UNICEF Still Helping the Children of Serbia

By: Valentina Radulovic
Belgrade, Dec.1, 2009 (Source: Serbia Today) – Since 1947, when the first package of aid was sent in the former Yugoslavia, UNICEF has played a role in Serbia. During the past sixty years, including the the most recent years in the turbulent history of the region, UNICEF was giving aid to children in need.
Nowadays, UNICEF continues with its mission and supports the efforts to protect and promote children’s rights, in order to create a better world for them by creating an environment where their basic needs will be met. UNICEF tries to enlarge the opportunities for Serbian children to develop their potentials.
The organization is completely financed by donations and charities of the government and foundations, partnerships with business sector and by citizens’ donations. This current campaign, ‘Greeting Cards Full of Life’, is yet another campaign drive to continue their efforts.
As a part of its present program (2005 – 2009), UNICEF tries to create better conditions for the youngest, especially those who live in poverty and in social isolation. They closely cooperate with the Serbian Government, and help NGOs in their struggle to make a difference.
Thanks to UNICEF, Serbia is the only country to receive funds from the greeting cards campaign.
The Children’s Fund of UNICEF in Serbia, in cooperation with Ministry of Education, and with the support of Institute Servantes, has organized the exhibition: Greeting Cards full of life. In that way, it will be celebrating 60 years of work of this kind in Serbia.
This exhibition will open on December 2nd in the Gallery of Institute Servantes, in Belgrade. The pupils from Serbian primary schools have taken part in this campaign. They have made drawings or wrote stories, under the topic ‘My UNICEF Greeting’ and ‘My New Year’s Wish’. The winning works will be exhibited in Institute Servantes from December 2nd to 6th.
During the exhibition, the work from previous decades will be presented, as well. Some of the most famous artists gave their works to UNICEF, including Spanish painters Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali, Joan Miro.
The results of the campaigns of UNICEF, and its continuous struggle for better life for children, have made a difference in the lives of children in Serbia and around the world.