By Adi Salcinovic | Program Coordinator
Project: "After school program" in JU "Dom porodica" Zenica
01.07.-30.09.2016.
User: 6 - 24 year
Instructors: 15
Instructive lessons
Aside from our regular instructions with our beneficiaries in the afterschool program, mostly middle and high school students, we would like to highlight for the month of July, August and September that we worked also with college students. One particular success story of our After School Programme one of our beneficiaries was successful in entering the second year of studies at the Faculty of Metallurgy and Materials. He had 13 subjects, 6 in the first semester and 7 in the second. Edin was very diligent and present at all the instructional classes and he even requested further constructional classes for some subjects. The most difficult for him were the subjects of Mathematics 1, Mathematics 2, Physics and Chemistry. We worked with him four times a week for three hours each time. He mastered integrals and other higher mathematical operations. Edin was very diligent with his homework and studies besides our instructive classes. Edin graduated from a high school that did not prepare so well their students with background knowledge that would assist them in college so his story is a success not only for him but also for us. He was very energetic in his studies and he asked for explanations of everything unclear to him. There were 4 volunteers working with Edin and he had a special instructor for Mathematics 1 and 2, Physics and Chemistry. His college professors also praised Edin. Edin was considered an average student in high school who did not stick out. When he decided to apply at a faculty everybody was sceptic of his success. Due to his diligence and hard work and our help through this project Edin is now in his second year of studies. Edin states that he is most satisfied with the courses we provide and he also suggest to other children from the home to participate in the classes who are interested in learning. He is a role model. (attached is Edin's index (report card) with scores that serve as a true testament to all the tens (A's) he has received).
Apart from Edin, we also held instructional classes in Mathematics, the English and German language, Physics, Chemistry and IT for primary school children of the 8th and 9th grade and also for high school students of the first and second year. The instructional lessons held in September included about 80 beneficiaries, which showed the need and interest for our afterschool program, as well as its success.
Creative workshops and IT education
Apart from instructive lessons in the orphanage through our Afterschool program we have also provide the beneficiaries with educational and creative workshops. Since the beginning of their summer break, we directed our efforts towards teenagers who were active but not productive, hence we included them in our activities. We included them in our IT lessons where it was our aim to have them have the largest possible number of children from the orphanage receive IT education which will be of use to them in their lives. In July and August we educated them in the Adobe Photoshop programme, C++ programming, Java and html web design where they could manage their own websites. The children were quite interested for this kind of education. The improvements in school were visible from the very beginning of the school year. Two girls and one boy also made a website for their school. Apart from the IT focus we also included handmade jewellery and manufacturing from old furniture, which was interesting to the children since they could perform some hands-on work. We decided that we wanted to include more workshops of this sort to make the beneficiaries able to use their skills to perhaps make some additional income.
Pastime, social events and holiday shows
Apart from the regular lessons, we have also provided beneficiaries with creative and educational workshops that included many fun activities. In June and August we organised excursions to Smetovi and Bistricak. During the month of Ramadan we organized two dinners to break the fast, as well as the celebration of the two Eids for 25 beneficiaries. We also celebrated two birthdays and we organised one summer soccer tournament. The beneficiaries are very happy with all the activities included in this programme and they are only hopeful that we will continue with the program and adding new creative workshops.
Achievements worth mentioning in this quarter:
Plans for the next quarter:
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