By Ljiljana Vasic | Director
D is born in Serbia. When his mother traveled across Turkey and Balkan countries, he was in her belly, waiting for better time to get out.
He gets out into the world on Serbian soil, in a reception camp in south of Serbia. There he was one of several babies that gave her mother kind of special treatment, among other refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
A band from Cuba was playing in the camp`s yard, and little D was always enjoying their music, as a baby, while his mother was carrying him in her arms.
His father was absent all the time. Mother did not know if he was alive and which country he was at the time his son was born.
Now D is seven and started elementary school. Mother tells him about their country of origin. He thinks it must be a nice place. He has some friends from mother`s and father`s country, but his country is now Serbia.
D speaks the Serbian language very well. He likes school, his friends, even the place they live in.
Just from time to time it occurs to him what is the place his mother left like, and why she left if it was beautiful as she said.
D thinks that when he finishes elementary school, they will be in some other place. Maybe not in the country of origin of his parents, hopefully not in the reception camp, but in their own house.
He will have his room and a desk to study. His friend will come to his birthdays and they will listen to music and dance. He will have own address, eventually.
Until that day, help us support D to have some small things that will make his school days more cheerful: school books, clothes and shoes for winter...
Help D and other children from Syria have childhood they deserve, similar as much as possible to those all other kids around them have.
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