Education Bosnia and Herzegovina Project #10173

Ongoing AfterSchool Tutoring for 70 orphans in BIH

by Bosana Foundation

Project Report | Sep 24, 2012
Afterschool Program Report July-September 2012

By Senita Slipac | President

After School Program Report for July-September 2012

In this quarter, the focus of the after school program has been on helping students pass all of their classes and prepare for the summer activities that would keep the children entertained without school. A significant number of students needed to improve their grades to pass their exams so we assigned one volunteer for each student, especially the older ones that were able to retake exams for the second time to attain better grades.

For the whole month of July and August, we held English conversation workshops to help students improve their spoken English. The majority of participants in this classroom were between the ages of 12 to 18 years old. Many have a solid fund of words but they do not feel confident to speak the language. During these conversational classes, the topics used where tolerance, how to be better in school, get along better with your peers and how to better communicate with others.

Aside from these classes, we also continued with the jewelry and arts and crafts classes. Students that were part of our jewelry workshop were given monetary rewards for the jewelry that they made and that we were able to sell during our Annual Event in June, 2012. This came at a perfect time so that these students could better enjoy their summer vacation.

For the first part of September, the after school program went back to its regular routine of working with students to get adjusted to their new school schedule, and prepare them for new challenges. In the coming quarter, we will continue with our regular classes to help the students obtain better grades and understanding of their classes; however, we will also add new extracurricular classes like movie nights, sewing classes for older girls, self development classes that will include workshops how to better deal with problems, better communicate and improve their confidence.

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Jun 22, 2012
Afterschool Program Report March-June 2012

By Senita Slipac | President

Jewelry Making Class

Afterschool Program Report – Zenica Orphanage

Over the course of the last three months, the After School program at Zenica Orphanage has made a significant and impactful progress. Currently, there are close to twenty children with different age group actively participating in the after school program. The program pays for six instructors to conduct three classes a week, including occasional weekend fun extracurricular activities. Since the school was ending during this reporting period, the focus of the after school program has been on helping the students do well during their exams. The outcome has been extremely positive as a number of students have significantly improved their grades during the finals. Two of the teachers have written thank you letters praising the program and students’ behavior as it improved over the last few months. We have also noticed students’ behavior improve in the classroom as they showed less frustration and more interest in learning.

Additionally, a lot of the children at the orphanage do not have a creative outlet. To address this need, we have surveyed our students to see what are their interests. The majority voted to have jewelry and arts and crafts classes where they would learn how to make jewelry and cards that they could also possibly sell at the local stores. Particularly, there are three teenage girls who expressed interest to learn this craft because they could potentially earn continuous income, especially once they leave the orphanage. To help promote their efforts, we also sold their jewelry at the Bosana’s Annual Benefit in June.

For the next three months, while all of our classes are educational, we will try to include a big dose of extracurricular activities to create a fun and memorable summer break. A lot of the children will not have a chance to go anywhere for the summer so our program will focus to keep them positively occupied and entertained.

We really hope that the success of this year’s program at Zenica Orphanage will help us expand the project to other orphanages in Bosnia and Herzegovina because it has truly proved to be very helpful and positive in the lives of the children. Not only have their grades improved but also their behavior.

Jewelry made by students at Zenica orphanage

Afterschool math, english and computer class

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