`BATTLE FOR BABIES` IN NIS SUPPORTED BY PALILULA
26.10.2011
Palilula Municipality – Nis in cooperation with partner organizations of civil society in Nis supported citizen initiative and action called `BATTLE FOR BABIES`. The fact that because of very old incubators in Maternity hospitals in Serbia the death rate of babies from 1000 gram exceeded 65 % simply cannot leave us without actions said PhD Igor Novakovic, president of Palilula Municipality at the press conference. On this occasion he announced more intensive campaign in Nis and also collecting resources for purchasing new incubators for the prematurely born babies. Novakovic called all socially responsible companies and institutions, public communal enterprises that are active in Nis to join the action `Battle for Babies` and donate certain amount of money for this purpose.

About Fund B92 and planned activities in Nis and Palilula Municipality spoke: Aleksandar Tomic, president of Student parliament of Faculty of Natural Sciences and representative of B92 Fund in Nis, members of Student parliament of Faculty of Natural Sciences Rada Zivkovic and Jelena Cvetkovic; Stefan Jovic coordinator for the Office for Youth, Palilula Municipality; Djordje Markovic, president of `Puzle` society and Boban Mikic, member of Palilula Municipal Council. Participants of this gathering signed Memorandum on cooperation as a sign of the support for this action activities and B92 Fund. About the other details of the campaign the citizens could be informed also on www.bitkazabebe.rs.