- Record turnout: 456 projects received, 161 more than last year
- In the first two selection rounds, 18 finalists were shortlisted
- The winners will be decided from 20 October to 9 November on the competition web page
This year's donation competition of Hrvatski Telekom Together We Are Stronger arose the largest interest in the past nine years of the competition. By Sunday, 5 October 2014, 456 projects was received, which is a significant increase compared to the last year and 295 applied projects.The expert committee of HT shortlisted 36 projects in the first round, and employees of HT Group voted for the past week for the best 18 projects.
The final round starts today, in which all internet users will have the opportunity to cast their vote at www.zajednosmojaci.hr by 9 November for the best community projects at their opinion. The results will be announced on Wednesday, 12 November.
The total fund of Together We Are Stronger amounts to HRK 495.000 that are equally distributed to three categories. The winner in each category receives a donation of HRK 75,000, the second-ranking project receives HRK 55,000 and the third-ranking project gets HRK 35,000.
This year's finalists according to the three categories are as follows:
- Technology and communication: OŠ Mače, Udruga za skrb o starijim i nemoćnim osobama Dodir nade , Debra - društvo oboljelih od bulozne epidermolize, Odjel za fiziku, Sveučilište J. J. Strossmayera, Centar za nestalu i zlostavljanu djecu, Specijalna bolnica za psihijatriju i palijativnu skrb Sveti Rafael Strmac
- Education and digitalization: Humanitarna udruga FB humanitarci Zagreb, Udruga slijepih Istarske županije, Udruga za Down sindrom Zadarske županije, Udruga Jak kao Jakov, Matematičko društvo Mirjane Pečur Vuković, Udruga za terapijsko i rekreacijsko jahanje Nada – Vrbovec
- Environment protection and welfare: Dobrovoljno vatrogasno društvo Čička Poljana, Javna ustanova za upravljanje zaštićenim područjem Požeško - slavonske županije, Ekološka udruga 'Krka' Knin, Učenički dom "Podmurvice" Rijeka, Klub podvodnih aktivnosti „Vodomar“ Duga Resa, Grad Omiš
In the past eight years, through this competition, HT provided support to 220 valuable projects with more than seven million kunas. The support was granted to projects of education of children and young, healthcare projects, projects for elderly and disabled, humanitarian and environment protection projects.