Prime Minister Višković provides gifts for children in the Parents’ House and Day Care Center

On the occasion of the greatest Christian holiday of Easter, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Srpska Radovan Višković provided gifts for children suffering from malignant diseases accommodated at the Parents’ House in Banja Luka, as well as for children in the Day Care Center for Children at Risk. The President of the Association of Parents of Children Suffering from Malignant Diseases “Iskra” Dijana Berić stated that it was especially important to pay attention to children who were at treatment and who would spend the holidays outside their homes. “We are trying to create such an atmosphere that our little heroes in this facility feel as if they were at home and these gifts will mean a lot to us. Every year, the Prime Minister’s Office delights our children with gifts and this is already a tradition”, Berić told reporters. Berić stated that four children were accommodated in the Parents' House at the moment, two from Bijeljina and one from Bratunac and Brod. The Director of the Association “New Generation”, Saša Risojević, said that the Day Care Center was an institution for day care of children at risk, that is, the children who were victims of violence or abuse, most often in their families. He stated that the Day Care Center was visited by about 64 children from the Banja Luka region, where they had psychological support, noting that the gifts that arrived today from the Prime Minister meant a lot to this institution. “The holiday time is the time when we teach our children what holidays are, what unity means, what family is, and how to apply what they learn to their future life. We will spend the Easter holidays with our little ones, we will paint eggs with them and prepare a rich meal”, said Risojević. He pointed out that the Day Care Center was visited by children from malfunctioning families, which could not meet the needs of children in the best way. “They participate in various activities here, with the goal of resocialization and prevention of negative behaviors that may even be passed from generation to generation. We also work with family members, parents, in order to respond to the needs of their children in the best possible way”, Risojević said. He also mentioned that the data indicated that there was an increase in the number of children who were victims of violence. “The big problem is that the forms of violence have been transferred to the Internet and the sphere of social networks, where it is very difficult to trace what is happening. Data show that more than 200 children in Banja Luka require some kind of support, as offered by the Day Care Center”, said Risojević.