World Down Syndrome Day - More Alike Than Different

The opening of the Široki Brijeg Regular Season Tournament will be marked by a World Down Syndrome Day thanks to the social-responsibility project “More alike than different” in the cooperation of the ABA League j.t.d. and the NLB Group. 

During the first day of the tournament, on Monday, 21 March 2022, all of the participating teams’s players in the three scheduled games will wear the socks in the colours of their respective squads, as a symbol of the World Down Syndrome Day. Kids with the down syndrome and staff of the Rehabilitation centre Marija-Naša Nada of Široki Brijeg will be the special guests of the tournament on the first day. For this occasion, the NLB d.d. Sarajevo and ABA League j.t.d. have teamed up to gather a donation for the rehabilitation centre, which will be symbolically handed over to its staff before the opening game of the tournament.

“We are extremely happy and proud to have a company like NLB Group in the ABA family, that recognizes the importance and gives us great support with our social-responsible activities. I wish to thank them for that and for the fact that from the first day they have not only been aware of the significance of such a project, but were eager to join its realization and supported it with a donation,” the ABA League j.t.d. Sports Director Milija Vojinović commented on the joint action.

''This region is our home and apart from taking care of the financial needs of our clients, we take care of the quality of life in the region where we live and work. We wish to create, improve and connect the region full of opportunities. I am honoured that NLB Bank Sarajevo is a part of such initiative. Through cooperation with ABA League j.t.d., we show that we know the passions and wishes of the region full of opportunities, and that we speak the same language and culture. We are the members of the same team, we are building one solid whole that allows for using every opportunity through the mutual doing and that shows the real value of the NLB Group'', Lidija Žigić, CEO of NLB Bank d.d., Sarajevo emphasized.