In homes and schools around Bosnia, youngsters this December have been preparing gift boxes they hope will put a smile on the faces of their peers living through war in Ukraine — just as such gifts did for many of their parents a generation ago.
As many children in Sarajevo and elsewhere in Bosnia grow up listening to their parents’ stories of a childhood spent in war, they easily empathize with their “unknown friends” in Ukraine, said veteran educator Elvira Velic-Muftic.
“I believe that receiving these gifts will make the children much happier because they will know that someone is thinking of them,” said Asja Ibrahimovic, 11, while helping her classmates sort by size a pile of nicely wrapped boxes.
“I was in a position to distribute to my kids the gift boxes sent to them by children from all around the world. The joy on their faces, the feelings those gifts had provoked are something one can never forget,” Velic-Muftic said.It was that momentary feeling of joy that the War Childhood Museum hoped to provide for the children in Ukraine when it launched its gift drive in Bosnia in the early days of December, its founder and director, Jasminko Halilovic, said.
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