4 READERS’ CORNERS OPENED IN HEALTH CARE HOMES NOVI SAD

On Wednesday, the 6^th of April 2022. the Reading Corner for children on pediatrics opened in the premises of the clinic in Klisa. The reading corner is equipped within the project “Together in Inclusion – for the Benefit of Children of Novi Sad” implemented by the City Administration for Social and Child Protection in partnership with preschool “Radosno detinjstvo”, Center for The Production of Knowledge and Skills, Center for Social Work of the City of Novi Sad, Health Center “Novi Sad” and ” primary and secondary education school “Milan Petrovic” with the students dormitory.

The project is funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, which is from 2018, taken over by the the Inclusive Preschool Education and Education Project has been implemented, with the help of a loan from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). From the funds of this project, the City of Novi Sad received grant (grants) in the amount of RSD 4,300,000.00, to finance the local project “Together in Inclusion – For the Benefit of Children of Novi Sad”,

Dr. Ljerka Popov, Assistant of Director for Health Activities of the Health Center of Novi Sad welcomed the attendees and and the corner itself opened with short exposures by Anamarija Vicek, State Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, Dr. Lidija Tomas, Head of the City Administration for Social and Children’s Protection of the City of Novi Sad, and Dr. Vesna Vuleković, Head of Health Care.

In The Reading Corner there were books for children from the earliest age – from baby books to picture books for preschoolers. Behind the opening of “Reading Corner” is an effort to raise awareness that the health care system has a role not only in health care and monitoring the progress of children, but also in monitoring the overall development and raising the quality of incentives a child has in their nearest environment.

With this project, the City Administration for Social and Child Protection works with partners to improve the availability of preschool services for children from sensitive social groups; contributes to achieving equal opportunities for learning and developing children from sensitive social groups, provides support to families for the development of parental competences, and strengthens the capacities of institutions and organizations in the City of Novi Sad to provide services to children and families from sensitive social groups.

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