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Truck Run 6th April 2008
This is the fourth year of year of one of Ireland’s premier truck events “The Motorway Convoy” which starts from Granville (Mart) Dungannon on Sunday 6 April 2008.
This event has grown from strength to strength with each year and is, through the kindness and generosity of the truck’n’ fraternity, the largest fund-raising event on the Sporting Hearts calendar.
Hope you all have had a happy christmas and a happy new year.
Sporting Hearts also took the kids on a boat trip down the Danube where they were entertained by tango dancers, musicians and magicians. This is a photo taken by one of the kids with their disposable cameras. Click on the image to view more pictures that the kids took!
During 2007 Sporting Hearts entertained 200 kids by giving them a disposable camera and bringing them to the theatre. Click on the image to view more pictures that the kids took!
During 2007 Sporting Hearts entertained 200 kids by giving them a disposable camera and bringing them to the theatre. Click on the image to view more pictures that the kids took!
Irish charity Sporting Hearts, which specialises in organising weekend breaks and day trips for refugee and disadvantaged children in Serbia, will be in Belgrade for a weekend of events starting Friday 26th October 2007.
Cormac Heron, one of the Sporting Hearts volunteers from Ireland, explains that the main aim of the weekend of events is for the kids to have fun whilst experiencing new and different things. “These kids haven’t got much so it’s good to get them out of their surroundings and give them all a break. Last year we brought them through the streets of Belgrade singing. I strummed the banjo. This year I’d like to do a mini gig in the centre of Belgrade. It’s all about nothing but having fun.”
On Saturday 27th a joint group of over 100 kids from the Busija refugee devlopment and the Roma settlement near Kotez will gather at the Puz children’s theatre for a matinee performance.
Following this the kids will be treated to a happy meal at McDonald’s and, weather permitting, the kids and Cormac will perform an impromptu concert of Irish music and dance in Knez Mihjlova.
Sunday 28th will see another group of 100 kids from Resnik refugee camp and the Roma Children’s Centre board the Sirona cruise ship for an exciting trip along the Sava and Dunav rivers. Whilst onboard the kids will be entertained and mesmerised by the Serbian Magic Club who have very kindly volunteered three of their star magicians for this trip. Onboard musical entertainment will be provided by the Irish trio ‘Half A Good Thing’ who specialise in playing obscure musical instruments and singing out of tune.
Over the past four years ‘Sporting Hearts’ have organised day trips for hundreds of kids in Serbia. On each trip the kids are given a disposable camera to record their own unique photographic diary of the days events. You can see a selection of their photographs on www.sportinghearts.org
Sporting Hearts has an ongoing project at the Resnik refugee camp on the outskirts of Belgrade. For the past two years we have been organising outings for the children who live there.
Our second annual weekend of events was held on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th October 2006 and was hailed a huge success by both children and organisers a like. On Saturday we travelled to the Puž children’s theatre in the centre of Belgrade to see a production of The Four Piglets. This was followed by a very boisterous kids meal in McDonalds.
Following this the children walked to Knez Mihajlova (Main pedestrian area) where they took part in an afternoon of action and awareness highlighting the plight of refugees and IDPs living in Serbia and Montenegro.
This day of awareness was organised by Group 484 who also coordinated and provided volunteers for our events. Sunday saw us journey once again by bus to the centre of Belgrade to visit Belgrade Zoo. Each child was given a disposable camera to record his or her unique photo diary of the day’s events. (Click on gallery to view photos). By popular demand we made a very hungry B-line for McDonalds before journeying back home to the Resnik refugee camp.
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