The traditional Christmas workshop for children that is organized by Apol-

lonia foundation this year became a charity event that brought together the whole

community with the purpose to help socially poor families from Gevgelija and the

local villages, and bring some holiday joy in their houses. In cooperation with the

social services from Gevgelija were chose 10 families and the total number of chil-

dren was thirty. The companies:Apollonia Hotel, Kia Market, Vidz Dooel, Vori, Es-

prit trade and Mag market, donated items like food, housekeeping materials,

clothes, blankets as New Year’s present for these families. The school unions in the

primary schools in Gevgelija, initiated by Apollonia foundation, organized collect-

ing activity of old clothes and toys for the children of these families. The whole

event was promoted to the town with beneficent children's workshop held on 3rd

and 4th January at Motel Vardar, where kids from Gevgelija had the opportunity to

take part in the charity event by making arts and handmade toys for other kids,

and by donating toys, clothes and food for the social families. More info for the

children’s workshop you’ll receive in the next newsletter, and meanwhile you can

take a look at the picture from the whole event on the following web site: http://

www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=280926&id=40840593287. This is a project

that becomes a tradition, and will happen more often because there are people in

our community that need the help, and Gevgelija is be a very generous city. FRIENDS:

Apollonia Foundation

14.01.2011 No. 32

SEA - strategic assess-

ment of environmental

2

Concert - class of Vesna

Ginovska Ilkova

2

Green agenda 2

Nature Day 3

Tournament in football

“Espero 63”

3

Volunteer work in

Apollonia foundation

3

About us 4

ECO CALENDAR 4

In this issue:

www.gevgelija.gov.mk

www.gvg.com.mk

www.gevgelijanet.com

Holiday charity events

On 5th December in Skopje was

organized second beneficent chocolate

auction. Apollonia group same as last

year participated in this charity event

with donation of chocolate exponent

that was sold in the auction. “This

year’s gathered assets from the sold

items will be donated to the Institute

for physical medicine and rehabilita-

tion in Skopje. This hospital is continu-

ously working with children who have

development problems and difficulties,

like cerebral paralysis, scoliosis, post-

operative treatments etc. Built in the

50s of the last century and renovated after the earthquake in 1963, the Institute

and its staff are working even in two shifts in order to provide the necessary help

for their patients. Our only goal and mission, depending of the gathered assets, is

to fully renovate and equip two rooms that are used for rehabilitation of babies at

age of 24months and above”, says Katerina Zlatanovska Popov from the organizing

association Positivo. Read more at: http://slatkaaukcija.w.mk/en_index.php

2nd Chocolate auction in Skopje

“Chocolate fantasy” - Apollonia donated

item and the lucky small buyer

Page 2 Apollonia Foundation INFO

On 28th December in Gevgelija was presented the draft version of the Green

agenda - environmental document that was created by Gevgelija citizens in

public meetings and 4 action groups during the past 4 months.

The Green Agenda is a participatory method for developing and implementing

local sustainable development strategies and plans with active involvement of

different sectors in the local community where the process is conducted. The

method is special, compared to other processes with similar aims, in at least 3

main aspects: the process starts out by identifying local values rather than

problems; participation in the process is not limited to experts or certain stake-

holder groups but is wide and open to all; and as a result the process and its

results are genuinely owned by the local people. The Green agenda document will be given to the council of Gevgelija for ap-

proval as official strategic document for conserving the environment and natural and culture values of Gevgelija municipality

for the time period 2011-2015. Apollonia Foundation took part in the action group Urban planning and waste management.

For more information on this project in Macedonia and other countries visit: http://www.greenagenda.net/macedonia/

Green agenda

SEA - strategic assessment of environmental impact

From 13 to 17 December 2010 within the project “Support for the implemen-

tation of a strategic assessment of environmental impact”, three regional workshops

on “Legal framework in the strategic assessment of environmental impact” were held

in Struga, Strumica and Skopje. The workshop was attended by representatives of mu-

nicipalities working on issues of environmental protection, spatial planning and urban

planning and non-governmental organizations in relevant regions. The main objective

of the workshops was to present the legal framework for implementing the strategic

assessment in Republic of Macedonia, the rights and obligations of the central govern-

ment and local governments in implementing this procedure, especially in the process

of spatial and urban plans development. At the workshops, the relevant knowledge was presented by the representatives of

the Ministry of Environment and Physical Planning, and SEA Experts from the list of experts in SEA Macedonia which have

shared their personal experience concerning the process of preparing the SEA report to representatives of the municipalities

and NGOs that work in the environment field. Apollonia Foundation, invited by the Ministry of environment and strategic plan-

ning, took part in the workshop in Strumica. Read more about SEA at the following link: http://www.sea-info.mk/

IndexENG.aspx

Concert - class of Vesna Ginovska Ilkova

The last concert from the classical

music program “Gevgelija musical

moments” was held on 21st De-

cember in the public institution

“Pionerski Dom”. This time on the

program was Opera arias with 10

students from the class of the fa-

mous Macedonian opera singer and

professor Vesna Ginovska - Ilkova.

The first concert presentation of

Ginovska, eminent first soloist in

the Macedonian Opera, soprano,

along with her students in front of Gevgelija audience was selected through a classical repertoire with a performance of works

by Durand, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, Mozart, Puccini, Bizet and Katalani in piano accompaniment of professor Kristina Svetieva.

Gevgelija audience felt more than honored with the presence of such a range of artists. Ginkova for two decades is building a

successful international career of soprano, with performances in world-famous venues such as theater "di Marcello” in Rome

Italy and her prominent supporting roles filled the opera stage through Sofia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Turkey,

Denmark, Italy. The artist promised another concert for the next year in Apollonia Hotel.

Page 3 Apollonia Foundation INFO

The Apollonia Foundation’s Na-

ture Day would like to welcome our

new partners, Club GLOW Gevgelia.

Club GLOW is a group of high

school young women who seek to

show leadership by participating in

activities to support their commu-

nity. GLOW is a worldwide organi-

zation of the Peace Corps to pro-

mote Girls Leadership Over the

World.

This year’s recent Christmas workshop for children was a great success thanks to the participation of these outstanding vol-

unteer workers. Club GLOW members actively helped plan the crafts activities and Christmas talent show. On the days of the

workshop, they organized their craft materials, and taught and supervised children as they made ornaments, decorations,

cards, candy jars, and wrapped boxes to be donated to needy families in the Gevgelija area. In addition to the workshop activi-

ties, GLOW girls added their creativity to planning and performing in a delightful holiday talent show that highlighted the many

talents of the youth of Gevgelija. After the show, the girls organized and helped with donating clothes and toys, gathered by

the community. The Christmas children's workshop was a delightful two day event filled with activities, crafts, games, perform-

ances, and charitable giving made possible by the hours of donated time by Club GLOW.

More photos on www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=o.37503956985

From 12-30.12.2010 in Gevgelija was organized the traditional

football tournament “Espero 63” in witch 28 teams from Gev-

gelija and the surrounding villages, from Skopje, Kumanovo,

Strumica and Valandovo participated. After the eliminations

16 teams in four groups were fighting for the four prices from

5.000 up to 120.000 den. In the semi final “Rina kom - Gev-

gelija” won against ”Caki fast food - Valandovo” (5:4 in penalty

goals) and “Pajdakov and Memvocer - Gevgelija” won against

“MPI Miravci” with 6:0 result. With the result 2:0 “Pajdakov”

team won the match with “Rina kom” and become the cham-

pion in “Espero 63” tournament. Apollonia foundation same

as last year supported with grant this sport event which is ini-

tiated after many years of existing tradition from the munici-

pality and which is organized by the sport association Espero

63. Apollonia group also took part in the tournament with its

own football team from Apollonia staff (Saše Dinev, Mijo Pet-

rov, Slavco Arsov, Toni Mitrov, Dine Stojanov, Dimce Rizov and

Tomce Tašev).

Tournament in football “Espero 63” Nature Day

Children measure the growth of the trees

planted on Bogorodica hill in the Tree day action

The kids made igloo in Negorci and Dinkut, Gevgelija

Volunteer work in Apollonia foundation

Аdress: Gevgeliski Partizanski Odred 1 1480 Gevgelija R. Macedonia

Тelephone: 034/ 213-222 Fax: 034/213-223 E-mail: snezana.dimitrova@apollonia.com.mk fondacija@apollonia.com.mk

Apollonia Foundation

ECO CALENDAR

FUTURE EVENTS:

15 and 16 Јаnuary

Nature Day

Location - Toplik

22 and 23 Јаnuary

Nature Day

Location - Dojran

29 and 30 Јаnuary

Nature Day

Location - Negorci

Cleaning our environment

Musical moments

In the frames of the culture manifestation

Gevgelija musical moments 2010, of Apollonia

foundation in hotel Apollonia were realized 17

concerts, divided in two parts: “Gevgelija spring”

and “Gevgelija musical autumn”. The activities in

the second part were:

• Concert oboe and piano – professor Nadica

Ristik, professor Elena Atanasovska

• Concerts dedicated to the world teachers day

- class of professor Ljubica Ulisheva

• Concert with Dalmatio Gonzales - tenor,

Anna Ferrer - piano Spain (guests from Inter-

fest Bitola)

• Concert dedicated to the 200 years anniver-

sary of the birth of Chopin, with musical art-

ists from Macedonia, moderator - professor

Snezana Anastasova - Cadikovska

• Concert of Ognenka Gerasimovska - piano

• Opera concert - class of professor Slavica

Petrovska Galik, piano professor Jasminka

Cakar

• Night of opera arias - class of professor Vesna

Ginovska - Ilkova, piano professor Kristina

Svetieva

This years program edition was part of the

program of the Ministry of culture for 2010 as

project of public and national interest of Mace-

donia.