRUCTED AND EQUIPPED Ten years of field experience and numerous statistical indicators have shown that rural households in Serbia are increasingly exposed to poverty and social exclusion, while some regions remain particularly underdeveloped. One of these municipalities is Kuršumlija. Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation reconstructed a large number of houses in Kuršumlijska Banja for the socially PACKAGES 2.200 OF CLOTHES WE PROVIDED AND FOOD FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES most vulnerable families. As additional help for all people from Kuršumlijska Banja, food packages, children’s New Year’s packages, free of charge internet access and free intercity transport were provided as well. Achieved results: • 6 Houses for tHe socially most vulnerable rural families reconstructed in kuršumlijska banja STUDENTS’ SCHOLARSHIPS • food packages for all tHe residents of kuršumlijska banja provided WE PROVIDED 100 • new year’s packages for cHildren provided • agricultural macHinery for farmers in tHe area provided ORGANISATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS 45 WE SUPPORTED AND THEIR PROJECTS 4 5 Annual Report 2018 The Bakter family in new home The Džolić Family, Kosovo and Metohija The Bakter family of four moved to a new home in Laćarak! The ANKA AND David ERNE foundation, thanks to a longtime donor Anka Erne, bought a home for a Individual donors Anka and David Erne who live in the single mother Ružica and her children. United States are longtime donors to the Ana and Vlade Ružica Bakter is a single mother who has three children - a daughter Divac Foundation. Gordana and sons Damir and Darko. Ružica survived many misfortunes, was the victim of a business scam, and remained struggling with debt, In 2018, among other things, they provided funds for 35 scholarships for while being unable to find a job. children across Serbia, aid for 8 families in Kosovo and Metohija, 2,000 hot meals for the church soup kitchen in Belgrade, 167 packages of food for Considering how enterprising Ružica is and how much she is doing to vulnerable families in Kuršumlijska banja, agricultural machinery, 48 new provide a carefree childhood to her children, who are doing well at year’s packages for their children, renovation of 6 houses for vulnerable school, the Foundation, after searching in collaboration with the family families in the area of Kuršumlija and a home for single mother Ružica with and the Center for Social Work, found and bought a house in Laćarak for three children in Laćarak. The total amount of aid for 2018 provided by the this family in the amount of EUR 10,000. Erne family is more than $ 130,000. “Now I have my own home, my children’s life will be much easier and better” Ružica 6 7 Annual Report 2018 SUPPORT TO SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES Within the provision of one-time humanitarian aid, Ana and Vlade Divac . Foundation did not forget single-parent families recognized as a category increasingly exposed to poverty and social exclusion. several thousand The Foundation, with the selfless help of the fraternity of Visoki Dečani Monastery, single-parent families received food packages within the campaign that continued to care for the poorest families from Kosovo and Metohija. Assistance in the Foundation implemented in cooperation with Public Utility Company food, firewood, household appliances, furniture and other necessities of life was “Infostan”. delivered to eight families from Kosovo and Metohija. Single mom and her Soup kitchen daughters DECENT LIFE FOR ALL Unfortunately, in Serbia, a large number of people live on the verge of poverty, and they cannot afford everyday necessities. Bearing in mind the large number of families living below the poverty threshold, the Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation, in partnership with P&G, provided 1,006 packages of basic foodstuffs sufficient for 15,000 meals in 2018. The packages were distributed to the most vulnerable families using the services of soup kitchens in Belgrade, Niš and Novi Sad 8 9 Annual Report 2018 SUPPORT TO REFUGEES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES In addition to the expansion of accommodation Center in Krnjača, IT, ecological, music, carpentry and capacities and provision of better conditions in reception creative workshops that gave a chance to migrants and asylum centers, Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation, to develop different skills and spend quality time in cooperation with the Swiss Cooperation Office (SDC), were organized within the project Social Cafe. Also, Norwegian Embassy, Group 484 and the International during 2018, classes of English and Serbian language Rescue Committee (IRC) organized numerous activities were organized for all age groups; the beneficiaries in for skills development and occupation activities. cooperation with volunteers also formed a unique band In the Reception center in Obrenovac and the Asylum Social Cafe with members from five continents. www.divac.com/socialcafe Social Café bend in Obrenovac Two best friends, Amira and Arezo, fourteen-year-old girls from Afghanistan have been in Serbia for two years at the Krnjača Asylum Centre. Aleksa with his Christmas gift They regularly enjoyed classes at the “Social Café”.