Erdjan Berisa: hip-hopper wearing a football jersey
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- Monday, 07 September 2020 13:39
Numerous personalities have left their mark with their work and results, despite life, material and other obstacles, and thus confirmed one great truth - It does not matter where you start, but where you end up.
Erdjan Berisa, a 16-year-old who lives in an eight-member family in Berane, in more than modest conditions, is a boy with a clear vision of the future.
Zorica Jovic, pedagogue in the Secondary School of Economics Mirko Vesovic – Roma students in mentors have support and security
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- Wednesday, 02 September 2020 11:47
The students who are taken care of by Zorica Jovic, pedagogue and mentor in the Secondary School of Economics Mirko Vesovichave solutions to the problems they encounter, develop critical thinking, broaden their horizons and continue their journey as formed personalities. Some of them are students at the Faculty of Economics. According to our interlocutor, this important background that students receive from their mentors is crucial for continuing education and achieving good results. An important role is also played by parents who, in cooperation with mentors and teachers, can influence the empowerment of Roma students. We talked about experience, achievements, challenges, improving education. Read what we learned below.
Cycling to balance - Visiting Maksut Berisa, a cycling enthusiast, a serviceman, and an NGO activist
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- Tuesday, 25 August 2020 18:58
In the household of the Berisa family, there is a famous bicycle service of Uncle Maksut. Maki, as most customers and friends call him, has been repairing, restoring bicycles for more than three decades and is the only Roma in Podgorica who has decided to dedicate himself to this craft.
Majda Maljesaj, student of the Vocation Medical School - Learn, earn your living, be independent
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- Tuesday, 01 September 2020 13:30
Majda Maljesaj is a beneficiary of our support program Increasing access and participation of Roma students in secondary education and transition to the labor market funded by the European Union, and implemented through the Roma Education Fund. She is a second-grade student at the Vocational Medical School in Podgorica. She attends the medical beautician course. Majda wanted to be a dentist, but the profession she is studying does not seem bad to her, moreover, she is increasingly found in that field.
Ana Kosovic, professor of the mathematics and mentor at the Secondary Vocation School Ivan Uskokovic - It is the best when prejudices are defeated in action
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- Monday, 24 August 2020 12:49
Satisfied students and grateful parents are a result that Ana Kosovic should be proud of. She is a professor of mathematics and a mentor at the Secondary Vocation School Ivan Uskokovic within the project Increasing access and participation of Roma students in secondary education and transition to the labor market funded by the European Union and implemented through the Roma Education Fund and NGO Young Roma as a national partner. Two years ago, she became one of the favorite faces of all Roma students. With her way of explaining, even math is no longer a bugbear, and the welcome smile that greets them guarantees a solution to every problem. Not only does it help them master the material, communicate with teachers, but also advises them on how to deal with the world outside of school. You will often meet her surrounded by students and on the street because it is not difficult for Ana to come to the rescue whenever she needs to because she believes that Roma students must be a mentor to friends. Our intern Melisa also has only words of praise for her. And why she is so unique and loved, read in the lines that follow.
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