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Key Worker
In the early years of Eurosave, we learned about a refugee group, housed in a former workers’ rest home in the mountain village of Fuzine, where the Hope
Center has been developed. They came from Central Bosnia and were of mixed nationalities but mainly Croats. They included a newborn baby and women as old as 76. The total number in the unit was 56 people and most were in families occupying one room. Their homes in Bosnia had been destroyed and there were no plans for rebuilding – Bosnia was in chaos. There was little Government support for these families and “My Neighbour” helped them by securing financial help from overseas. This support dwindled rapidly after the mid nineties and by the end of the decade the refugees were in a desperate condition.
Srecko Ilisinovic (see image gallery for photograph) was appointed by My Neighbour to work with them to help improve the building which was in a poor state, to assist them in health needs, food and clothing, schooling for the children, heating oil during winter and many other needs including spiritual needs. The task was given the name: “The Nehemiah project”...
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