CROATIA
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They act opt
international
volunteers as
well. 1 think
support from
foreign coun
tries to
humanitarian
institutions
like Sun
cokret and
Nexus is important in tunes ot
economic crisis in Croatia itself.
The existence of these institu
tions and peace organizations like
AWCC is necessary for develop
ment and maintenance of civil
society and democracy in Croa
tia. Merely their existent* doesn't
mean much, but people need to
act together for renewing their
society. People tend to get easy
parts like fashions from outside
countries but don’t know how to
deal with essential part. I know
this because it happened in my
country, and I realized that moral
decadence and ignorance are the
main enemies of civil society.
Economic development is impor
tant but only with moral devel
opment.
As I mentioned above. I visit
ed one hotel for displaced peo
ple. They ant Croats from a town
tailed Vukovar. There is no major
war in Croatia, where one-third
of the territory has Ixien occupied
by Croatian Serbs with the help
of Serbia. In coastal towns like
Zadar and Sibenik, they are
sometimes shelled by Croatian
Serbs from the mountain side
For almost two years, displaced
Croats have been living in camps,
hotels and other accommodations
with no place to go back Many
Croatian Serbs had the same fate
and fled to Serbia. In the hotel,
all of them looked healthy and
there was almost no complaints
about basic necessities. The hotel
COURTFSY PHOTO
Men resting neer TCCS trucks.
provides food and shelters for
free, and several times in a week,
volunteers from Suncokret visit
and do activities with children
and others.
Children explained how Croa
tian Serbs. Croats and other
minorities had lived peacefully
and friendly before the war
began. Only by talking with these
children, one can be sure how
stupid and senseless the reason
ing of the war is like ancient
hatred or historical antagonism
People should not forgot about
what happened in past atrocities
because it's going to las a lesson
for younger generations. At the
same time, there is forgiveness,
and agony and antagonism may
disappear as time passes by.
Many people in ex-Yugoslavia,
mainly those in cities, have the
sense of tolerance and civility,
but others have not Then, peo
ple who tried to seek or maintain
power exploited the situation and
manipulated those who have not
Ex-Yugoslavia was a mixture of
many nationalities hut also that
of modern and primitive soci
eties.
I had a good time with these
displaced children. 1 asked what
they wanted the most now They
all said in one voice peace. They
wrote some messages for people
in the United States They need
some supplies for school so that
they could continue to study.
They are eager to know atiout oth
er people's cultures and wont to
lie friends with American people.
They want western countries to
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