Be My Wings!

Robert was born as a premature baby with multiple impairments. In our city, there wasn’t adequate therapy available… I believe this story is already familiar to you because it’s the story of most parents of children with disabilities.

We used to drive Robert to Osijek for motor exercises. That’s all we could do during that period. As he grew, it became necessary to engage in other types of therapy – but we didn’t have the opportunity for that neither in our city nor nearby.

We couldn’t enrol Robert in a kindergarten group. His difficulties were too great, even for a group of children with disabilities… Imagine the quality of that child’s life – not having the opportunity for growth and development.

In the Association Vukovar Butterflies, we were welcomed into the playgroup without any problems! It was a group where children of mixed ages with and without difficulties were present. He was wonderfully accepted there and was happy to be among children, where we received very good socialisation and preparation for school. Besides the playgroup, Robert also had various therapies, so we as parents had time to do our chores and duties, and at the same time, we were sure that he was very well taken care of. All the staff and therapists are extremely professional, warm, and carry out their work with love. Children feel it, and we parents see it. We are informed about the training sessions that the employees undergo, which are a complete novelty (such therapies are not available until Zagreb). This is extremely important to us parents because we have the opportunity to try different therapies without additional time and money wasted on travelling.

We are happy that there is professional staff who understand how important it is for a child to start with various types of exercises early on, and in cases of significant difficulties, with new types of devices that stimulate brain function, coordination, and attention. We received all of this at the association with the full assistance and support of every therapist! I hope that with the help of those of you reading this, the association will be able to continue its work.

Thank you for helping children like Robert make progress, feel welcome, and for us parents to receive support for the quality of life of our families.

After M. was diagnosed with suspected autism at almost 2 years old, I knew we needed professional help, but I didn’t know where to find it. Upon the recommendation of our paediatrician, we went to the Association Vukovar Butterflies, and shortly after, he received his first therapy sessions. I found this almost unbelievable because usually, there’s a long wait for appointments, and early intervention is crucial in the development and progress of children with developmental difficulties.

Every therapist puts in a lot of effort in working with him, and the results are evident! They also continuously enhance their knowledge through various training sessions, which is indicative of their dedication, love, and desire to help every child.

Considering that children with disabilities are still stigmatised in our society, every project is of great importance to us because through them, we can involve children in various activities (such as horseback riding, sports, playgroups) that we couldn’t involve them in with typically developing children.

Personally, the playgroup project meant a lot to us because M. was surrounded by children in play and fun, which is very important for his socialisation, while I could take care of some daily tasks that I usually struggle with.

Now, after 5 years in the association, as a single mother of a child with a confirmed diagnosis of autism, I have decided to move to Vukovar primarily because of the Vukovar Butterflies, to make it easier for him to attend therapy sessions and to involve him in as many activities as our dedicated professionals and association leaders come up with.

The association has always been a great help and support to both of us. Please support the association so that M. can continue to progress, play, grow, and have fun with his friends.

The best feeling in the world is the opportunity to be wind under someone’s wings. It is not always necessary to take a lot from ourselves to give a lot to others.

Recently, a boy from a family where the parents did not get along very well came to our half-day care. For the first few months, the boy had emotional difficulties. He didn’t get along with his peers, didn’t have a smile on his face during playtime, and most of the time he looked at the floor; he did not communicate or play with other children, nor with us employees. Quiet and withdrawn, he did the assigned tasks with our help. Month by month, the boy improved in every sense.

When I first saw the smile on his face and happiness while he was playing with other children, the feeling was indescribable! In this type of situation, we realise that our work has greater meaning and importance in the lives of the children who stay with us.

Today, that same boy comes to our half-day care with a smile on his face and can’t wait to hang out and play with his friends. Of course, our work didn’t end there, and every bit of his progress makes me extremely happy and makes me proud that we made his childhood a little bit better.

During my work at the Association, I met many parents, and children and learned their stories.

The one in particular that impressed me is the story of a family from Osijek who comes to our Association every day for therapy for their three-year-old son. In our association, all the necessary therapies are provided for him in one place, completely free of charge.

I met the family and the boy during the implementation of the Tomatis method. At the beginning of the therapeutic process, the boy was non-verbal, and after listening to the first cycle of the Tomatis method, he began to pronounce certain words, which was a huge success and satisfaction for me.

The parents were overjoyed, and all their efforts and ours paid off. For parents of non-verbal children, there is no greater relief than when their child can tell them when something hurts, when they are hungry or thirsty or what they want to play. By the end of the therapy process, he became a real little chatterbox.

In my daily communication with people, when I tell them where I work, I get positive reactions and comments. They say it is not easy to work with our children, yet we do so much and spend time with them with a smile.

The favourite part of my job is working with children, because I am one big child myself and with them I am who I really am!

Anyone who says they don’t have a favourite child is lying, at least in this line of work. My favourite child is a boy with whom I fought great battles and broke through all the boundaries that existed in me, and in him too. Thinking about our first meeting and the progress we have achieved together brings an honest ear-to-ear smile to my face, and when he sees me, although he doesn’t know why I am smiling, he returns the very same smile!

There were situations when I couldn’t help him and didn’t know how to. I often wondered whether I should have done something differently, whether there was some trigger or whether the cause was just another change in the weather. After deep reflection, in most cases I would conclude that he, too, sometimes has a bad day, and that the support I give him, on good days and bad, actually makes me happy, proud and a better person – because in the end, we are the ones who make the difference in their lives.

I have been an employee of the Association for four years and in that time I have worked with many families. More than seventy children have gone through therapy with me. Every child stays in my memory, but I would particularly single out an always smiling and cheerful three-year-old.

He enrolled in the Association two years ago and very quickly got under my skin. After the assessment, the boy had numerous difficulties and was lagging behind in all areas of development. Through joint effort in regular therapies at the Association and good cooperation between the parents and the therapists, the boy has achieved enormous success to date.

Our time together continues, because the battle is not over. I love my job because of progress like this, smiling children and satisfied parents. That is exactly why I am proud to be part of the Vukovar Butterflies and that together we are all pushing boundaries.

Most of the people I know often comment that they find working with children with disabilities very difficult, but also admirable.

They also believe, often rightly, that it takes a lot of time and effort to work with children with disabilities, and the results are sometimes slower to appear. That’s why I always like to point out successes and positive examples from practice to the people I know, because I believe it is the task of each of us to influence other people’s opinion of our work, and every nice word and comment about us and our work, every recognition and thanks makes me proud.

These days I’m thinking about one boy in particular. He had a bad opinion of himself and his abilities, often compared himself to others, was occasionally sad and said about many things that he couldn’t do them. At the last meeting, just before the beginning of the new school year, the same boy said that he was looking forward to school, learning, and socialising. He realised what he was good at and began to accept himself. He learned to stand up for himself and gained the necessary confidence.

I will continue to help the boy so that he becomes a satisfied, independent, and happy person despite the difficulties. Nothing is more beautiful than when you are the wind at someone’s back, when you simply remind them of their own wings. It is not always necessary to take a lot from ourselves to give a lot to others.

Through these three years of work at the Association, I have met many children and their families. Each child is special in their own way and has their own story. Some of them can tell it, while others need help with that.

It’s not easy when you have a lot to show and say, but you can’t do it yourself because you feel trapped in your body, like in a tight armour. And then we come into this story, all the therapists – we’re here to remove that armour and give the story a chance to come out and reach the people who need to hear it.

When people ask me which child has left the greatest mark on me, I know who I remember first, and everyone around me knows it too – it’s become an internal joke among us, but not because that child is my favourite (although maybe it is), but simply because of the journey we’ve been through together, a journey that was initially long, thorny, and full of obstacles. We started with great frustration, rejection, and mistrust, and now we’ve reached a big smile, a feeling of security, and rushing to therapy. And that’s why I’m proudest – because we’ve come together to this point.

However, on the other hand, it’s hard to single out just one child because each of them leaves their mark and memories. I have a special situation and memory with each of them, and we continue to tell that common story day by day – some days it’s more beautiful, some days a little less, but it’s all important because that story is life-affirming and shows how much we learn and progress every day.

Some might say that I’m here for those children to learn a lot from me, which is true, but I also learn a lot from them, sometimes without even realising it. The most important thing in all of this is that all those children in the Association have a safe place where they can be who they are, without fear of any judgement or prejudice. Here, they know they are safe and accepted just as they are, and that’s the most important thing. Moreover, it’s important that they know and feel it, as evidenced by the happy expressions on their faces and the eager rush through the doors of the Association, and then into the arms of the therapists – just because they know they are safe with them. All of this speaks to how intertwined we are in their lives, as they are in ours, and how many pages we have written together in this story of ours. And there are so many pages awaiting us…

As the very name of the Association suggests – they are all our little Butterflies (with a capital “B”) because they progress day by day and grow into wonderful young individuals. How many colours will they show to this sometimes gloomy world and beautify it, just wait and see! And therein lies the answer to when I feel proud and happy – I’m proud every day when I see them, and I’m immensely happy that they have let me into their world and that I’m part of their life story.

Facing the diagnosis of our child was the hardest for us.

It was difficult for both us and our daughter to cope with the challenges that come with the diagnosis, but after accepting the situation, we embraced the professional support at the Association Vukovar Butterflies, where we quickly received help, support, and advice for our child, as well as better interactions for the whole family.

My little girl has progressed a lot since joining the Association, and the support we receive here means a lot to us. Anyone who can should help support the work of this association so that these children can grow from little caterpillars into beautiful butterflies, because with a lot of love and effort, the sky is their only limit.

Life before joining the Vukovar Butterflies Association was a bit chaotic because we didn’t know how to channel and help our daughter, how to cope with the new situation on our own, and everything that comes with a child’s difficulties.

We are very grateful to all the staff professionals for improving the quality of our daily lives with their efforts, dedication, patience, guidance, and work.

With the visible progress of each child, joy and happiness are immediately apparent, and parents’ nervousness and stress are reduced. Because of all of the above, it is our wish, but also a great need, to maintain all existing programmes implemented in the association, to retain all employees in their positions, to continue projects, and ultimately to ensure that assistance and support are continuous for all our children and all programmes and activities.

After Dunja was diagnosed with a rare form of epilepsy, we received a recommendation from a neuropaediatrician that we needed professional help in addition to medication. I heard about the Association Vukovar Butterflies from a friend. We quickly had an assessment and started therapy shortly after.

I was happy because she started therapy in a short period (usually the wait is very long), knowing that early intervention is very important for children with disabilities.

Each therapist invests a lot of effort in working with my little girl, and I have no doubts about the quality work of all therapists, for her and for other children who come to therapy. They invest a lot in their knowledge and go to training, upgrading it, as well as their skills for working with children who have different disabilities.

They have a lot of will, desire, and love to help every child.

Children with disabilities, unfortunately, are still a stigma in our society. In addition to the therapies that help them, it is also very important to spend quality free time and socialise, in activities such as horseback riding, sports activities, playgroups, workshops… Unfortunately, these activities are carried out on a project basis, which means that they have their beginning and end, that is, they are not sustainable programmes.

All the mentioned activities are very important to us, as well as the project for young people: #korakzajedno – young people in the community, not on the margins. While the children are having fun and socialising, I do some other things that I have to do during the day.

The association was and still is a great help to us. With the help and support of everyone involved in the work, I hope that Dunja will continue to progress, grow, and be happy with her friends and have a place where she belongs and where she will happily come.

Mateo is an eighteen-year-old who, because of complications during birth, has had cerebral palsy and brain damage since birth, which has greatly affected his motor skills and development.

When we joined the Association Vukovar Butterflies, much of our searching came to an end and free therapies were provided for Mateo, as for all the other children.

He is a child who came to therapy with a smile, and that says a lot. I believe the therapists are very successful in their work; they give us parents confidence, reassure us and calm us down when doubts arise. Behind Mateo there is a lot of effort, work and therapy.

He has never considered his disability a handicap but, on the contrary, his advantage, however strange and incredible that may sound. In a way, his disability taught him to look at things differently and to be more positive. He successfully completed vocational secondary school as a hotel and tourism technician and today he is a volunteer of the Association Vukovar Butterflies.

A child who particularly stayed in my memory from last week is a boy called Filip. Filip came to the Association because of mild developmental delays, mostly because of difficulties with attention and with understanding and producing speech.

In daily living skills exercises he practises exactly these activities using various everyday objects, and we try to keep his attention on the activity for as long as possible. We practise reading, writing and arithmetic, solve various riddles and sometimes draw, because that is his favourite activity.

Filip is an exceptionally warm and kind boy who completes all the tasks he is given without a word of complaint. Although he has great difficulties with reading and arithmetic, he never minds when I give him exactly those activities and he solves them with a smile. I enjoy working with him, and every time his persistence surprises and encourages me!

His father greets him at the Association’s door with the same smile, and 45 minutes of therapy with him pass like 4 minutes. As I have only been working at the Vukovar Butterflies for a short time, I have not yet got to know or even met all the children, but every bit of their progress always makes me proud.

When we had our first child, we were overjoyed. We followed every step, enjoying everything until we realised Ivano was changing. In that moment you have so many mixed emotions; you don’t know what to expect, and that scares you the most.

We went for various check-ups where we mostly heard that he was “just lazy”, but as a mum, I knew there was more to it. It wasn’t until he turned four that he received the diagnosis – autism.

Our first therapies were connected with the Association Vukovar Butterflies. Back then, eight years ago, the Butterflies were not yet a provider of social services but were funded by donations and through small projects. One of the activities was a three-hour playgroup, and there my child was included in a community with other children for the first time (he wasn’t accepted into kindergarten because he didn’t have an assistant).

As the Association progressed and the number of services increased, so did my child’s progress.

All the staff who work there work with so much love that even after eight years of attending therapy, my son still looks forward to going and working with them. He is now 12 years old, and thanks to the Association and the projects it has been running for many years, my son leads a very active life. Through the projects, he had swimming and horseback riding, which he enjoyed, and a playgroup where I could leave him with the carers without worry when I had to do something on my own.

Some of these projects are over, and as a mother (and I’m not the only one), I would like my child to continue living an active and happy life, because this place is not just for therapy – our children play, socialise and learn here; it is a second home for us.

So, I hope you won’t ignore our plea for support, because we are only fighting for a better, higher quality of life for our children.

To all parents, I say that life is not over – use the key that was given to you, with which you can slowly unlock your child’s potential.

Take care of today and don’t worry about tomorrow!

I have been working at the Association for four years; I am a physiotherapist and I provide sensory integration therapy to children. Every day I meet a large number of children with different diagnoses.

Every child stands out and stays in my memory, but lately a special place is held by a boy who came to the Association a year ago, in whom I see great changes and progress.

Just as special is the dedication of his mother, who is extremely interested in the boy’s participation and progress and accepts all the advice so that she can work with him in the best way at home.

Every meeting with a child who greets me happy and content, with a smile and a hug, is a great pleasure for me and gives me wind at my back for further effort and work. My goal is to help every child function as well as possible in everyday life. Children love coming to the Vukovar Butterflies, and the smiles on their faces show us that.

It is precisely because of them that I am happy to be part of this great story, and together with them and their parents I rejoice in every new success.

A boy of eight particularly stayed in my memory: after eight months of work, he said something in therapy for the first time. It was not the child’s first word, but it was the first word in my presence.

The child does not usually want to communicate outside the family, so this is great progress in his therapy. The boy’s parents first came to the Association because of the child’s failure at school, that is, his learning difficulties, and because the child does not want to communicate with his teacher at school.

Through the Neurofeedback method I try to help the child acquire social skills and reduce anxiety in social interaction, and to encourage the child’s verbal expression as well as emotional expression and self-regulation.

For the therapy to be effective, it must be regular over a longer period, and it is carried out as long as there is a possibility of progress, which is still the case with this boy.

People are very interested when they hear where I work, and every time I feel their approval and a quiet thanks that I do this job, because, as they say, “not everyone can do this job”.

Ivano is our first child... We were very happy that we were having a boy. Ivano was born like any other healthy child. Everything was great until he started school...

When he started first grade, the problems began, because Ivano was falling behind his peers; he had difficulties with writing, reading and learning.

We all thought Ivano was just a very lively and playful child, but that wasn’t true. We realised that Ivano had a problem. We suffered a lot and were struggling until we found out about the Association Vukovar Butterflies.

Ivano achieved a lot there, from little things such as tying shoelaces, getting dressed and other everyday living skills, all the way to writing, reading and learning. Thanks to numerous therapies, Ivano has progressed and today he reads and writes. Ivano has become a happy child since we joined the Association.

We also had very difficult days, but the therapists solved one problem after another with their expertise and knowledge. All the therapists deserve credit for Ivano’s progress and for what we have achieved to date.

I would recommend to every person and family to visit the Association Vukovar Butterflies and see how children with difficulties work and learn.

Thank you to all the staff of the Association for their endless support!

Setting out to break through the barriers of non-acceptance, misunderstanding and lack of help so that we could more easily lead our child with disabilities into a more or less normal life was very hard. We paid for therapies ourselves, for example Neurofeedback, speech therapy and so on. What we could get through the system did not meet our needs, given that children should be included in rehabilitation programmes as early and as often as possible in order to achieve results.

Joining the Association Vukovar Butterflies opened up new possibilities of exercising the right to therapies that we did not have to pay for. The staff’s expertise and kindness, as well as their understanding of the child’s difficulties, were enormous: from the very beginning the child, as well as we parents, was satisfied and happily went to all the therapies, and we parents had moral support all the time, as well as the opportunity to find out all kinds of information related to the child, both regarding the work at the Association and outside it (e.g. how to get the child to like school or where to turn to exercise certain rights for the child).

After many years of using the services of the Association Vukovar Butterflies, I can say with satisfaction that we were lucky to be part of the association and to use the opportunities it gave us, so that with a lot of practice and persistence the results are visible.

For the work and expertise at the Association, we give top marks!

My M., a child who was born after a normal pregnancy and developed normally, simply became different just before his first birthday. As a parent, I understood that something was wrong, but I consoled myself with our old saying, “He’s a boy, and you know boys always lag behind a little…” Our “lagging behind” has a name – AUTISM. My M. doesn’t talk, doesn’t respond to his name, doesn’t carry out the actions he is asked to.

On the recommendation of an acquaintance, who is also an employee of the Association Vukovar Butterflies, we enrolled in half-day care and in the therapy sessions, which are badly needed. Today, almost 2 years since we joined the association, my M. is a different child. Not because he is 2 years older, but because he has learned to work hard.

The therapists do an excellent job. I help as much as I know and can, but expertise is a key factor in these situations. The therapists are professional, and they are constantly upgrading their knowledge.

My M. is still my M. in appearance, but his behaviour is completely different. The therapies he attends have led to M. behaving the way I could only dream of!

Without the Association, there would be no progress; the Association is the one that gives different children the possibility of equality and acceptance. Children, so different, yet so similar, spend quality time together in the Association, building acquaintances and friendships with professional supervision and support, and building themselves as people. Our children are becoming great people…

There is no word strong enough to express our gratitude for everything the Association does for both our children and us parents. I think that even a big thank you is too little for everything they have done, are doing, and will do in the future for the children.

Our little daughter Martina is now 10 years old, and she started coming to the Association Vukovar Butterflies when she was much younger, so we have been users of the services and the efforts of the wonderful people who work here for quite a long time.

We got the recommendation for the Association from a doctor in Vinkovci. Until then we didn’t even know that such a place existed in our county. Quite a few therapists have changed since we have been here, but that special approach to children and, of course, the effectiveness and results have kept us at the Butterflies.

Our Martina loves being with the children in half-day care; we have been members for so long that it’s as if we were family. She looks forward to it every time she comes to therapy.

At first we travelled from Đurići to Vukovar and it was financially exhausting for us, but for the good of our child we didn’t want to give up. Martina has been diagnosed with epilepsy and a cyst on the pineal gland in her brain, and because of that she has difficulties with speech, concentration and performing the everyday skills she was supposed to learn, which are now less of a problem. She is still not confident at school, has learning difficulties and is not at the level of her peers, so she is moving to an adapted programme.

In 2017 we moved to Vukovar, which reduced our travel costs, so that she could continue to attend therapy regularly. We are glad that we came here and that all of this started being dealt with in time, so that she can start school normally and overcome her difficulties more easily.

I can only say words of praise for the work of this Association, and we are grateful that it exists for all the children.

They do their work conscientiously and with a lot of love, and that can be seen in the results. We are all fighting together for it to develop and grow so that children have everything they need, when our state is deaf to things like this.

P.S. Keep going bravely – there are many people who support you, because you achieve everything you set out to do! You have made our Martina’s childhood and schooling more beautiful and easier, and you will do the same for the many other children who come here. Good news travels far! A big thank you to everyone. To all the donors I can say that they have invested their funds wisely – in our greatest treasure, our children!

Small good deeds are very great for those who receive them at the right time!

Besides us therapists, in half-day care we have another important “employee”, the best motivator – a therapy dog named Black.

One of the successful and happy stories I want to share with you is the one about a seven-year-old boy with autism.

When he first started coming to the Association Vukovar Butterflies, he did not like touching the therapy dog, or even being near him. Talking to his mother, I found out that he had been afraid of dogs since he was little and, because of that fear, had had no interaction with them. After two months of coming to our half-day care, his fear of touching the dog had weakened, and one day he plucked up the courage and touched him – to be precise, stroked him.

As his fear of touch faded, he became more and more interested in Black and joined in various activities with him, as well as with all the other children, and his favourite thing was playing doctors with him and telling him stories.

By including a therapy dog in work with children, interaction is achieved between the child and a trained therapy dog, with me as the therapist guiding it. As a living being with feelings and reactions to certain situations that it shares with the child, the dog is an active participant in the work process, and in this way the therapist and the dog together take part in creating the child’s positive reactions.

The work I do is challenging and imaginative at the same time. As an employee of the Association Vukovar Butterflies for 3 years now, I have been following my team’s shared vision.

In our work, we are visionaries with clear goals. We know our place and the role we have in providing our services to children who need that help every day, but at the same time we strive every day to improve our knowledge and skills as much as possible. Together, we invest in the future of all of us, because the future is all the children of this world, regardless of their differences.

Through my work I meet many families. In some of them, unintentionally and unobtrusively, I also become part of the family. The children I work with are children who enchant me again every day with their simplicity, sincere emotions, happiness and the love they give.

I particularly look forward to working with a girl in whom great progress can be seen. From a girl who could not sit on her own, we have come to the stage of standing up on her own, and we are waiting for her first big steps. Her hug, smile, kisses and even the tears she gives me are a sign that I am doing the right thing, and they instil in me the desire to try to be as good a person as I can.

Dominik is a very special boy who is 11 years old, unspoilt, very emotional, stubborn, who loves riding his bike, going to the Danube for a swim, shopping, walking, playing tennis on the street… he loves and wants everything other children do. Sounds good so far, doesn’t it? But let me introduce you to our story.

When we first visited a psychologist, Dominik was 2 years and 9 months old. His attention span was short, he changed interests very quickly, and his hyperactivity was very, very pronounced. He always had energy to run around and get into mischief. The psychologist concluded that he was just a slightly livelier child. And so we continued until he was 4 years old. By then, the situation in kindergarten was very, very difficult for him… I will never forget the mornings when we drove to kindergarten and he begged me not to leave him there – we cried together…

Kindergarten is linked with unpleasant memories for him because he wasn’t accepted. That period of our lives was very tough; we were avoided, nobody from the kindergarten ever invited us to a birthday party, and we had a very small circle of people around us.

And so we started searching for help again – searching again, waiting, crying…

While we waited and booked appointments in hospitals for scans and tests in search of early intervention – where to start, how to help, what to do – I came across the number of the association of parents of children with disabilities Vukovar Butterflies from Vukovar. I called first thing in the morning, and the president of the association, Viktorija, explained everything to me. We went to the association for therapies, and we used everything we could get from the therapies. It was difficult, exhausting, we had many challenges, but it was definitely the best decision. The association was fighting for survival back then – and it succeeded! I don’t know where my Dominik and I would be without them…

The association employs professional staff who taught both Dominik and me: a special education teacher, a psychologist and a kinesiologist. We talked every day, I got answers to all my questions and doubts, they wiped my tears, strengthened me psychologically… In the association, I learned about all the rights I could use to make things easier for us; they were always supportive, especially for Dominik when enrolling in school in Ilok. In the association, I met other mums and children, which further strengthened me because I could talk to someone who understands me and has similar problems, especially since only a small circle of people stayed with us all that time.

After almost 8 years of going to the association, what I can say is that the diagnosis doesn’t necessarily have to be the prognosis; we proved it and prove it every day through what they teach us in the association, because every day they push the boundaries helping our children.

I don’t want to recall what it was like to live in a small community with a child with disabilities and expect integration into kindergarten, into the community… That period of our lives was – I’ll be polite and say – very challenging, but through our case, positive changes began in our educational institutions in Ilok, and I dare say they are now “gentler” towards our children. As a memento of that period, I received my own diagnosis too.

Dominik is much more accepted now than before; he knows a lot more, learns and progresses every day, and even knows how to deal with challenging situations by himself. We are all calmer; we have been through a lot, and if things get tough – we know where and to whom to turn.

Thank you for making our world better every day.