Education Serbia Project #17206

Support for Children in Flooded Areas of Serbia

by Pomoc deci

Project Report | Feb 24, 2023
Nemanja - Young Scientist You May Know

By Ljiljana Vasic | Director

Nemanja - Young Scientist You May Know

Dear friend,

Hope you are enjoying your time and that our story will make you proud as it makes us proud.

When calling Nemanja, I was wondering how he was doing now. Nine years passed, and he is now grown up, maybe a student.

Nemanja was in the seventh grade of the elementary school when the floods and landslides hit his town Krupanj. Back then, he was an excellent pupil and a talented young football player, but his life had to stop to help his parents rebuild the house, life and get back on their feet. The household was destroyed, all the crops, and every animal they had.

When the water came in, his mother and grandmother were with him and his sister. The shock was great for children, but for grownups also.

At that time, they had no money for anything other than the essentials. When Nemanja received the scholarship, he was thrilled. Parents let him keep his scholarship and never doubt him. Soon, Nemanja was back on the football field, started to practice karate, winning medals, and continued his great work at school. Back then he was wondering how nice it would be if the people who have given him the money that goes into his scholarship can see his medals, and how grateful he is.

And yes, Nemanja is a student now. Just like his older sister, he enrolled at Faculty of Mathematics in Belgrade, one of the most respectable in Serbia. He lives in a student dormitory, going to lessons, studying, and in his leisure time watching films and series. Luckily, the flood is now forgotten and thanks to the good people that supported him all along, Nemanja is looking at a bright future.

As a successful third year student, he is almost there – to be his own man. He is looking forward to next and last year of studying and is very satisfied with his life now. Let`s be with Nemanja and support this young scientist to fulfill his enormous potential.

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Oct 25, 2022
Djurdjina's Dream Has Come True Because You Have Helped

By Ljiljana Vasic | Director

Ready for the Graduation Prom

It has been four years since we last reported on Djurdjina, one of the children who lost everything in the floods that caused landslides, took away homes and even lives in Serbia eight years ago.

Just two weeks after her 11^th birthday, Djurdjina’s father saved her literally seconds before their house collapsed and was swept away together with everything the family had had. It took years for this girl to overcome trauma and nightmares that would wake her up in the middle of the night thinking that the water was drowning them all over again...

And if this was not terrible enough, her father got injured at work and became an invalid. The only income for the whole family was coming from temporary jobs her mother could find.

At the time, we provided this girl with the scholarship from the donations you made to help children victims of the floods. Other donors provided a small prefabricated house for her and her family on the other side of a small town of Krupanj in the Western Serbia. All this helped both Djurdjina and her family to start rebuilding their lives.

Four years ago, Djurdjina was a proud teenager who graduated from the elementary school with all honours, who has received half a dozen Diplomas for excellence and awards at the knowledge competitions in different subjects and, above all, the Vuk Karadzic Award - a highest State Award for the extraordinary achievements in all educational areas.

Today, she is a thoroughly delighted first-year student of the prestigious Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering in Belgrade! She kept her perfect educational grades throughout High School, graduated with honours and passed the entrance exams. She enrolled into the course she had always wanted – Road Traffic Engineer.

“I’m happy beyond words”, she told us right after getting her student card. Her excellent grades enabled her also to secure a place in the Student’s camp and dormitory so that she can regularly attend all lectures.

“Four years ago, I thought that I couldn’t continue my education beyond Elementary school because we couldn’t afford even the costs for monthly bus ticket to the school in the town from our village, let alone textbooks and all the other things needed. You promised to help me financially if I would keep my good grades. So many nights, I would wake up abruptly from nightmares that the rain would drown us and take our new home away, or that you would stop helping me go to school… I love studying, I always wanted to be a Traffic Engineer, design roads that could connect people, and now, when my dream has come true and I am here studying to become Traffic Engineer, I cannot thank you enough. Please, let all these people who have been giving their money for my studies, that I promise to be the best student I can”, all on one breath Djurdjina says.

And we sincerely thank all of you who have donated for supporting children victims of those worst floods in more than 100 years.

Please, keep helping us help these children. By spreading a word about our work, by donating whatever amount, by organising any fundraiser…

With sincere gratitude,

Yours,

Pomoc deci team

Four years ago with the highest State Award

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Apr 28, 2022
A School Meal That Makes All the Difference

By Ljiljana Vasic | Director

“Sometimes, this school meal that we know we will get if we go to school, makes all the difference”, comments Zepa, a 13-year-old girl from Kragujevac. “When Halil and I tell the youngest, our Jusuf, that he needs to get up in the morning on time so that we can all go to school together, ‘you’ll miss the school meal if you are late’ makes him jump out of bed immediately”, she says with a smile. And this would have been just a cute, internal joke, if it would not have uncovered the sad truth. On many days, this school meal is the only cooked meal these three children get in a day. The family of four children and Dad as a single parent, lost their house in the floods seven years ago in Western Serbia and moved to Kragujevac, only to have their new setting flooded completely last Summer. All the electric appliances were lost again. Clothes and shoes were all soaked with muddy water. The walls were completely wet at least a metre high from the ground. And in the middle of pandemic, there was little they could do, but wait for the walls to dry and ask for help with basic necessities. Only the father works and the eldest daughter, who is just 18 years old, is helping as much as she can by sawing things for neighbours and friends and maintaining the household.

With your generous donations, we managed to help them get the textbooks and school supplies last September and to organise a school meal for all three children who go to school for the whole school year. Zepa is currently in the 6^th grade, Jusuf in the second grade and the youngest in the mandatory preparatory preschool.

We would like to help them get also the textbooks and school material next school year, help them with secure school meals in the next school year, so that they can concentrate on learning and completing mandatory education successfully.

Please, consider telling your friends about our efforts, if you can, please donate or just mention our project to anyone you can.

With Gratitude,

Yours,

Pomoc deci team

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