The CRO-Backpack Drive 2021 Last year, through your generous contributions, the Circassian Repatriation Organization was able to help 768Circassian children with back to school supplies. We hope this year we can do the same for 1000 children. Arriving at school fully stocked ensures that low-income students can confidently face the year on the same footing
An invitation to participate in the CRO 2022 Calendar Design Contest
Driven by its role in supporting our youth, highlighting and promoting their creative work, the Circassian Repatriation Organization launches the CRO Calendar Design Contest for the year 2022.
The CRO will distribute the printed calendar, as done in the past year, and the profits will go to support the CRO charity projects.
The deadline for submitting designs is July 31, 2021.
Terms and Conditions
The contest is intended for individuals and open to all ages.
The contest is not intended for design offices, companies, and associations.
A group of individuals can work together, and if…
]The CRO is pleased to announce that it will collecting fast-breaking charity donations where they will be sent and distributed to families in need.
So, if you like to donate your fast-breaking charity or another kind of charity through the CRO, please send it to the CRO’s PayPal through the link.
Please make sure to chose “Zakat Al Fitr” in the note section.
Women have always acquired a high standing in the Circassian culture. Circassian myths and sagas place them on an elevated rank, praising their beauty and elegance, as well as their wisdom and ability to bring about peace. Their presence alone had the power to settle and resolve any conflict. Hence, the significant role that women play in our society cannot be overlooked, whether they are mothers who have raised generations or hardworking women that have excelled in their fields of expertise. While many Circassian women have attained immense achievements in academia, health, society, and entrepreneurship, others are still fighting…
Elmas & Aysha Dishek The recipients of 2020 CRO Lifetime Achievement Award
The late Zaurbiy Magometovich Naloev (Nalo) lived between 1928 and 2012. He was an AdyghePoet, writer, scientist, and the people’s writer of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. The late ZaurNalo was one of the first Circassians who openly defended the preservation of the Circassianlanguage, culture, and heritage.Between 1979 and 1987, he served as the head of the Kabardian-Balkarian Folklore and LiteratureResearch Institute.In 1990, hewas elected as a member of the Kabardino-Balkarian parliament. He was also one ofthe Circassians who established the Circassian Association (Adyge Khasa) in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic and was elected as the first Chairman of the Adyge Khasa.In 1991,…
The CRO Satanay Award recognizes distinguished female individuals or groups, aged 18 or above, who made exceptional contributions to the Circassian community in the previous calendar year. Mariat Wojoukh, the people’s Artist of the Republic of Adygea and the Honored Artist of the Russian Federation was born on May 2nd, 1950 in
The 6230 Circassian Year Video Competition In celebration of the upcoming Circassian New Year 6230, the Circassian Repatriation Organization (CRO) and the Federation of the Caucasian Associations (KAFFED), are pleased to organize a video competition for this occasion designed for Young Circassians in diaspora. Record a greeting video for your child in Circassian
Higher Education Scholarship Program The CRO Higher Education Scholarship Program aims to support Circassian students in their high-education pursuits. The program in its first year 2020, has received 7 applications for the 2020-2021 academic year. The program committee, based on the applicants’ scores, has awarded one applicant a full scholarship with $1,000. Another 2 applicants