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Standing Committee
on human Rights and Peace has it's full hands of work because of
tragic happenings in our and surrounding countries. Today
Yugoslavia hosts highest number of refugees in world. 5% of
world refugee population found sanctuary in our country. Because
of that it is understandable why our SCORP unit is always on
first line of help for refugee people. One of IFMSA's
respectable projects is developed by Yugoslav SCORP. It is
"Friendship Clubs" project aimed to help to young people living
as refugees out of civilized world streams and happenings. On
same basis we act in our new project "Children in Cortanovci",
while "Sweet Party" became traditional IFMSA Serbia activity widely
recognized and supported by Yugoslav public.
PROJECTS:
Friendship
Clubs
Disasters and wars are
happening constantly. One sure result is that some people have
to leave their homes and countries and become refugees. While
many refugees suffer physically from injury or hunger, far more
suffer psychological harm. In the past concern has often focused
on the deaths, physical diseases and traumas that resulted from
wars and disasters, but nowadays, there is also growing concern
about psychosocial and mental health consequences.
Sweet Party
Sweet Party is today already well known, traditional, IFMSA
Serbia
action when our activists organize party on which one can enter
with some sweet instead of ticket. Beside of collecting sweets
for refugee children we are diverting public concern on real
problems of those living as refugees in our country.
Children in Cortanovci
In Vojvodina,
the northern region of Yugoslavia, there are more than 5.000
refugees in 94 collective settlements. Cortanovci, situated near
Novi Sad, is one of them, and is known for its extremely
difficult material and housing conditions. The settlement is
isolated, three kilometers away from the village and is almost
inaccessible during wintertime.
Structured mostly of the people who left Croatia in the period
from 1992 – 1995 (280
persons, 40 of whom are children and adolescents),
population is old, with different health problems, presence of
abuses and a low level of tolerance. |
