Caritas of Belgrade Archdiocese and Caritas Slovenia started the implementation of the project „Developing ecological and civil awareness of the youth in Serbia“, with the help of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia.

The project has been planned in two parts. The first is directed to the problem of the pollution of surface waters, which is related to the low level of the ecological conscious of the citizens. The slogan of this part of the project is: Drop by drop – let’s preserve the waters of Serbia.

Although a land rich with waters, Serbia is facing the problem of water supply and in drastic examples the whole cities must the switched of the water system because of the pollution of the sources. The examples of the bad resource management of the drinkable water and the low conscious of the population about the need to preserve it are numerous. In order to improve the system of the water management it’s necessary to increase the ecological conscious of the population.

The idea of the project comes from the fact that it’s best to start raising awareness from the youngest generations and dedicate during schooling more attention to this topic. In accordance to that in the first part of the project it is foreseen a collaboration with elementary schools through organizing trainings for teachers, who would receive educational and promotional materials and put more attention in their classes to the topic of saving the environment and preserve the waters, which would be done as a part of the existing curricula.

Another part of the project is linked to the ecology, but is directed to strengthening civil activism and volunteerism among young people, all with the goal of increasing ecological conscious and creating the basis for the local initiatives on this field.

Within the project it is foreseen a contest for schools with the subject of preserving waters in Serbia.