Suncrokret volunteers play with children, organise basic school lessons and try to re-create the family atmosphere that the children lost when they were displaced by the war. Other organisations have entered into partnerships with the Croatian government to provide psycho-social assistance to children in Croatia. This programme aims mainly at training local social workers and psychologists to deal with the problems that confront children. While these programmes have had very limited success, they rarely reach the most vulnerable groups such as refugee children. In Serbia and Montenegro, the Soros Foundation sponsors children's camps.
Children are able to study, play and generally forget the war.
Again, however, these camps reach only small portions of the population and they do not hesitate from helping children to establish a sense of national pride, which without proper guidance when they return home can translate into the ultra-nationalism that fuels the continuation of the war. Education is also relevant to the protection of children. Through education child health can be improved, social-psycho development can be promoted and domestic needs can be understood. Statistically, the fact that there is a clear impact is not difficult to see. More than a million children throughout the former Yugoslavia have not had the opportunity to attend primary or secondary school for more than two years.