The delivery by the Regional Housing Programme (RHP) of 120 packages of construction materials for refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia began today in Šašinci, near Sremska Mitrovica, in Serbia. Attendees at the ceremony to mark the occasion included Nataša Stanisavljević, Commissioner for Refugees and Migration of the Republic of Serbia; Elvira Angulo Rodriguez, representing the Delegation of the European Union in Serbia, and Sarah Groen, Deputy Head of the OSCE Mission in Serbia.

Aleksa Pilipović, a refugee from Bugojno, BiH, received a package of construction materials worth €9,000. The Pilipović family received materials for the complete reconstruction of their home (roof, floors, insulation, facade, interior doors, carpentry and bathroom materials), which they plan to use to adapt their home to accommodate their six-year-old daughter, who has special needs.

The delivery of the remaining packages under the RHP SRB9 sub-project also began in Bačka Topola and Ruma.