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Did you know that one in six children and one in three women in Serbia fall prey to the scourge of family violence, including sexual abuse? Until recently hidden behind closed doors, women and children who
are the victims of family violence and sexual abuse are now flooding
front pages and TV screens. The number of those seeking help from
the social institutions, counselors and shelters has been constantly
on the rise in the past couple of years. RTV B92 is launching a campaing titled “For Our Children” that covers a number of different projects and activities dedicated to the specific issues of domestic violence & sexual abuse as well as youth education and development. Our general intention is to step away from the role of the broadcaster - to carry news, pass on to the public political messages and conduct social campaigns, and leave it to others to respond and try to solve the problems. We believe that it is necessary for the sake of all of us to come full circle: to discern and identify problems, inform our public, launch campaigns, offer reasonable solutions, and control how the issues that have been raised are solved through very specific projects. Ružica Đindic will preside over the “For Our Children” campaign council. . Our goal is to build a safe house (shelter) for victims of domestic violence in Belgrade. Once finished, this house will be handed over to Belgrade NGO “Counseling Against Family Violence” it for an unlimited period of time to run and maintain. This project entails fund-raising, organization and logistics for the building and the furnishing of the house sized 220 sq meters. We intend to build another similar structure in the project’s next phase thus acquiring a shelter sized 440 sq meters housing 50 women and children. “Counseling against Family Violence” is a Belgrade NGO committed to the protection of the victims of home violence and sex trafficking. They currently run four shelters in the Belgrade City area, three for the victims of home violence and another one for the victims of human trafficking. Over the course of its past ten years in existence, this NGO has protected more than 30,000 women and children who were the victims of family violence and sexual abuse. Although extremely efficient and successful in domestic violence victims’ treatment, the activities of this NGO are constantly under threat due to chronic underfunding. B92 Safe House will radically reduce the NGO's operating costs and help ensure its future. Currently, there are no shelters or safe houses run by the government bodies on Belgrade territory. One of the project's objectives is to present an operating fully functional model to the competent state agencies. Estimated project costs amount to around € 120,000, the cost of the plot of land not included. Our goal is to have the house built and equipped by spring 2007. One of our principal partners in this campaign is the Belgrade Land Development Public Agency and various Belgrade municipalities. The first one to answer the B92 call was Rakovica District Municipality Council, currently run by a young and efficient management team. They decided to donate a plot of land to B92 (for 99 years) for the purpose of building and running a safe house. On June 28, 2006, Rakovica Municipality, B92 and “Counseling against Family Violence” jointly signed a contract thus closing the deal. We have also made contact with a number of institutions crucial for the smooth implementation of our project.
Please consider the possibility of joining this campaign in accordance with your means. We stand at your disposal for any additional questions. Contact::
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