The Hastor Foundation can boast of diligent, ambitious, and successful scholarship holders who achieve notable results in the fields of education and science. The Foundation’s team consists of young people who contribute to its work, improving it with their knowledge and skills. It is precisely these values and commitment to volunteer engagement within the Hastor Foundation that give scholarship holders the title of the Scholarship Holder of the Month. Read below about the scholarship holder who won the title this month!
Versatility, the desire for knowledge and small but significant steps undoubtedly lead to success. Another in a series of examples that ambition and desire for success are, among other things, the reason for positive outcomes is the life of Hastor Foundation scholarship holder Ada Sivac. Our Ada was named Scholarship Holder of the Month, which is only an indication of her success and enthusiasm that accompany her through her education, but also an incentive to continue to achieve success on her path. Ada comes from Sarajevo, where she graduated from the High School of Dental Technology, and is currently in her fourth year of study at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Back in elementary school, Ada showed great interest in the first aid activities. Her ambition and enthusiasm for further upgrading knowledge in this field continued through high school and college, which ultimately resulted in winning the 2019 state competition. Ada’s desire for progress, of course, did not stagnate after that success but only encouraged her to keep going. She selflessly shared her experiences and knowledge about the proper provision of first aid with others at many trainings, but also as part of the preparation of teams for future competitions. As a former mentor to Hastor Foundation elementary school scholarship holders, Ada has often focused on this topic, in fact what is at its core – helping others, which is essentially the basic idea and mission of the Hastor Foundation.
The Hastor Foundation provided me with help in the form of protection, squeezing me tightly with an embrace of love. For me, it is a great factor of motivation and support in life. It is a place that allows me to further acquire knowledge and update my potential. I am extremely grateful to the Hastor Foundation for every opportunity as well as motivation and support to put all the ideas and ambitions we have into action.
In addition to first aid, Ada states that astronomy and art were of great importance in her life and in building her personality. As a member of the “Astronomical Society Orion”, she was given the opportunity to better study the depths and appearance of the bright spots of the dark cover of the sky. She progressed in the Astronomical Society, so at first, she volunteered, and later she was the educator and head of the children’s schools “Galileo’s Observatory” and “Da Vinci’s Studio”. Within the same Society, she participated in various projects such as “Starry Sky Above the Old Town”, IASC “Search for Asteroids”, “Street Astronomy” (astronomical observations) and “School of Astronomy for Children and Adults”. As a STEM educator at “Orion”, she came up with the idea of realizing a scientific workshop for Hastor Foundation elementary school scholarship holders. Students had the opportunity to observe and perform experiments with the aim of acquiring knowledge in a fun, interesting and different way. Ada pointed out that she was extremely happy to participate in this workshop, share knowledge and joy with the scholarship holders.
Thanks to her academic success and the fact that she is the best student of the Academy of Fine Arts in her first year of study, she was awarded a diploma and a gold plaque by the Mayor of the City of Sarajevo. Ada points out that this was a great success for her as well as a motivation for further work. In addition to sculpting, she is also engaged in painting and graphics, and the transfer to the team for graphic design of the Hastor Foundation enabled our Ada to further improve in this field.
The Hastor Foundation sincerely wishes her to continue to use her versatility, creativity and ingenuity in everything she does in the future. The fundamental mission of all of us is to help others just like our Ada!
Prepared by: Amina Abaspahić
Translated by: Semra Islamović
