We have not tried this before. But I have been asked to help Alisa.

She is at Sarajevo University and has a serious medical problem. She has been advised to begin therapy immediately. But:

Although this medication is covered by the Bosnian authorities through their solidarity fund into which, as you know, all people in employment pay a contribution, the fund is empty and medication has to be purchased privately by the patient.

In real terms this means that patients who have money are treated and those without are left to wait for their next relapse! I have approached every possible fund in Bosnia at Canton and Federal level, the Institute for Preventive Health Care, pharmaceutical companies – all the responses have been that there is no money…

If any reader is minded to help Alisa raise the 1,200 Euros per month she needs to keep her problem at bay and so avoid blindness and other ghastly complications, please contact Carolyn at the Ecumenical Womens Initiative (based in Croatia) which will be delighted to explain the problem in detail and hugely appreciate any support you might care to offer.

Their email: ewsf@ewsf.hr