Last weekend, we organized a Family Day for Yandex employees and their children! More than 150 volunteers collected 50 sacks of waste from the riverbanks and less accessible parts of the Kovilj section of the reserve during the action.
DISCOVER SERBIA BLOG
The Discover Serbia Association, continuing our valuable “Let’s Tidy Up for Children” initiative, has taken another significant step towards creating a more pleasant and healthier environment for our youngest. Dedicated volunteers from BASF Serbia joined preschool children in planting 160 cherry laurel seedlings in the yard of the “Istok” kindergarten in New Belgrade, which is part of the “11 April” Preschool Institution and has more than 350 enrolled children.
On April 3, the Belgrade kindergarten “Sunčica” was the epicenter of ecological changes. More than 120 preschoolers, along with the kind kindergarten staff, joined the Discover Serbia association team in landscaping the kindergarten yard located in an impressive villa near Vuk’s Monument.
Together with the Discover Serbia association, the GoGreen Team carried out an impressive action aimed at preserving nature and improving the environment in Surčin! An incredible 18 volunteers planted as many as 500 trees on a designated plot in Petrovčić.
We are proud that almost every day new companies join our association’s ambitious initiative to afforest an area of 250 hectares between two forests and create new lungs for Belgrade in Petrovčić.
With the first days of spring, we continued our major reforestation initiative. As of yesterday, Belgrade’s lungs have been enriched with (a symbolic number!) 2024 new trees that will serve to improve air quality in the capital for more than 100 years to come.
Kindergarten “Skadarlija”, one of the most significant preschool education institutions in Belgrade, radiates with new splendor at the beginning of this spring! Located in the bustling old city center for 70 years, this kindergarten currently serves more than 600 children and employs 100 people, which is why we are particularly proud to have been given the honor of enhancing this oasis of play and happy childhood.
Discover Serbia and Microsoft jointly carried out an activity to improve the schoolyard of ‘King Petar the First’ Primary School in Belgrade, located at King Petar Street no. 7. This educational institution, designed by architect Jelisaveta Načić, represented a symbol of modernity in primary education, not only in Belgrade but also throughout Serbia during the early 20th century.
15.11.2023. In 2023, on a morning when the rain was incessant, volunteers gathered and set off on their mission, gazing at the clouds. However, upon arriving in Petrovčić in Surčin, nature rewarded them—the sun shone, heralding the success of this ecological endeavor.
The Discover Serbia team, in collaboration with volunteers from Microsoft, successfully carried out an ecological action to clean and arrange Koviljski Rit, one of the precious natural sites in Vojvodina.










