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Social
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KUHINJE KAO DELATNOST CRVENOG KRSTA |
PUBLIC KITCHENS AS A
PART OF CB RED CROSS ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC KITCHENS AS A KIND OF SOCIAL POLITICS
OF ONE COUNTRY, EMERGED SEVERAL CENTURIES AGO
THE FIRST PUBLIC
KITCHEN IS MENTIONED IN THE PHILOSOPHIC AND
HISTORIC WRITTEN ACTS OF PAVLE EVDOKIMOV AND
ANTONIJE BLUM.
THESE ACTS SAY THAT IN TIME OF THE GREAT PRINCE
VLADIMIR( THE BAPTIZER OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE)
IN 988. IN KIEV, THE OLD , SICK AND POOR WERE
TAKEN CARE OF BY THE STATE.
ALL THE POOR WHO COULD HAVE WALKED GOT A FREE
MEAL IN THE YARD OF PRINCE`S PALACE AND THE
REST GOT FREE FOOD BY THE PRINCE`S CARRIAGE.
Nebojsa Ozimic, ` Constantin the Great Leader,
the Emperor , the saint` page 142.
PUBLIC KITCHENS AS PART OF CB RED CROSS ACTIVITIES
PUBLIC KITCHENS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A KIND OF HELP
FOR POOR THROUGHOUT OUR LONG HISTORY
1914-1915
THE CB RED CROSS SOCIETY OF SERBIA, WHICH MOVED
TO NIS ON 11TH JULY IN 1914. ORGANIZED TOGETHER
WITH THE CB RED CROSS NIS A PUBLIC KITCHEN WHICH
WAS ACTIVE FROM 14TH OCTOBER 1915.
THIS PUBLIC KITCHEN, APART FROM OUR GOVERNMENT,
IS SUPPORTED IN FOOD AND FINANCE BY: THE CB
RED CROSS OF GREECE, JAPAN, RUSSIA, THE RED
HALF MOON OF TURKEY AND THE CB RED CROSS OF
AUSTRIA (ONLY FOR THEIR IMPRISONED SOLDIERS
WHOSE NUMBER WAS AROUND 40 000 IN NIS)
1918/1922
AT THE TIME OF SO CALLED `BREAD CRISIS` THE
LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE CB RED CROSS OPENED
A BAKERY WHERE POOR PEOPLE COULD BUY CHEAP BREAD.
1923.
1923.
THE CB RED CROSS NIS ACCEPTS AROUND 1600 EMIGRANTS
FROM BULGARIA IN ITS HOME AND ORGINIZES A PUBLIC
KITCHEN FOR THEM ON THE CITY FIELD
1934/1935
81 SCHOOL KITCHENS WERE OPENED IN THE TERRITORY
OF BANOVINA AND THIS WAS SUGGESTED BY DUSAN
VITOROVIC, THE SECRETARY OF MORAVA AND BANOVINA
COMMITTEE.
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THE STATE GAVE A GREAT
DEAL OF HELP THROUH THEIR MINISTRIES AND
HELP CAME ALSO FROM THE HYGIENIC DEPARTMENT
IN NIS 1934/1935
ALONG WITH THE SCHOOLS` KITCHENS THERE
WERE ALSO PUBLIC KITCHENS FOR UNEMPLOYED
PEOPLE WITH 20.975 MEALS A DAY. THE PUBLIC
KITCHEN IN NIS WAS PLACED IN THE BUILDING
WHICH WAS GRANTED TO THE CB RED CROSS
BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES. THE
AVERAGE PRICE OF ONE MEAL WAS 1.92 DIN.
THE MINISTRY FOR SOCIAL ISSUES HELPED
THESE KITCHENS WITH 35 000 DIN., BANIAN
ADMINISTRATION WITH 10.000 DIN AND THE
MUNICIPAL COURT WITH 10.000 DIN AND FIRING
WOOD.
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1941/1944
MORAVA AND BANOVINA ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
OF THE CB RED CROSS INITIATES THE OPENING
OF PUBLIC KITCHENS FOR REFUGEES (AROUND
10 000 IN NIS) AND SCHOOL KITCHENS ON
8TH MAY 1941. (THE OFFICIAL CB RED CROSS
DAY).
THE CB RED CROSS NIS OPENED 9 SCHOOL KITCHENS
WITH THE HELP OF: SERBIAN SISTERS` SOCIETY
(KOLO SRPSKIH SESTARA), SERBIAN MOTHERS`
ASSOCIATION, THE ASSOCIATON PRINCESS LJUBICA,
THE UNION FOR CHILDREN PROTECTION, THE
SOCIETY ST.JELENA, THE FEMALE MOVEMENT
OF NIS, THE FEMALE SOKOL COMMITTEE AND
OTHERS, IN OCTOBER 1941. THESE KITCHENS
WERE HELPED ALSO BY ICRC WITH AROUND 60
T OF FOOD ARTICLES.
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1945/1960
SCHOOL KITCHENS,
HELPED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CONTINUED
THEIR ACTIVITIES UNTIL 1960.
IN 1956. SCHOOL KITCHENS CHANGED THEIR NAME
INTO DAIRY KITCHENS. THESE KITCHENS HAD ONE
CENTRE FROM WHERE MEALS WERE DISTRIBUTED TO
DIFFERENT SCHOOLS.
THE MEAL WHICH CONSISTED OF TWO ROLLS WITH DRESSING
AND A CUP OF WHITE COFFEE COST 8 DIN.
IN 1960. THERE WERE 531 SCHOOL
(DAIRY) KITCHENS IN THE AREA OF NIS WITH 67.655
USERS. UNFORTUNATELY THIS YEAR THEIR ACTIVITIES
STOPPED BECAUSE THERE WERE NO MORE FUNDING ALTHOUGH
THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE FOOD DISTRIBUTED
BY ICRC AND CARE.
1965.
THE CB RED CROSS ACCEPTED THE PUBLIC CALL OF
NIS MUNICIPALITY (ADRESSED PRIMARILY TO INNKEEPERS)
AND OPENED A PUBLIC KITCHEN WHERE CITIZENS WITH
LOW BUDGET COULD EAT WITH LOW, CONTROLLED PRICES
AND SELF SERVICE.
1966/1967
TWO SCHOOL KITCHENS WERE OPENED AND 2300 PUPILS
ATE THERE BUT IN 1967. THE
ACTIVITY OF SCHOOL KITCHENS WAS ORGANIZED THROUGH
THE CENTRAL CHILDREN KITCHEN.
1973.
THE CB RED CROSS NIS OPENED A RESTAURANT FOR
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DUSANOVA STREET.
STUDENTS COULD HAVE HAD THREE MEALS A DAY WITH
A MONTHLY PRICE OF 2400 DIN.
IN JULY 1999. WE STARTED THE
PROJECT OF PUBLIC KITCHENS WITH THE APPROVAL
OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF NIS.
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THE
FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THIS PROJECT WAS
GIVEN BY ICRC AND ECHO. THE DONATORS SUPPORTED
BY THE YU CB RED CROSS ( ECHO AND THE
GERMAN CB RED CROSS) SUGGESTED THAT THE
REALIZATION OF THE PROJECT SHOULD BE MANAGED
BY THE CB RED CROSS ENTIRELY. THE LOCAL
CB RED CROSS COMMITTEES SHOULD HAVE FULFILLED
CERTAIN STANDARDS TO BECOME CANDIDATES
FOR THIS PROJECT.
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THINGS
WE HAVE DONE
Since
2002. this project has
been undertaken entirely by the city as
its own social program and was partly
financed by the city municipality and
the CB Red Cross was the executive partner.
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The
CB Red Cross had the obligation to prepare
and distribute hot meals to vulnerable
population with the emphasis on donators
that could help in prepariation and distribution
of good quality and healthy meals to those
who need them.
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