In her speech, Dragana Varaklic, the foundation’s president, appealed to Canadian Serbs and all good people to join the foundation’s action, which continues to collect donations to help vulnerable children in Serbia buy books and school equipment in the fall: “By helping to the people in need, we also help preserve the identity, traditions and origins of ourselves and our children. ” The Celebration of the Canadian-Serbian Humanitarian Foundation Stara Raska St. Simeon Mirotocivi was held on February 26 in the Oplenac building in Mississauga.
The present guests and donors had the opportunity to see the original recordings from the distribution of humanitarian aid to poor children in the churches of southwestern Serbia in the action that this foundation carried out for Orthodox Christmas in 2006. Many were shocked by the footage and the fact that thousands of Serb children live in poverty due to the economic crisis and unemployment.