Annual of social work, Vol. 15 No. 3, 2008.
Professional paper
FROM AN ORPHANAGE TO THE HOME FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS MASLINA – A CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF CHILD WELFARE IN DUBROVNIK
Katica Simunović
; Social Welfare Center Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Abstract
The article presents an overview of the institutional care for orphan children in Dubrovnik. The Government of the Republic of Dubrovnik founded an orphanage called OSPEDALE DELLA MISERICORDIA on 9 February 1432. A female orphan institute was founded in 1785 by the decision of the Senate with the aim of providing care for poor girls from the city and the outskirts. A refuge for poor male children was opened in 1894 and given a special attention by eminent citizens of Dubrovnik. In 1944 the Yugoslav People's Liberation Army entered Dubrovnik and the national authorities took over the Refuge for male children which in 1947 became Children's home Ivo Vukušić. This institution operates as children's home since 1997, i.e. the Home for Children and Young Adults Maslina. It can be concluded that the Home for Children and Young Adults Maslina inherited traditional procedures and social sensitivity from the old Republic of Dubrovnik and is a successor of the refuge founded in 1894.
Keywords
Republic of Dubrovnik; child care; children's homes; institutional care
Hrčak ID:
31383
URI
Publication date:
23.12.2008.
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