By Ajlana Osmanagic | Program Director
BOSANA FOUNDATION
Scholarship and Personal Development Program
Quarterly Report
October-December 2019
Executive Summary:
The year is coming to an end, the fall semester is almost over, and our students are about to tackle yet another exam season. We are excited to report to our donors all of the inspiring news from this quarter. Bosana has some of the best and most dedicated students and we can only hope that our supporters are as proud of them as we are.
Bosana received incredible support from our donors for the Giving Tuesday campaign and the End of the Year campaign. In addition, the scholarship program received five laptops as a donation from Hired, Inc.
Bosana Advisory Committee has been in the planning mode for months now preparing for the next annual gala. Bosana 11th Annual Benefit is scheduled for March 7th. This event will offer another meaningful and fun evening focused on women of Bosnia and Herzegovina, their education, successes, as well as their philanthropic work.
Student and Program Update:
The last quarter of the year is also the beginning of the new academic year. Bosana students focused all of their energy on classes and, towards the end of the quarter, on their midterms. Students who were accepted into our scholarship program this year have found organizations where they will volunteer during their next few years and have adjusted to the new schedule and their new obligations quite well. As always, besides classes, midterms and volunteering, our students found time for additional educational activities, which will help them excel in their respective fields.
The scholarship program received a noteworthy donation in November, thanks to our longterm supporter and first Bosana mentor, Tea Sisic. Tea’s employer Hired, Inc. donated five laptops for five lucky Bosana students. It is very hard for studentsto have to wait on their friends and roommates to borrow their laptops to complete their assignments and universities usually have very limited number of public computers. These donations are a tremendous help to our program and our students.
Highlights of the quarter:
We are excited to report all these exciting news about our students:
Bosana comes full circle with Bosana students alumni network. Bosana students are now giving back to the next generations of Bosana students. Alumni network had one of the first working sessions solely organized and run on their ideas. Denis, Esma, Amila and Lejla had a Skype meeting where they discussed their ideas for the alumni program.
“Students for Humanity” project is still thriving . Bosana students are all setting aside part of their monthly scholarship funds for their own humanitarian projects. This year, even students that have already graduated have decided to contribute to this project.
Funds collected during the second part of the year were used for three different projects. In October, our students donated to Aida and Miroslav, two hard-working students who needed financial assistance to continue their studies. Aida is a senior at the International University of Sarajevo and Miroslav is a fourth year student at the University of East Sarajevo. Bosana students donated 1000 BAM to each student, to cover their tuition and other academic expenses in order to be able to finish their final year and graduate.
Students have also donated part of their funds to former Bosana student Selma’s project “Get the Heck to School”. Selma started a project which provides educational opportunities for Roma girls in Bihac. The goal of this project is to support Roma girls so that they can stay in school, encourage further education, and lower the rate of child marriages within the Roma population.
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By Ajlana Osmanagic | Program Director
By Ajlana Osmanagic | Program Director
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