After just two months from the day of commencement of construction works, a two –member family Ilic has been provided with decent living conditions in the newly constructed prefab house, equipped with necessary quality furniture and household appliances.
In the dramatic floods wave hitting Paracin Municipality, where in places the height of the flooding wave was above 1.5 metres, one of the many residents of Paracin who went through ordeal was Zivka Ilic, 64-year-old woman, whose household was severely damaged.
Zivka Ilic came to Paracin in 1961, completed high school and worked in the textile factory. In 1977, she married Gradibor Ilic who had a son from the previous marriage. The stepson got married and in 2004 his daughter Jovana was born. Due to a difficult family situation, the custody over Jovana was entrusted to Zivka Ilic, upon her husband’s death in 2009. Since then, Zivka has been doing everything to provide healthy and safe environment for the child, as well as the necessary means for her education. Even though the only income of the family is Zivka’s pension, the 10-year-old Jovana’s basic needs have been fully satisfied.
In May 2014, their home was completely destroyed in the floods. Their shabby and dilapidated ground flour house could not be rehabilitated, cleaned, nor disinfected. The family was forced to move into an apartment provided by Centre for Social Welfare, while expecting the construction of a new prefab unit.
Thanks to the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia, Danish Refugee Council and local authorities, the socialy vulnerable family Ilic moved into newely constructed prefab house equipped with necessary quality furniture and household appliances.
