The First Meal in the Soup Kitchen Stari Grad was made on this day 24 years ago

The first meal at the soup kitchen Stari Grad (Old Town) was made on this day in 1992. This facility of great importance for the citizens of Sarajevo was primarily established for refugees who came in the capital of BiH during the aggression.

The war period was very difficult for the soup kitchen, when they were cooking up to 6,000 meals a day. That number was reduced to 3,500 meals after the Dayton Agreement. In the last 2 to 3 years, that number amounts to around 1,000 meals.

Aunt Zilha is symbol of Sarajevo even 20 years after the war. This loving women led the soup kitchen Stari Grad (Old Town) in the war, the kitchen of salvation for the hungry people of Sarajevo. Zilha Seta became the woman who feeds the hungry and the sick people.

In the first days of the soup kitchen, they were making rice without any spices. Aunt Zilha said that it was difficult, but that people of Sarajevo have not felt the hunger.

“The Government of France and Germany helped us a lot in 1993. We started literally from the fridge of our people, who gathered food and bring it to the Soup kitchen. Sarajevo was not hungry, people had at least half of the bread,” said aunt Zilha.

She emphasized the need for human solidarity, which is still important, and it comes from family and solidarity. Users of the soup kitchen Stari Grad (Old Town) today are not refugees, but people older than 60 years and persons with no income. Kitchen is funded by the Government of Canton Sarajevo through its annual budget, and people get daily meal that include 750 grams of vegetables and half a kilogram of bread.

The food from the kitchen is also delivered to the municipalities of Ilijas, Hadzici and Trnovo.

(Source: A. B./Klix.ba)