www.divac.com [email protected] facebook.com/fondacijadivac twitter.com/fondacijadivac instagram.com/fondacijadivac/ ANNUAL REPORT 2017 ANA AND VLADE DIVAC FOUNDATION CONTENT A WORD FROM THE FOUNDERS 03 2017 IN NUMBERS 04 I SUPPORT IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND HUMANITARIAN AID 05 SUPPORT TO REFUGEES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES 05 AID THAT CHANGES LIFE 09 SUPPORT TO SINGLE - PARENT FAMILIES 12 DECENT LIFE FOR ALL 12 II ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT AND EMPLOYMENT 13 AGRICULTURE - A STAKE FOR THE FUTURE 13 THE FUTURE LIES IN GOOD IDEAS 14 III DEMOCRACY AND SUPPORT TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES 15 YOUNG PEOPLE CHANGE THE WORLD 15 THE CHANCE LIES IN EDUCATION 16 BABIES ARE IN 16 HELP ON THE ROUTE 18 IV DEVELOPMENT OF PHILANTHROPY 19 CELEBRATING SOLIDARITY 19 PHILANTROPIC COMMUNITY IN ACTION 20 FINANCIAL REPORT 22 2017 COOPERATION WITH BOOKING AND AMAZON 23 LET US HELP THE MOST VULNERABLE ONES 24 REPORT ANNUAL 01 A WORD FROM THE FOUNDERS Challenges, regardless of whether they are Summing up the ten-year results of our big or small, are an integral part of each work has not only filled our hearts with joy, and every person’s life. Unfortunately, not but also strongly motivated us to continue everyone has the same starting point, same our work and make our society a better place opportunities and chances, or the power to live in. Such results would certainly not to overcome problems. Sometimes it is – have been achieved without the dedicated enough to help people get started and take work and expertise of all the employees of control of their lives. Others need more help, the Foundation, or without our partners and -asssistance and continuous support. donors who have had great confidence in us. For ten years now, the Foundation has been Through our work we have met many the supporting the most vulnerable families honorable people who have through their and individuals - facing existential issues selfless acts transformed the lives of those and civil society organizations. In the past in greatest need. They have taken our ten years we have collected $ 13.5 million breaths away, inspired and motivated us. and helped more than 600,000 people. We For all of us in the Foundation - such people 2017 have taken care of more than 700 families are the true elite of this society and we are and supported 829 small family businesses proud to have them close to us. and agricultural farms. We have renovated As they say, life is all about litte things, but and equipped more than 90 public buildings: major problems as well. The essence is, kindergartens, schools, sports facilities, as our famous Dusko Radovic said:”Our hospitals, reception centers and asylum little means a lot to those who have almost centers and supported 450 youth initiatives nothing”. REPORT in Serbia. We have distributed around 14,000 Thank you all for your support and trust! packages of clothes to children’s homes, schools and shelters across Serbia, and more than 2,000 of the most vulnerable families received - food and basic needs packages. Yours Ana and Vlade Divac ANNUAL 03 IN NUMBERS WE HELPED MORE THAN 44,000 PEOPLE WITH 3.1 MILLION DOLLARS 44.000 DURING 2017 MILLION DOLLARS INVESTED IN DEVELOPMENTAL AND HUMNITARIAN 3,1 PROJECTS 15 FAMILIES RECEIVED NEW HOMES 105 FAMILIES RECEIVED SUPPORT FOR THEIR BUSINESS 17 FACILITIES FOR CHILDREN RECONSTRUCTED AND EQUIPPED 58 YOUTH PROJECTS SUPPORTED 2.645 657 FOOD PACKAGES PROVIDED FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE FAMILIES 7 MUNICIPALITIES AFFECTED BY THE REFUGEE CRISIS SUPPORTED CONDITIONS FOR ACCOMMODATION OF 1,500 MIGRANTS FROM THE MIDDLE 1.500 EAST IMPROVED 10.000 HUMANITARIAN AID FOR 10,000 REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS PROVIDED PACKAGES OF CLOTHES FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION INSTITUTIONS AND HOMES 13.850 FOR CHILDREN PROVIDED SUPPORT IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND HUMANITARIAN AID SUPPORT TO REFUGEES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES 1 Since the very start of the migrant crisis, Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation has been involved in supporting refugees passing through Serbia on the “Balkan Route”. The closing of borders and an increasingly restrictive migrant policy in the surrounding countries have posed new challenges to the local communities on the Serbian part of the route. This was the main reason, in addition to assisting migrants, to continue to support local communities and residents in municipalities most affected by the migrant crisis. Assistance and support activities were implemented in cooperation with the Commissariat for Refugees. Expansion of accommodation capacities for temporary stay and improvement of quality of life in 2017 were the focus of Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation. In addition to the newly built asylum center in Tutin and two prefabricated buildings in Vranje, the reception center in Kikinda was also renovated and the facilities at the Asylum Center in Krnjaca were reconstructed. In this way, we provided more than 1,500 refugees with the roof over their head and dignified living conditions. The projects of extension of temporary stay accommodation facilities were implemented in cooperation with international organizations Catolic Relief Services (CRS) and UNHCR. Achieved results: 2017 - a new asylum center in Tutin built - two prefabricated buildings in Vranje built - five barracks for accommodation of migrants in the Asylum Center in REPORT Krnjaca renovated - reception center in Kikinda renovated ANNUAL 05 Haadla is one of the women who, escaping from poverty and war in Syria, stayed in the Preševo Reception Center. She came to Serbia in 2017 with her husband, believing that it was within reach of their desired destination in Western Europe. Speaking to employees of the Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation, Haadla said she was convinced that Syria would never go back to being what it once used to be, that they wanted to reach Germany and start a new life. Her stay in Serbia lasted for months, and in order to give her family a feeling of home, regardless of the difficult circumstances of life, she grew a small garden near the barracks inside the reception center. For Haadla and more than 4000 migrants, reception centers in Serbia are the only home they have for a long period of time. Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation, with partners and in cooperation with the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration and the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, improved the conditions for accommodation of migrants, and through various forms of humanitarian aid and other services Haadla’s family were provided a dignified stay in Serbia. In addition to the expansion of accommodation capacities and provision of better conditions in reception and asylum centers, Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation, in cooperation with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), organized numerous activities for skills development and occupation activities. In the Reception center in Obrenovac and the Asylum Center in Krnjaca, IT, ecological, music, carpentry and creative workshops that gave a chance to migrants to develop different skills and spend quality time were organized within the project “Social Cafe”. Also, during 2017, classes of English and Serbian language were organized for all age groups. Achieved results: - courses, workshops and various activities organized for 8,000 men, women and children - more than 3,500 volunteer hours spent in the municipalities affected by the migrant crisis Bagher from Afghanistan was staying in the asylum center in Krnjaca during 2017. He learned Serbian, so he shared his life story with the employees of Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation in Serbian. He wanted to stay in Serbia and find a job. He said that he came to Serbia on foot, from Afghanistan through Iran, Turkey and Greece. The wounds on his legs were the testimony of that. He said that Serbia should have been just one more stop on his way to a better life in Western Europe. However, upon arrival, he realized that he wanted to start building that better life in Serbia, because after thousands of kilometers, he encountered human goodness and true solidarity in Serbia. Learning Serbian is just one of Bagher’s ways to show respect for people who reached a helping hand to him in the most difficult situation he had ever experienced. During 2017, Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation carried out various activities in the Centers for asylum in Sjenica and Tutin. In cooperation with the Group 484 and the Royal Norwegian Embassy, a number of workshops for women and girls as well as sports activities and Serbian language classes were organized in Sjenica and Tutin. With the support of UNICEF, Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation organized additional activities in the child friendly space at the Asylum Center in Sjenica. Thanks to this partnership all children in the asylum center had regular recreational and educational activities and help in learning. In addition to sports activities, the children had the opportunity to learn Serbian language, mathematics and geography, but also to express their creativity in art workshops. 2017 Achieved results: - More than 130 children accommodated in the asylum center had access to activities in the child friendly space and received psychosocial support through the activities carried out by the educators. REPORT - 150 creative workshops organized - 100 different sports activities organized - 110 Serbian language classes, 110 math classess and more than 110 geography classes held. ANNUAL 07 Direct humanitarian aid continued in 2017 and assistance was provided in the form of basic need packages, such as food, clothing, footwear and personal hygiene products. From the beginning of the migrant crisis, Ana and Vlade Divac Foundation recognized this type of assistance as one of the most important links in the chain of support, especially during first contact with the most vulnerable groups, so the foundation has been providing this type of assistance for years.