bauhauswerk

Dear Coilers, some time passed since the main shock and the things are slowly calming.

I don’t mean the Earth. It is still shaking on daily basis. Aftershocks from middle 2 to high 4, almost 5 Richter are going to be part of the everyday life for some time.

Earthquakes of this power are known for the aftershocks lasting for even 12 months or longer. But many less strong shocks are not a bad thing as it decreases the probability of another very strong earthquake. It is very unpleasant thou.

The Banovina region, especially the town of Petrinja and surrounding towns and villages is mostly a post apocalyptic scenery. As well, that part is one of the poorest parts of Croatia, heavily damaged in the War for Independence during 1990s and never properly developed since then.

All major industries are closed and the economy of the area is highly dependent on the money sent from the Central State. One of the many reasons why the Stare doesn’t care much about the development of the area is the number of national minorities (mostly Serbs) living there. But let’s forget about the nationalism (at least for now).

The first respond was fairly good, far from perfect thou, but satisfying.

Many chefs and cooks from all over Croatia came to the place and started preparing meals for those in need. As the restaurants are closed due to lockdown, they’ve improvised kitchens on sight and started doing what they do best.

Even an improvised pizzeria was established in a closed cafe bar making around 400 pizzas daily from the ingredients donated by the suppliers from Italy. The last news I had was that there is enough flour for the longer time period but they are in lack of ham and cheese. That’s why they have limited daily production to 400.

As well, dear people from the Coil and XRP Community have donated XRP to the fund I’ve made for the cause.

At the moment there are 305,19 USD and 200 XRP in the fund.

This way I would like to say a BIG THANK YOU to all of you who have donated, some of whom are anonymous so I cannot thank them personally.

On Saturday, friends of mine will go there and take the help we collected in the neighbourhood and will ask on sight what things are needed/essential so we can get them in the next round of help.

This XRP fund will be used for some of the future rounds of help and I will keep informing you about it.

Thank you for reading,

Srdan