Murska Sobota  (Slovenia)

Regional Status: in development (DEV)

The region is still in DEVELOPMENT with a Regional Support Team in sight but not yet established.

Geography:

For most Slovenians the region around Murska Sobota is not the most popular region in this country, especially if you have beautiful coalstal line on the Adriatic, ski slopes and historic cities like Ljubliana. The open friendliness of the people of Murska Sobota makes up for the  possible lack of geographic beauty. Murska Sobota is a central town for a region where farming is central. Indeed they farm well in this region and are keen to experiment with new methods. Yet there are also some very surprising places of great beauty in the region but you’ll have to come here to find out where they are, or maybe Google can help.

AB history:

Since a few years activities started in this rural town in Slovenia.

A visit by director John produced names and addresses of two schools. The first to come to the Slovenian schools were Circuit Riders Freddi Kofi from Nottingham UK and AB interns Sam Porteus and Adam Gallo. Their two day visit built further inroads and a group of ten youth interested in further contact.

Next was a First Contact team of four boys from Houten in the summer of 2006 which resulted in the first Slovenian to join an International Youth Festival, Alen Serec. 

BB One took place in summer of 2007.

American team led by Dave Kurtz in spring of 2008

First Bridgebuilders Club started in 2008 joined the IYF in Nitra.

People:

Leon Novak, Goran Milosevic, Erna Voros and Bridgebuilder Nastja are presently the key people for building the work of Atlantic Bridge in this town.

Present situation:

A one week activity to rekindle the fire and build on to the foundation of contacts took place from July 25-August 2 2009 with a team of youth leaders and young people from the USA (Jackson Hole WY) and The Netherlands (Tholen) Nel Ottema and Trent Moore led the group of about twenty in building bridges in Murska Sobota.

Next activities:

a) two day mission to schools with Circuit Riders from October 10-17, 2009.

b) Bridgebuilders Startweekend December 12-14 in Sombathey Hungary

Bridgebuilders status:

One Bridgebuilders Club so far. They started in 2008 and will be travelling to the USA in the summer of 2010 as their final experience.