He buried many for free: ‘What would I normally be?’
Osijek’s Danijel Ljubićwhom many know by nicknamed Boni, is a self -sacrificing ‘good giant’ of the city on the Drava, because he knows only a small circle of ‘his’ people from the lower city, those gathered around him who fill his vans before going with them on the way, for his sacrifice. Namely, Daniel has been the initiator of numerous humanitarian food collection and supplies for people in need for years.
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For the last ten years, since he has a private funeral company, he has had the opportunity to give a hand to help people in their saddest moments.
Helped as many as two Slavonian families who have recently lost their young children at different periods. Both of these families were socially threatened, without enough money to pay a dignified burial. People were collecting financial help to help them.
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– In both cases, my funeral company needed to do everything around the burial. When I found out what kind of life’s life situations were, I didn’t charge anything. What else would a man be? They were extremely grateful and that is enough for me, even though I don’t ask for that. It often happens that I don’t even get it, but I don’t blame. Over the past years, there have been about a dozen burials I have done for free because the family has come and said that there was no money, or I realized their situation. These are families who simply find the way to me, and I think it is for a reason. In two cases, I felt I needed to offer my help alone. For the first time, it was when two girls from Erdut were tragically killed who traveled with the class on a school trip. Then I went to school and offered to bury those girls for free. And the second time it was 2021 after the bus overturn near Slavonski Brod, in which ten Kosovo nationals were killed and 44 were injured. Then I contacted the Kosovo Embassy and offered a free transportation service to Kosovo. They answered thank you and told me that they still had it resolved. These are situations where you can help someone because they are in a problem, so why not help them – says Danijel. Due to immense humanity, Daniel receives the pride of Croatia!
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