Rakitno is a populated place in the Posušje Municipality at an average altitude of 900 meters. Rakitno has around 1500 inhabitants living in the area of two local communities, Poklečani and Sutina.
The main road Posušje-Jablanica passes through the local community Poklečani, and most of the local community is uninhabited and is located in the Blidinje Nature Park as well as the highest peak of the mountain Čvrsnica, Pločno, 2228 m above sea level.
Two years ago, the local community of Poklečani started the implementation of the project of making a kindergarten within the premises of the primary school Ante Bruno Bušić in Rakitno. The works lasted less than two years and the Kindergarten “Veseli školarac” opened its door on September 1, 2021, but without the outer part of the kindergarten, playground for children.
The public call for project proposals of local communities and local civil society organizations within the “Local Works – Together for Local Development”, the leadership of the local community Poklečani recognized as an opportunity to apply, build a children’s playground and complete the whole story of creating better conditions for children in the Rakitno area.”, said representatives of Poklečani local community.
In the second half of August last year, the construction of the outer part of the kindergarten began, i.e., preparatory works on the children’s playground.
Toys were installed on the playground: a tower with a slide, a swing, a tunnel, a carousel, and 50 m2 of anti-stress protective rubber was placed as a base.
Poklečani local community, playground for local kindergarten and school
The project “Building a children’s playground for kindergarten” was completed on September 30, 2021. The total value of the project is 9,635.90 BAM. The local community of Poklečani and the Posušje Municipality have financially contributed to the project in the amount of 3,941.10 BAM, the sub-grant funds amounted to 5,344.80 BAM, and the voluntary contribution amounted to 350.00 BAM.
Kindergarten and children’s playground are of great importance for all residents of Rakitno. By implementing projects for the benefit of the community, Poklečani local community made it easier for children to grow up, and parents to organize time for transportation because now children will be able to spend their free time outdoors.
By strengthening the capacity of local communities and involving community actors in solving local problems, we encourage joint work on local development and promote positive examples of social engagement in communities.
The project “Building a children’s playground for kindergarten” of the Poklečani local community from Posušje was realized within the project “Local Works – Together for local development” implemented by the Center for Civic Cooperation from Livno and the Association of Citizens “Grahovo” from Bosansko Grahovo, with the support of the United States Agency for International Development – USAID.
