{"id":177067,"date":"2025-05-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=177067"},"modified":"2025-05-07T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:25:10","slug":"serbs-in-kosovo-are-not-forgotten-after-a-10-day-march-students-from-belgrade-arrived-in-zvecan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/serbs-in-kosovo-are-not-forgotten-after-a-10-day-march-students-from-belgrade-arrived-in-zvecan\/","title":{"rendered":"“SERBS IN KOSOVO ARE NOT FORGOTTEN”: After a 10-day march, students from Belgrade arrived in Zve\u010dan!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our children here in Kosovo, south of the Ibar River, must know that someone is thinking of them and that they are not alone, said the students who marched for 10 days towards Kosovo and Metohija from Belgrade.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The students who set off on a march from Belgrade to Zve\u010dan exactly 10 days ago \u2013 finally reached their destination this afternoon, KoSSev writes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three young students from the Faculty of Political Sciences \u2013 Filip Bogi\u0107evi\u0107 from Vrnja\u010dka Banja, Novak \u0110uri\u0107 from Vranje, and Nikola Jovanovi\u0107 from Bor\u010da \u2013 started their journey to Kosovo from the Rakovica Monastery on April 27th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a humanitarian march, in cooperation with the humanitarian organization “Kosovsko Pomoravlje”, to raise funds for projects that include investments in sports and education for children in Kosovo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along with an appeal to citizens to donate in order to raise funds, the slogan of this endeavor was “Together we are stronger”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today around noon, as planned, on St. George’s Day, May 6th \u2013 they entered Zve\u010dan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The feeling, they say, is fantastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Only now are the emotions and the understanding of what we actually set out to do starting to emerge. Emotions are being channeled, and probably all of this will only come to the surface now. The fact that I cannot describe it in words probably speaks volumes. A rebirth of soul and body,” says Novak \u0110uri\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ten-day journey was difficult and full of challenges, they admit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It was difficult, each of us had internal struggles at certain moments. For some it was the second day, for others the fourth. There were also moments when one of us would say ‘I can’t go on anymore’. But still, every step taken after that challenge, every step was a victory. That’s what brought us to Zve\u010dan.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the center of Zve\u010dan where we met them, the three students headed towards the Zve\u010dan Fortress, which was their plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They climbed the fortress with their colleagues from the University of Pristina, who were waiting for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then they will also visit Kosovska Mitrovica, where they will obtain what they planned, gifts for the children from Kosovsko Pomoravlje. They are also going to the Gra\u010danica Monastery, and then they will go to Gnjilane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We are planning to socialize with the children there, with the children from Parte\u0161. We will be their guests for dinner,” Filip Bogi\u0107evi\u0107 pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What will their support mean to the children south of the Ibar River?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The young men believe that, first and foremost, for the children for whom they traveled hundreds of kilometers, their support will be a sufficient message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“That someone is thinking of them. That they are their own, that they are here. Young people know the hardships they go through. Although we have not felt their hardships, we know. We cannot be blind to it, we cannot turn our heads. We only turned our heads towards them and set off on foot towards them. We can’t wait to see them.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are small now, but over the years they will understand that the basketball game we play with them, the help for them \u2013 is much more than a ball, a game, a gift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guided by this, they admit they would repeat the same endeavor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“On top of all the burden on this journey, we will remember these 10 days for the rest of our lives. I am proud of my colleagues, we were there for each other, knowing what we were going for,” emphasized Nikola Jovanovi\u0107, who is celebrating his 22nd birthday in Kosovo today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, this humanitarian endeavor has changed them. A special impression was made by the people they met along the way, their support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“People offered us help everywhere. They got out of their cars. They took pictures with us, let us into their homes. This will remain forever, and precisely because of them, and our children here, this would be worth repeating, and in greater numbers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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