August the 28th, 2022 - Sponsored holidays in various locations along the Adriatic coast for Croatian kids without parents or guardians outside of the social care system has become the norm every summer, and summer 2022 is no different.
As Morski writes, the long, scorching summer holidays means time dedicated solely to socialising and playing without worrying about school and homework, and Croatian kids without adequate parental care who are in the care of the state, the social care system and similar institutions also spent their summer days going on various trips, activities, holidays, and in some cases - spending some time with their extended family.
According to the relevant ministry, there are a total of 899 Croatian kids without adequate parental care or guardianship being taken care of by the state and by other service providers, who have been granted the right to accommodation or organised housing with additional comprehensive support.
Various sponsors - private individuals, camps, associations, who, by donating accommodation and transportation, enabled Croatian kids in the care of the state to enjoy holidays all over the Adriatic coast again this year, and they're responsible for making these children's summer holidays as beautiful as possible.
The Zagreb Children's Home currently cares for about two hundred children and young people up to 21 years of age. Most of them are very young.
''Summer holidays for Croatian kids without parental care are organised every year,'' the director of the Zagreb Children's Home, Jasna Curkovic Kelava, explained, adding that children under the age of three don't have an organised summer holiday of this sort because they are too young. For those kids who are slightly older, between the ages of three and seven, the aforementioned institution organised as many as five sponsored trips to the coast this year.
Thanks to one generous sponsor, the children and their educators spent the whole of the month of June in his house on the island of Pag.
In mid-June, a group of fifteen children and three of their caregivers stayed in a hotel in Tucepi thanks to the sponsorship of a family that has been doing this for more than 20 years. This past week, the children also went on a seven-day holiday to another sponsor family's house on Pag, which has also been a tradition for several years.
Completely sponsored trips have even been organised for some to go camping in the Czech Republic, enjoying scout camps and the like.
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