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Little resident of Novi Sad, Natalie Writes Emotional Composition About Her Friendship With Roma girl Semina and Wins First Prize

Eight-year-old Natalie Mirimanov of Novi Sad won first place in the Vojvodina Institute of Public Health's literature competition on "Good for yourself, good for others". She wrote about the friendship between her and a Roma woman who was under daily violence.

 

Here is her text from the award-winning post:

Semina is a slightly larger girl, with a slightly darker complexion, and had dark hair like a nightgown, slightly lighter brown eyebrows and often torn shoes.

Semina was a Roma woman who was often ridiculed: Nikola, Lav, Aleksej, Srdjan, Dusan, Anastasia and Nera.

It happened on the little and big vacation while the teacher was not here.

 

They all spoke the same words and repeated them often. And she says, "You're a dirty trash can"

Dusan once pushed her towards the radiator. Then for the first time I saw her crying. No one told Dusan that he was wrong, no one except me.

 

“Dusan it wasn't nice at all to do it! Why did she push it on the radiator? "

Dusan just said, "Because he deserved it, he's a Gypsy."

I was always told, "Don't take Semina's snack, because her snack is waste" whenever I wanted to share the snack with her.

 

When I asked Semina, "Hey what do you want me to buy for your birthday?" Nera pulled me up and said, "Don't buy anything for her birthday she will ruin it"

Semina and I felt very uncomfortable.

 

None of the people I listed wanted to date Semina because she was a Roma.

When you are Roma, it means to them that you sit on a bench, begging, it means to them that they are dirty but not me. Now I feel very sorry for Semina, because she left for Germany, and we may never see each other again.

My message is that we must never laugh at Roma because they are equal to us.

 

* In relation to the original text written by Natalie, only the names of the children have been changed.

Healthy Environment Project to change habits of Sredorek, Bavci and Baraki residents

Eco-actions and eco-patrols are implemented in the three Roma settlements: Sredorek, Bavci and Baraki in the Municipality of Kumanovo, in order to raise the awareness of the population to maintain a clean environment and improve living conditions.

 

These activities are part of the "Clean Environment - Healthy Environment" project of the Roma Community Center DROM - Kumanovo, implemented within the framework of the European Union (EU) ReLOaD Regional Program for Local Democracy in the Western Balkans, and is implemented by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP).

 

The project should help to change the habits of the citizens and raise awareness of maintaining a clean environment.

 

Four people are already patrolling the field, who are obliged to pay attention to environmental pollutants.

Bujanovac: A house burned down in a big fire

In Bujanovac on Saturday, January 18, a huge fire storm occurred in a Roma neighborhood known as the Road to Guilan.

 

The family's house was completely burned down in the blaze, but according to police sources, there were no casualties, but the damage was still considerable.

The whole house is literally burned.

 

Reportedly, the cause of the fire is most likely due to a faulty electrical installation.

 

The fire happened around 7:40 pm, where unfortunately only one firefighting vehicle arrived at the scene, which, after several hours of fighting, managed to localize the fire.

Belgrade: Roma move again

Belgrade has made a contract to procure 300 containers intended for Roma housing, and the work was awarded in a second attempt.

Mayor Dragan Gilas canceled the first tender because of the high price. For the supply of containers, Belgrade will eventually have to allocate around 700,000 euros.

"We finished the first tender a month and a half ago," said Gilas. Three bids arrived and only one was valid at around 1.6m euros. We wanted to reduce the price, and the bidder gave us a two percent reduction.

We did not accept and then we announced a new tender. Three bids arrived again and at the end of a direct settlement, a price of around 700,000 euros was agreed.

The containers, in agreement with European Bank experts, will be distributed by settlement. We are ready by the end of August to relocate the Roma who are now on the site under the Gazela Bridge.

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