The donation was presented on behalf of CHF director Marić and the entire CHF staff to Donji Kukuruzari municipal mayor Ms Matković by the head of our department for education, science and sport Ms Kanajet Šimić and the campaign coordinator Ms Barišić.
Dražen Zelić, a member of the Croatian Writers’ Association and Matrix Croatica, launched a campaign to collect books for the Napredak children’s library in the village of Mečenčani. The Croatian Heritage Foundation department for education, science and sport has joined the effort and organised the collection of donations from CHF staff. Sixty children’s books have been collected, including picture books for the youngest readers, illustrated stories, fables, stories and novels for more mature children, along with school required reading books and monographs for children. Also joining the effort was the 6A class of Ivo Andrić Elementary School in Zagreb.
The Katarina Zrinski Elementary School in the Donji Kukuruzari municipality has been closed due to the impacts of the recent earthquake and the opening of sinkholes in its immediate vicinity. The children have been relocated to classes in Hrvatska Kostajnica. This is one of the few schools that lacks an auditorium and other content suitable for children and the library is especially important. Staffers with the Croatian Heritage Foundation were moved by a particular sense of solidarity and empathy in taking part in this laudable effort.
The donation was presented to Donji Kukuruzari municipal mayor Lucija Matković on 30 April of this year by Lada Kanajet Šimić, the head of our department for education, science and sport. Also on hand was the campaign coordinator Anita Barišić. They presented the donation on behalf of CHF director Mijo Marić and the entire CHF staff and expressed their sympathy for those impacted by the recent earthquake and their hope that repairs will be quickly made to see the children back in their home school as soon as possible and that they see a better, more fortunate and happier future.
Expressing her thanks for the donation municipal mayor Ms Matković noted how important efforts like these are as part of our investment into the children that will tomorrow carry forward the recovery and progress of this part of Croatia. (LKŠ)