Requests for help keep coming in

Volunteers of the Kolasin Red Cross (CK) visited more than 50 families in the villages and in the city in the previous days. As the president of that organization, Milan Marković, said, they bought groceries, medicine at the request of fellow citizens, delivered humanitarian aid...

As he explained, we are talking about people in self-isolation, the elderly and those in a state of social need.

"A large number of requests come from remote villages, which, given the unevenness of the terrain, requires additional efforts from us. Fellow citizens in a difficult situation, especially elderly households and those in which there are sick people in the villages, literally make a request: "Send us anything from food". "Parents of babies from remote villages are looking for diapers and other hygiene products," said Marković.

According to him, that organization has a lot of help from the Municipality. Help also came from the Kolašin Democratic Committee - 20 packages of food and hygiene products. In Herceg Novi, as reported, from Monday to Wednesday there were 47 calls to support the elderly and infirm. Also, the Red Cross added that in cooperation with the NGO "Help" and "Mladi Romi" they distributed humanitarian aid to 12 people.

The day center for children and families "Defendologija" (DC) from Nikšić, the only one in Montenegro that deals with children who live and/or work on the street and who are at risk of becoming one, managed to, with the help of donors, provide food for 12 families.

"We are talking about families that belong to the vulnerable category (begging), and the amount of food collected is enough for almost a month. These are large families that generally have more than nine members and do not have any income," DC said. As they said, for days the users of the Day Care Center turned to them for help because they do not have the basic and elementary things for survival, let alone hygienic necessities. "We found the first real help and support in our long-term strategic partners, the international organization Save the Children", emphasized DC.

The call for help was answered and donated food by the companies "Popović" and NTC, the cheese maker "Miljanić", the meat industry "Goranović" and the National Kitchen.

"The Center for the Affirmation of the RE Population, with the help of other donors, provided ten families with shampoos, soaps and masks. In cooperation with the Center for Social Work for the municipalities of Nikšić, Plužine and Šavnik, we provided help for an additional number of families, and we also had support and good cooperation with the Center for Roma Initiatives", stated the DC. At the beginning of next week, the Red Cross of Montenegro will receive a donation of 100 tons of flour from "Montemlin", a member of the "Šajo Group". At the request of the donor, the aid is primarily intended for socially vulnerable citizens and elderly households, but also for the families of those who are on the front line of action in the current situation - health workers.

Former Montenegrin national handball player Marko Dapčević offered the Institute of Public Health the capacity of his hotel to accommodate health workers who, in case of need, would have to be employed in Cetinje.

Director of the Tax Administration Miomir M. Mugoša, assistant directors Dušanka Vujisić, Dejan Abazović and Biljana Jelić, as well as acting assistant directors Gordana Pejović and Danilo Jovanović will pay half of their salary for March.

The company "Cungu" donated 10.000 NKT, and the parliamentary club Democrats paid 1.000 euros in donations to the Municipality of Tuza. The company Bujošević from Podgorica paid NKT 5.000 euros, the company "Unipred" from Bijelo Polje 10.000, as well as the Center for Ecotoxicological Testing (CETI). The members of the SNP in the Assembly of the Capital City, Bogdan Božović and Radmila Čagorović, decided to make the monthly councilor's compensation available to the NKT. The independent trade union of the Central Bank of Montenegro donated 5.000 euros

Officials and councilors of the Municipal Board of SD Plava donated 5.000 euros, and the councilor club of DF Podgorica donated their monthly fee. The company "Sport Vision" paid 20.000 euros. SD councilors in Tivat Municipal Council Igor Petković, Rada Luković, Ivana Franović and Elvis Brkan renounced the March councilor compensation.

The Capital Plaza and CentreVille Hotel & Experiences donated 20.000 euros for the purchase of ventilators.

Instead of the planned ceremonial opening of the biotechnical laboratory, the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center Tehnopolis from Nikšić decided to hand it over to the health system. Laboratory equipment also enables the detection of a new virus, and 3D printing of visors and other medical aids has already begun in Technopolis.

The equipment for the laboratory includes, among other things, a device on which 14 samples can be processed simultaneously, and the results are obtained after 90 minutes, and the first quantity of reagents for at least 300 analyzes has been ordered.