On Facebook, a group of Serbian citizens expressed solidarity with the Japanese by forming the Japanese flag with their bodies.
From: www.globalvoicesonline.org
There's an old Serbian saying that goes like this: “Make good things and hope for the good things.” These days, this traditional folk wisdom is being confirmed in practice.
At the moment when Japan faces an unprecedented tragedy, Serbian people express their solidarity in many ways, returning their gratitude for the donations that the Japanese government has been providing to Serbia since 1999. They have not forgotten the Japanese POPOS grants, which covered the basic and urgent needs of the Serbian population: health care, primary education, poverty reduction, social and environmental protection, and general well-being. The latest Japanese donations were given in March 2011. Despite its own horrible situation, the government of Japan donated $125,000 to the Serbian towns of Vlasotince and Sokobanja, to support the improvement of environmental services in Serbia. This month, the Japanese government also donated 77,943 euro to Paraplegic Association of Banat, Srem and the Center of Social Work in Paracin.
Respecting the fact that all of these funds (more than 200 million euro in total) were raised from taxpayers of Japan, Serbian citizens feel the need to return the gratitude to the friendly people of the Far East.
The city of Belgrade has donated 25 million dinars (2.5 million euro) to help Japan, while three Serbian mobile operators (VIP, MTS and Telenor) have launched a text messaging option through which Serbian citizens can send messages of support to Japan that cost 50 dinar (0.5 euro).
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