City of ZrenjaninRepublic of Serbia
Skupstinagrada ZrenjaninaCare for disabled children and young people
Today, the Mayor of Zrenjanin, dr Mileta Mihajlov and the Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Rasim Ljajić have visited the Day Care Center for Disabled Children and Young Persons "Alternativa".
The Minister Ljajić emphasised the importance of the institutions of this kind since even 35 percentage have no contact with their parents and 16 percentage of parents visit their children very rarely.
- The objective of the opening of these centers is to support and help the biological families of disabled children, therefore we highly support the building and developing of this kind of institutions. This support includes not only professional and education support but also financial funds to the local governments. On the other hand we also have been developing the parentship and we have achieved significant results in that field, said Ljajić.
- The objective of the opening of these centers is to support and help the biological families of disabled children, therefore we highly support the building and developing of this kind of institutions. This support includes not only professional and education support but also financial funds to the local governments. On the other hand we also have been developing the parentship and we have achieved significant results in that field, said Ljajić.
The Mayor Mihajlov informed that the experience so far proved that Alternativa has been functioning very well reminding that it had been opened back in 2009 and built within the Programme of Support to Social Welfare Plan, after the signing of a Contract between the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy and the City of Zrenjanin.
- The City takes care of this Center, even a special transport vehicle for the children and parents was bought – said Mihajlov.
- The City takes care of this Center, even a special transport vehicle for the children and parents was bought – said Mihajlov.
Before the building of this Center disabled children and young people did not have an adequate institution to stay during the day but only money welfare for care.
