A Roof and a Sense of Security for Children

ATP supports the renovation of roofs in the SOS Children’s Village near Zagreb

This year, ATP architects engineers’ traditional Christmas donation is going to the SOS Children’s Village in Lekenik in Croatia. It will enable two family houses to be renovated.

Every Christmas, ATP supports a social building project close to one of the 11 ATP offices across Europe. Because local knowledge and professional expertise can ensure that help is properly targeted. This year, ATP has donated 20,000 euros that have enabled urgently needed renovation work to be carried out on the roofs of two family houses in the SOS Children’s Village at Lekenik, just two hours’ drive from ATP’s Zagreb office. The five girls and six boys, who are aged between three and 12 and live with their SOS mothers in the two renovated houses Ciklama and Tulipan, can now look forward to the wet winter with a secure roof over their heads.

A safe home
“Many children will now be able to grow up in both houses and find a wonderful home there. Our appreciation of the mothers in the Children’s Villages is huge. By ensuring children a childhood full of love they lay the foundations for a fulfilled life. We are delighted that we are able to make this small contribution to this fantastic project,” says Dario Travaš, ATP’s partner in Zagreb, who, together with Branko Knežević, the company’s other Managing Director in Zagreb, has thrown his weight behind this support for Lekenik Children’s Village. Both recently visited the SOS Children’s Village, where they saw the quality of the renovated roofs for themselves and handed over a symbolic check to the director of the village Mario Čović. He underlined, “with 32 SOS family houses there’s always something to repair. As a non-profit organization we rely on external support. This generous donation from ATP is a huge relief for us. And we are also delighted by ATP’s interest in our work.”

Corporate Giving – ATP acknowledges its social responsibility
Every Christmas, ATP makes a donation to a socially significant project or institution as a way of contributing to the common good. In this social engagement, ATP focuses on projects close to its own offices. For, in order to tackle social challenges in a meaningful way, local knowledge and the focused use of the available resources are essential. Hence, ATP’s more than ten European offices play an important role in selecting and realizing these activities.

