Tim za socijalno uključivanje i smanjenje siromaštva

Desanka Kazić met us smiling at the gate of the courtyard of her new home. ”Come in, come in, welcome, I’ll make a coffee … do sit there, beneat the grape vine“, she points to the tidy porch in front of the house. “I got up early this morning and went to the market. I knew you were coming so I wanted to do the shopping before it gets hot “.

Desanka lives in Bačko Petrovo Selo since late April 2014. She comes from Suva Reka, and spent a couple of years following 1999 in Vranje. When she could no longer afford the rent, she found herselv in Belvil, in Belgrade. Thanks to the project „”Let’s Build a Home Together“ funded by the EU with EUR 3.6 million, Desanka got a two-room house. The project ensured funds for housing solutions 170 Roma families who used to live in unhygienic settlements in Belgrade: social housing, village house or completing construction of houses they started building by themselves.

Desanka got construction material to reconstruct the house and the basic household appliances: washing machine, a stove and a fridge. ”The washing machine does a good job – perfect! And in winter, I will stack my stove … it will provide great heating!“

”It’s nice here. Linden tree is fragrant. And I have a house. I can’t wait to have guests “ says Desanka, all in smiles, and says that it will be much more beautiful the next time we visit her.

Source: www.sagradimodom.org