The first library in the Ukrainian language will probably be opened in Serbia next month.
It was initiated by the "Krokodil" Association and eight publishers.
Vladimir Arsenijević, writer and chairman of the Board of Directors of "Krokodila" tells the portal "Vremena" that "in Kiev there is a distribution center with 10.000 books, where it is possible to get books at publishing prices." They are intended for Ukrainians all over the world, who had to leave their homes because of the war."
"We know that Ukrainians in Serbia need books - Anastasija Mordzynska from the humanitarian organization 'Do Good' told us about it. And since on March 1 we are going to Ukraine again and we are carrying humanitarian aid in a van and we are returning with an empty van, we can fill it with Ukrainian books and bring them to Belgrade."
Arsenijević says that "the action was quick", that "Krokodil" and the publishers Bloom, Booka, Finesa, Geopoetika, Helix, Štrik, Treći trg and Urban Reads, "donated money with which we will buy 400 books for children and adults", and that it will be the base of the first library in the Ukrainian language in Serbia. He also adds that the writer and translator is Andrij Ljubka, whose novel it is Karbit published by "Archipelag" in Serbian, was "a great help in communication with the distribution center in Kiev".
The library will be located in the premises of the humanitarian organization "Cini dobro".
This will be the second "Crocodile" humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
In June of last year, representatives of the "Krokodil" association took equipment for premature children to the Perinatal Center in Kharkiv, which was shelled, in a van. Now, on March 1, in the town of Bliznjuki, which cares for about 5000 people who have fled the Russian war, they are bringing supplies and medicines for babies, children and the elderly. The citizens of Belgrade joined in the collection of this aid.
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