Medvedja – As a token of solidarity with Japan, the staff of the “Gornja Jablanica” elementary school asked, through the Japanese embassy in Belgrade, the children of Japan that had become homeless to come and stay at the homes of their peers in South Serbia. Zivojin Pavlovic, the principal of the school that is attended by 400 students, says that they were extremely saddened by misfortune that had struck the Japanese and that they hadn’t forgotten humanness of the Japanese, when the Japanese donated 75 thousand EUR to them for renovating and equipping the school with teaching aids four years before.
Medvedja – As a token of solidarity with Japan, the staff of the “Gornja Jablanica” elementary school asked, through the Japanese embassy in Belgrade, the children of Japan that had become homeless to come and stay at the homes of their peers in South Serbia. Zivojin Pavlovic, the principal of the school that is attended by 400 students, says that they were extremely saddened by misfortune that had struck the Japanese and that they hadn’t forgotten humanness of the Japanese, when the Japanese donated 75 thousand EUR to them for renovating and equipping the school with teaching aids four years before.
“This is a poor region and our lives are hard, but we can share the little that we have with our friends,” said the school principal, whose proposal was unanimously approved by around 50 school employees and all the students. He pointed out that they had received from the Japanese government 75 thousand EUR four years before. The donation was used for fully renovating the classrooms, the sanitary block and the gym, as well as for providing three school demonstration rooms with the equipment.
“We offer our modest and warm homes, as well as our moral support, to the children of Japan, with whom we are willing to share everything that we have,” it was said in a letter that was sent to the Japanese Ambassador to Serbia yesterday.
Sveta Milovanovic, the head of the school committee, says that everyone was excited about the letter.
“All the children returned to their homes to talk over and agree with their parents about how many visitors from far away Japan they could accommodate at their homes.”
Slobodan Draskovic, the municipal president, says that he doesn’t know how the school is going to implement this.
“We will provide assistance by being as good hosts as possible”, Mr. Draskovic said.