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October 4, 2005

The People of the United States and Valjevo Municipality Open New Kindergarten in Valjevo

The opening of the newly constructed kindergarten “Bubamara” in the Valjevo neighborhood of Brdjani will be held on Friday, October 7, 2005 at 11:00. Valjevo has not built a kindergarten in the past 25 years and there is limited capacity for new children in the existing facilities. This project is made possible by the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The kindergarten is a project of the Community Revitalization through Democratic Action (CRDA) program, which is implemented in Western Serbia by International Relief and Development (IRD).

The new 500 m2 kindergarten includes classrooms, offices, a dining room, sanitary facilities, heating, and a playground. The kindergarten has new furniture and equipment, an access road with parking for teachers and visitors, is nicely landscaped, and has a panoramic view of the city and the neighboring area. Construction also included connections to the municipal water/wastewater systems.

The kindergarten can accommodate 135 children in one shift and will provide 20 new jobs. The kindergarten will serve children in the area, help decrease the pressures of overcrowding the four other kindergartens in Valjevo, and will serve a part of the town which previously had no kindergarten.

Total project cost was over $366,000, of which USAID devoted $183,000. The remainder was provided by Valjevo Municipality in response to community need for the facility.

The kindergarten will be opened by Dr Jovan Tomic, Mayor of Valjevo; Milun Blagojevic, Director of Pre-schooling Institution in Valjevo; and Slavenko Djokic, IRD Director of Operations. Journalists interested in covering the opening ceremony should arrive at kindergarten “Bubamara” no later than 10:45 on Friday, October 7, 2005.

For additional information please contact the IRD Office in Valjevo at (014) 237-858, 237-859 or 226-533



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4. oktobar 2005.

Opština Valjevo u saradnji sa američkim narodom otvara novo obdanište

Otvaranje novoizgrađenog obdaništa „Bubamara“ u naselju Brđani u Valjevu održaće se u petak, 7. oktobra 2005. godine sa početkom u 11 časova. U poslednjih 25 godina u Valjevu nije izgrađeno ni jedno obdanište, a trenutni kapaciteti u postojećim obdaništima nisu bili dovoljni za potrebe grada. Ovaj projekat je omogućio američki narod kroz Američku agenciju za međunarodni razvoj (USAID). Projekat izgradnje obdaništa je deo Programa revitalizacija zajednice putem demokratske akcije (CRDA), koji u zapadnoj Srbiji sprovodi organizacija IRD.

Novo obdanište površine 500 m2 ima učionice, kancelarije, trpezariju, toalete, etažno grejanje i igralište. Takođe, opremljeno je novim nameštajem i tehničkim uređajima, a izgrađen je i pristupni put sa parkingom za vaspitače i posetioce. U okviru obdaništa se nalazi lepo uređeno dvorište iz kog se pruža predivan pogled na panoramu grada i okoline, čak do Divčibara. Izgradnja ovog objekta obuhvatila je i priključenje na opštinski sistem vodosnabdevanja, kao i kanalizacionu mrežu.

Novo obdanište u jednoj smeni može da primi 135 dece, a 20 ljudi će biti stalno zaposleno na poslovima vaspitača i održavanja obdaništa. Obdanište „Bubamara“ se nalazi u naselju Brđani u kom ranije nije postojala ni jedna predškolska ustanova što je od velikog značaja za stanovnike ovog dela grada.

Ukupna vrednost projekta je preko 366.000 američkih dolara od čega je USAID izdvojio 183.000 dolara. Ostatak sredstava je obezbedila Opština Valjevo.

Obdanište će otvoriti Dr. Jovan Tomić, Predsednik opštine Valjevo, Milun Blagojević, Direktor predškolske ustanove „Milica Nožica“ i Slavenko Đokić, Direktor administracije Organizacije IRD.

Pozivamo zainteresovane predstavnike medija da prisustvuju otvaranju obdaništa „Bubamara“ u petak, 7. oktobra 2005. godine u 10:45.


Za sve dodatne informacije možete se obratiti IRD kancelariji u Valjevu na telefone
(014) 237-858, 237-859 i 226-533

 

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