Opening Volleyball court
Mr. Slobodan Milosevic, Secretary General of the Volleyball Federation of Serbia, greeted the children and the guests from Argentina, Turkey and Cuba, and then the representatives of each participating team attending Pool H of the 2012 FIVB World Grand Prix, i.e. Maja Ognjenović, team captain of Serbia, Yusidey Silie Frometa, team captain of Cuba, Neslihan Darnel, Turkish opposite, and Tatiana Soledad Rizzo, Argentina’s libero, who symbolically finished the painting of the field (see picture).
After that, the children from the foster care played an exhibition match with an international team consisting of several Cuban, Turkish, Argentinean and Serbian players. The ceremony was attended by the complete Serbian and Cuban national teams, along with the representatives of the national teams of Argentina and Turkey. Among special guests, there were Mrs. Branka Letica, Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications in the “Vip mobile” company, FIVB Supervisor Francesco D’Alò from Italy, and Zoran Avramovic, Marketing Director of the Volleyball Federation of Serbia.
“We are all humans, and this is our main feature. As you can see we all gathered here, the representatives from all the continents, the representatives of the national teams of Serbia, Argentina, Cuba and Turkey, people from Europe, Asia, the Americas, and we wanted to show the children that they are not alone. We take care of them, and we will do so in the future” said Mr. Milosevic.
“My personal opinion and the opinion of the FIVB is that this is a very nice initiative of the Volleyball Federation of Serbia, and we are extremely happy to be here and to take part in this. Volleyball is not only the sport which is played inside the sports hall, it is much more, it promotes friendship and it helps people who are in need of support. Thank you for this very nice opportunity, the FIVB and I, acting as the representative of the International Volleyball Federation, are very grateful to be involved in this wonderful project” stated FIVB Supervisor Francesco D’Alò.
