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The Skopje Rotaract Club. 
The founding group for the club was formed in June 1995 and the
official approval and celebration for the start of operation
occurred on March 9, 1996.
There was also a special
celebration for RTK Skopje on April 30, 1996 in Florence, Italy.
The club currently has 15 active members.
The club is most
famous in eastern Europe for its unique "yellow ribbons", a
project which was given the Rotary International Award for best
project at European level for 2003.
The project requires
placing yellow ribbons and markers to assist visually impaired
who find the colour easier to recognise.
The ribbons also
reminds people to respect cultural differences, to deter serving
alcohol to minors.
In 1998 the club organised the Rotaract
Conference for South-Eastern Europe.
RAC Skopje advises that in conjunction with the Rotaract Clubs of Bishop
(California, USA) a joinft project was held to help the victims of the war
in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The recent bombardment of NATO on
Yugoslavia and the actions attributed to military forces in Kosovo have
left a lot of people wounded, homeless and caused enormous number of
refugees fleeing their homes. Rotaract has answerred the call with much needed
supplies.
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