19. October. 2020
THE PROJECT “EVERYONE TO KINDERGARTEN” IN SOMBOR UNDER REALIZATION
Within the project “Everyone to kindergarten” implemented by the City of Sombor, Preschool “Vera Gucunja”, Red Cross Sombor, Center for Social Work Sombor and the Association for Support of Persons with Autism “Maslacak”, the renovation and adaptation of the premises intended for preschool education of children from vulnerable groups in Backi Monostor is underway.
On that occasion, the members of the City Council for Health and Social Affairs, Dr. Dalibor Forgic, the director of the preschool institution Aleksandra Perovic, the coordinator of the City of Sombor for Roma issues Aleksandar Radulovic and Milan Prole on behalf of the Department of Education of the City Administration visited the reconstruction works.
The project “Everyone to kindergarten” deals with increasing the coverage of children aged 3 to 5.5 years with quality preschool education.
In order to improve the availability of preschool services to families from socially vulnerable groups, a program will be created for children from target groups. The group will cover 20 children annually, in the premises of the kindergarten in Backi Monostor, where the works on adaptation and reconstruction are in progress.
The project will, in addition to educational work for children, also provide counseling work for parents, as well as informing families about services and opportunities that they can use as members of socially vulnerable groups.
The total value of the project is 6,189,883.00 dinars, of which the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development set aside 5,596,683.00 dinars, and the City of Sombor 593,200.00 dinars.
The locals of Backi Monostor prove that a lot can be achieved from year to year with joint efforts. Collecting recyclable material: plastics, tires, glass and cans, the Association of Citizens “Bodrog”, the local community and citizens, in cooperation with the preschool institution “Vera Gucunja”, raised funds to provide the Monostor kindergarten with a new heating system.
On that occasion, the kindergarten in Backi Monostor was visited today by the Mayor of the City of Sombor, Antonio Ratkovic.
“First of all, I would like to thank the Association of Citizens Bodrog, the Local community, as well as the preschool institution, which together enabled the children in Backi Monostor to get heating. This is another in a series of actions of the Local community of citizens’ associations from the area of Backi Monostor, because they collected funds by recycling glass, rubber, and cans, and with the donation of the preschool, they did another nice deed here in the kindergarten. This is now a tradition to do something in this kindergarten every year and I, as the mayor, am very proud that every time I come to Backi Monostor and the kindergarten I can see something new,” said Ratkovic and called on citizens and other local communities to also organize such beautiful works in their places.
On behalf of the organizers of the action of the Association of Citizens “Bodrog”, Dalibor Forgic said that this is the third implemented activity which has improved the quality and conditions in the kindergarten.
“Specifically, this action was called Pick up a can, anyone can warm up the kindergarten easily. About 600 kilograms of cans that were sent for recycling were collected, as well as about 3 tons of glass that were sent for recycling. We used the funds and donations of our fellow citizens that were collected, with the help of the preschool institution Vera Gucunja, to realize this project,” said Forgic.
