Another safe house to be opened in Serbia

Serbia will soon get one more safe house. Unfortunately, family violence in 2011 was more present than before. Holcim company’s hotel complex, worth EUR 500,000, will be transformed into a Safe House for the Moravski District. Another safe house to be opened in Serbia After building a safe house in the northern Serbian town of Sombor, Holcim company has with yet another donation secured housing for the victims of family violence. The donated facility has specific significance as in times of difficult economic situation, the projects from the field of corporate philanthropy and social responsibility will be less implemented. "Holcim has long tradition of socially responsible projects, and what we do in partnership with B92 Fund, the municipality Paracin and the Serbian government, and this seems to be the right approach to those issues. Without social contribution, we will not accomplish anything in this economically difficult year, and therefore we want Holcim to be the example for other companies at the beginning of this year", Holcim Serbia Director Gustavo Navarro stressed. "B92 Fund’s idea is that this facility should be transformed into a safe house for the Moravski District but that it should also serve as a training centre where family violence prevention professionals and activists should hold courses in your country where, unfortunately, the rate of family violence constantly grows“, Navarro explained. "On average, one woman gets killed every week. In times of crisis, the number of victims of family violence has increased, and this should be a sign that we must tackle this problem seriously", B92 Fund President Veran Matic stated. The Safe house will be owned by the municipality of Paracin and will be working under the auspices of the City Social Services Center. In crimes that can be regarded as family violence, until the end of November 2011, according to the data of the “Battle against sexual and gender based violence“ project, 46 women were killed and every other woman in Serbia has experienced some form of family violence, while only 6,000 cases were reported to the police. These data are quite alarming and the worst that were recorded for the last decade and this clearly shows the growth of family violence in Serbia. Veran Matic and Gustavo Navarro (B92) B92

Another safe house to be opened in Serbia

After building a safe house in the northern Serbian town of Sombor, Holcim company has with yet another donation secured housing for the victims of family violence.

The donated facility has specific significance as in times of difficult economic situation, the projects from the field of corporate philanthropy and social responsibility will be less implemented.

"Holcim has long tradition of socially responsible projects, and what we do in partnership with B92 Fund, the municipality Paraćin and the Serbian government, and this seems to be the right approach to those issues. Without social contribution, we will not accomplish anything in this economically difficult year, and therefore we want Holcim to be the example for other companies at the beginning of this year", Holcim Serbia Director Gustavo Navarro stressed.

"B92 Fund’s idea is that this facility should be transformed into a safe house for the Moravski District but that it should also serve as a training centre where family violence prevention professionals and activists should hold courses in your country where, unfortunately, the rate of family violence constantly grows“, Navarro explained.

"On average, one woman gets killed every week. In times of crisis, the number of victims of family violence has increased, and this should be a sign that we must tackle this problem seriously", B92 Fund President Veran Matić stated.

The Safe house will be owned by the municipality of Paraćin and will be working under the auspices of the City Social Services Center.

In crimes that can be regarded as family violence, until the end of November 2011, according to the data of the “Battle against sexual and gender based violence“ project, 46 women were killed and every other woman in Serbia has experienced some form of family violence, while only 6,000 cases were reported to the police.

These data are quite alarming and the worst that were recorded for the last decade and this clearly shows the growth of family violence in Serbia.