Life in a community

Active people from Zajezova (especially Igor Chyra) had been managing a project of the collection of separated waste in Pliesovce and its surrounding villages for almost 15 years. When in 2009 the project ceased the question what to do with the waste in Zajezova remained. Thanks to the initiative of the local inhabitant Rado Planicka and the civic association Community for Life in Harmony Zajezova received support for the establishment of collection units for separated waste. The project was financially supported by the Tesco Foundation and the municipality of Pliesovce.

In 1990, the building of the former village council in Zajezova remained unused after the abolishment of the municipality of Zajezova and its filing under the municipality of Pliešovce. For a certain time it was used as accommodation facility for people working at the recycling centre, however nowadays it has turned into a space for local communal activities.

The magazine NAOZAJ was initiated by a handful of people who try to present the life in Zajezova with words of the locals. It gives space for interviews with both newcomers and original inhabitants, reports, news, poetry and novels. The magazine’s content is created by volunteers, the profit from its retail are used entirely for costs connected with the layout and print. The magazine was issued twice a year and its editor-in-chief is Anka Valentyniova. After a two years‘ break we now prepare to publish new issues in colaboration with this website.