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Donja Brusovača 8, 47220 Vojnić, Kroatië

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About Projekt Duga

Project Duga translates to Project Rainbow, where the rainbow symbolizes a covenant as seen in Noah's story after the flood. It represents God's covenant with "every living soul" where everyone has an equal opportunity to live through His Life. Our project and its name have absolutely nothing to do with LGTBHKLMOP politics or any other political agenda.

Our project is located in "Kordun" (formerly Krajina), an abandoned region in the inland of Croatia, near the border with Bosnia. The region is characterized by the presence of minorities: returning Serbs, Croatian Muslims, and Croatians who fled from Bosnia after the war. It is a forgotten region, presenting a great challenge to work towards reconciliation and a bond of friendship. The project has been active since May 1999 and focuses on single seniors, children, and youth.

The project has its own campsite accommodating 30 to 50 people. It consists of three camping cabins, each with six beds, a sleeping loft with 16 beds, several caravans, a simple kitchen, and a café in a stable ("Café Bethlehem"). The campsite is maintained by local youth and children from "The Lion Gang" and by visiting groups.

History

Projekt Duga started in 1999 as an initiative of Dutch and Croatian volunteers from different churches. At the moment the project is mainly supported by the Evangelical Congregation Jonah in Ede, but volunteers are participants from different (types of) churches.

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Update July 2016

Written by  Thursday, 21 July 2016 21:03

Start summer program

Just a short news update. We have been in Croatia for a week already. Had the first Lion Gang meeting yesterday and had a nice group of 15 children and young people. That is also the group that goes on summer camp. That camp will start next Saturday. After the summer camp at the sea, we have another week to further set up the location to welcome the group of young people from Ede from the Baptists on Doorway. We notice that it is quite a switch to now have "only" 6 weeks to run the summer program. Every day is a busy day with a lot of work.
I (Meindert) have had a lot of headaches the last 4 days. Another clearly contributing to the tensions is my new appointment as a teacher in the Netherlands at the MBO, which I will start immediately after the summer vacation. This also means that we have to "adjust the sail positions". The bee project, for example, will also have to be put on the back burner.
Furthermore, things are going well here. Karsten Spoelder is having a good time (son of Marja and Paul), there is a lot of visitors from the youngsters, with Kika things are going reasonably well under circumstances and preparations for summer camp are in full swing and the list of participants is almost complete. The theme: the change (continuation of the theme that I have dealt with in Formula 1).
Greetings from all of us,
Meindert

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