Caritas’s laundry service at disposal of refugees and local population in Kikinda

srdjan.djurdjevic2019-06-04T20:32:20+00:0025.10.2018.|test|

The Refugee centre in Kikinda is located far from the city and there is no possibility to connect to the sewage network. Waste water is collected in a septic tank that is not envisaged for a large number of users, and in order to avoid infection, it is discharged twice a day.

For this reason, in 2017, in agreement with the Commissariat for Refugees and Migration, Caritas opened a laundry service for the needs of refugees and migrants outside the reception center, in the premises of the former parish of St. Joseph in Kikinda, where there are proper conditions for washing, drying and ironing laundry and bedding of refugees and migrants. The laundry from the reception center is thus transported to the laundry service and returned back washed, dry and packaged.

In addition to the laundry service, Caritas also provides facilities for personal hygiene of migrants and refugees in Kikinda, facilities for maintaining the cleanliness of the environment and hygiene of the reception centre’s premises, in order to reduce infections and diseases.

The laundry service is not only used for the needs of refugees and migrants, but also for the local poor population, those who do not have conditions or opportunities for it, primarily old, sick and lonely people. The transport of laundry is done from their homes to the laundry service and back, so that they get their clean and dry laundry for free.

Andrej is 34 years old and lives alone in an apartment he inherited from his father. He lived only with his father since he was 10 years old, when his mother left them, until three years ago, when his father died of cancer. The father had a small pension, from which both of them needed to sustain, but spent much of it on alcohol. In addition, most of the furniture was sold by the father in order to buy alcohol. Andrej was left only with a couch, on which he sleeps and a wardrobe with some clothes.

Besides being alone, Andrej is a pulmonary patient and is not able to work because of his illness. He spends most of his time at the Special Hospital for Pulmonary Diseases.

The supply of electricity and water was abolished in his home, because he could not pay the bills, as well as social assistance because he owns a property. The apartment is very cold, so in the winter sometimes he goes to friends house to warm up a little.

He gets running water for washing and drinking from a faucet in the yard, when the weather conditions allow it, because the faucet freezes is in winter. There is no place where he can wash his clothes, which is why it’s very important for him to get his laundry cleaned from Caritas. In addition, Caritas volunteers try to help him in other ways and find solutions to his problems.

Laundry services in Kikinda are funded by Caritas Germany.

Caritasov vešeraj na usluzi izbeglica i lokalne populacije u Kikindi

Ana Savic2019-06-04T20:31:59+00:0025.10.2018.|urgentni projekti|

Prihvatni centar za izbeglice i migrante u Kikindi nalazi se daleko od grada i nema mogućnosti za priključenje na kanalizacionu mrežu. Otpadne vode sakupljaju se u septičkoj jami koja nije predviđena za veliki broj korisnika, a kako bi se izbegle zaraze ona se prazni dva puta dnevno.

Iz tog razloga 2017. godine, u dogovoru sa Komesarijatom za izbeglice i migracije, Caritas je otvorio vešeraj za potrebe izbeglica i migranata izvan prihvatnog centra, u prostorijama bivše župe Svetog Josipa u Kikindi, gde su obezbeđeni uslovi za pranje, sušenje i peglanje veša i posteljine izbeglica i migranata. Veš iz prihvatnog centra se tako trasportuje do vešeraja i vraća se opran, osušen i upakovan.

Pored vešeraja Caritas obezbeđuje i sredstva za održavanje lične higijene migranata i izbeglica u Kikindi, sredstva za održavanje čistoće životne okoline i higijene prostorija prihvatnog centra, kako bi se smanjile infekcije i zarazne bolesti.

Osim za potrebe izbeglica i migranata ovaj vešeraj se koristi i za potrebe siromašne lokalne populacije, onih koji za to nemaju uslove ili mogućnosti, pre svega starih, nemoćnih i usamljenih osobama. Transport veša se vrši od njihovih kućnih adresa do vešeraja i nazad, tako da besplatno dobijaju opran, osušen i ispeglan veš.

Andrej ima 34 godine i stanuje sam, u stanu koji je nasledio od oca. Živeo je samo sa ocem od svoje 10 godine, kada ih je majka ostavila, sve do pre tri godine, kada mu je otac preminuo od raka. Otac je imao malu penziju, od koje je trebalo obojica da se izdržavaju, ali je veći deo trošio na alkohol. Pored toga većinu nameštaja je prodao ili menjao, kako bi imao za piće. Andreju je ostao samo kauč, na kome spava i ormar sa malo garerobe.

Osim toga što je ostao sam, Andrej je i plućni bolesnik i nije u stanju da radi zbog svoje bolesti. Veliki deo vremena provodi u Specijalnoj bolnici za plućne bolesti.

Snabdevanje strujom i vodom mu je ukinuto, jer nije mogao da plaća račune, kao i socijalna pomoć, jer poseduje nekretninu u svom vlasništvu. U stanu nema čime da se greje, pa zimi ponekad odlazi kod prijatelja, da se malo ogreje.

Tekuću vodu za kupanje, umivanje i piće donosi sa česme iz dvorišta, kada mu dozvoljavaju vremenski uslovi, jer se zimi česma zaledi. Nema gde da opere svoju odeću, zbog čega je za njega veoma dragocena usluga pranja i sušenja veša koju mu od juna meseca ove godine obezbeđuje Caritas Zrenjaninske biskupije. Pored toga volonteri Caritasa se trude da mu pomognu i na druge načine i da pronađu rešenja za njegove probleme.

Usluge vešeraja u Kikindi finansirane su od strane Caritasa Nemačke.