HELP FOR VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS CONTINUES
25.11.2011
During the project "Strengthening Municipal capacities to improve the quality of life of vulnerable social groups" from the "Exchange 3", which was last year successfully implemented by Palilula Municipality, 4908 Palilula socially vulnerable residents received free assistance of experts, doctors, sociologists, psychologists, lawyers and caretakers. As the donor was unable to provide further support to the sustainability of the project, Palilula Municipal president, PhD Igor Novakovic said that Palilula within its authority would continue to care for disadvantaged residents of its own municipality. `Our capabilities are modest, but what is more important in the life of families who literally drawn "ends meet", said Novakovic, on the occasion of starting firewood donation to vulnerable households. Each family, which would be included in this cycle, will get meters of firewood. The value of this donation to Palilula population, which takes apart from our Municipal budget, is about 700,000 dinars.

In the settlement Delijski Vis, Palilula, president Novakovic and member Municipal Council Milos Stojkovic visited the family Vucic. Father Caslav, 85 and 55 years old son Ljubisa live their lives. Ljubisa was employed in `Angropromet` and then the company was privatized, and he was fired 2 years ago. The first year he received compensation from the National Employment Agency and now he is left without income. He is also unable to work because he has a clamp nerve diagnosis (L5S1). Father Caslav was asthmatic and his hearing is pretty weak. He worked in `Gradjevinar` 35 years and has been repeatedly named for the best worker. Until this year, the family has had electrical heating, but due to high costs for electricity and damage to these furnaces, now are using wood. `This Palilula help is of great importance`, says grandfather Časlav. ` My pension, which amounts to 16 000 dinars, is money for our living. Much of the money goes to medication costs for electricity, water and other utilities`-says son Ljubisa. What is left goes to the purchase of basic food and hygiene materials. It's hard to live but it is even harder when a person to fall ill and can not help itself`.

Palilula Municipality, during the project from the program EXCHANGE 3 compiled a database of vulnerable people Palilula and in the same time the databases of the Center for Social Work "Sveti Sava" is extended with which Palilula has very good cooperation.