50 young people from ex-Yugoslavia have gathered in Backi Monostor, Serbia, for participating in the Red Cross summer camp from july 16th to 26th. They will take part in various series of creative workshops (Photography, Sculpture theater, Dance, Audio drama, Forum Theater, Journalism, Dance theater), with the aim to gain basic knowledge and skills about the chosen topic. The main goal of the camp is to connect young people from different countries through art and creativity. 

      Backi Monostor is small village in western Vojvodna near Croatian border with beautiful nature. In that kind of environment, Red Cross Sombor had vision to create summer camp in which young people from various countries will be able to gather and in fun and creative way learn about other countries and defeat thier prejudices about others. It was finally realized in 2000. Encouraged with positive feedback, the organizers continued preparing new summer camps. 

     This year Red Cross Sombor 12th annual will be held. This year camp is hosting 50 participants from ex-Yugoslavian countries Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina showing that young people with good will can rise above a tragic past full of  violent conflicts

     Program is made of various creative workshops and build to give it's participants basic skills and knowledge in photography, sculpture theater, dance, audio drama, forum theater, journalism, and dance theater and motivate them to use learned skills in daily life. Participants will also be animated to participate in sport activities and teach taught to importance of phisical activities. 

     Camps personnel are optimistic and hoping that tradition of successful camps will be continued