CROATIA AND ISRAEL DREAM TOGETHER

The NGO Our Children from Slavonski Brod, due to its activities for children, started the international project with children who attend the English course and the Elementary School Ein Ganim from the Israeli city of Petach Tikva.

You can see the work the children from Israel and Croatia have already done  at:
www.globaldreamers.org/hvar/, and the main topics are olives and olive oil in both counties.
During their staying in Stari Grad, besides pro-active parts of the project, children awill learn about aromatic herbs of the island of Hvar (lavander fields), they will visit local olive producers, they will listen and learn about specific way of singing in public and in church, they will learn about the history of the island of Hvar and promote its the tourism.

The program facilitators are Rozalija Baricevic, the English teacher in the NGO Our Children and in the Elementary School «Ivan Goran Kovacic» in Slavonski Brod, and Marsha Goren, the coordinator of the project and the English teacher in the Elementary School Ein Ganim in Petach Tikva. Other experts from abroad are Mrs. Galit Ronen from the Ambassy of the State of Israel in the Republic of Austria, Lucyna Dabrowska, the pedagogue in Gimnazjum No.2 from Chorzow in Poland and Janet Barnstable, the communication resource teacher from the USA.

Program will be performed in the partnership with the Tourist Communities of Stari Grad and Slavonski Brod and  Halutza Oil Company from Israela is the sponsor. The children from following schools will participate in the program:
ES «Petra Hektorovica», Stari Grad
ES «Ivan Goran Kovacic, Slavonski Brod
ES «Ivan Mestrovic», Vrpolje
ES «Vladimir Nazor», Slavonski Brod
ES «Josip Kozarac» Slavonski Šamac
ES «Ivan Filipovic», Velika Kopanica
 and 30 children who will come to Stari Grad under the sponsorship of the town of Slavonski Brod.