The United States Embassy in BiH is pleased to announce the opening of a Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities in Doboj on 18 June 2015. The opening of the Center was made possible by the Doboj Municipality, the U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation, USAID, and several other partners, including UNDP and the Czech Embassy.
This Center represents a culmination of the commitment and determination to establish a facility expressly dedicated to 250 special needs children in the region – a region that was also devastated in the May 2014 floods. The Center is specifically designed, built, equipped and staffed with special needs children in mind and the services they require.
U.S. Embassy funding and assistance totaled over $300,000 and included assisting in constructing the center, providing computers and speech therapy equipment, and providing training for the staff. The Doboj municipality also invested 520,000KM.
U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina Maureen Cormack, Manager of the Center Slobodan Mitrovic, Mayor of Doboj Obren Petrovic, and Colonel Dale Snider from EUCOM will deliver remarks at the dedication ceremony.
The following events will be open to the press:
11:10 Dedication Ceremony
Address: Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities Doboj
Near the intersection of Kralja Aleksandra and Nemanjina street
(for instructions on how to get to the Center, please call 061-138-988 or 065-513-838)
12:00 Press statement
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