Sarajevo, 12. 9. 1996. (IKA) – A great encouragement for return of refugees to their homes was left only on words. An example of that is Sarajevo settlement Stup. This problem was discussed in more details and published in the newspaper “Glas Slavonije” (10th September) in the
report “Donators are avoiding Stup”. Stup, place 90% destroyed, partially or totally, and most of it is without electricity, today. Croats, refugees, who used to live here, are without money and not capable to repair their homes. There was nobody to offer them a bigger material support for a project of renewal and building of that Sarajevo settlement. “I don#!t want to be involved in politics, but I have to say that it is logical to expect if somebody is encouraging the people on return, then it is necessary to help
them and to ensure them at least a roof above their heads, too. We did not have my greater help, yet. People need to work, they have to send their children to school, you have to go to the doctor somewhere”, said the parish priest of Stup parish of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary Luka
Kesedžiæ. There is neither school or hospital. Stup Primary school is totally destroyed, so that the scholars of Primary and of Secondary school are travelling every day to the schools at Ilidža or to Catholic School Center in Sarajevo for kilometers. That is also the only one school at the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina in which the school year already stated. Parish priest also says that only the walls were left of the church in Stup. He is not asking the donator for the church. Before, 12 thousands Catholics used to live in Stup. After Dayton#!s agreements only 1300 families returned. The return for the rest is not possible. Most of them who want to return come here from time to time, so they could repair their destroyed homes. They don#!t have money. The rest of buildings that need repair will be destroyed by the winter.