NEW ACTIVITIES OF PALILULA SOCIAL CENTER
24.04.2013
Thanks to the project of Society for development of children and young people –OPEN CLUB and support of Palilula Municipality, Foundation Novak Djokovic donated 10 bicycles to children, pupils of elementary school `Sreten Mladenovic Mika` and high schools students who live in Crvena Zvezda settlement. On this occasion, in Social center in Crvena Zvezda (Dusana Popovica bb) was organized celebration. About `Novak Djokovic` foundation spoke Gorana Dzudza Jakovljevic, project manager. After Boban Dzunic, president of Palilula Municipality congratulations, pupils who got presents were also greeted by Olgica Bajic, president of Society for development of children and young people and Jasmina Stankovic, headmaster of Sreten Mladenovic Mika.

Before all, we would like to thank Novak Djokovic Foundation that supported project of Society for the development of children and young OPEN CLUB organization that has been our good partner in work programmes with children said the president of Municipality Boban Dzunic. Recently we took part in creating new work programme of Social center, here in Crvena Zvezda, within the project `Development of social centers in south east Serbia`. The Center is adapted to new needs that exist in local community and is opened for different target groups.

Developmental – educational center, that is situated in Palilula municipality, is a part of the net of separate social centers in seven municipalities of the Region: Pirot, Prokuplje, Lebane, Bojnik, Surdulica, Vladicin Han, Palilula, that respond to giving support, directing their work to innovative developmental and educational services. According to Tamara Simonovic project manager, words, the principle of inclusion into the work of social center are taking into account also various programmes on inclusion of non- Roma children that are also made.

It is known that in the territory of Palilula Municipality, that has more than 75,000 people according to the report of Center for social work, live more than 50 percent of users of social help of the City of Nis. Palilula is on the end of the list of municipalities in Serbia due to the percentage of payment per citizen, but not also according to project ideas and realized projects with EU support.

In spite to this parameters, new authorities of Municipality, according to Dzunic, are not stopping. It has made the foundation that with the Action programmea and with the vision of development up to 2016, according to which our Palilula Municipality will be economically developed community integrated into global streams, attractive for work and life, characterized by flexible work market, competitive human resources and rich cultural identity.

Over the projects and project ideas, that keep finding donors and grants, we are successfully realizing created development plans of all parts of our municipality.