After completing their studies, The Hastor Foundation scholarship recipients are still tied to the foundation as a root to a tree. Those roots are not easy to pull out because of the connection that tends to be strong, unbreakable, filled with positive emotions and beautiful memories of the studies they completed. That is how former scholarship recipients of The Hastor Foundation cherish their connection with the Foundation that was often their main support in life. Time passes and people are faced with various changes and many memories fade away when they are replaced with new and more interesting events. Just one thing remains the same in the life of every scholarship recipients, no matter the age – The commitment to The Hastor Foundation. This month we present you a story of our former scholarship recipient, Ammar Biser.
Ammar Biser is a former scholarship recipient of The Hastor Foundation and currently he lives and works in Sarajevo. He finished music high school and Academy of music – University of Sarajevo. He became scholarship recipient of The Hastor Foundation as a part of one of the first generations, back in 2007.
Ammar today works as a guitar teacher in Elementary music school, Ilidža, which was, as he says, always his wish and ambition. During his studies and at the Hastor Foundation, he stood out for his exceptional musical skills, which he often selflessly shared with other scholarship recipients. Namely, his involvement, among other things, was reflected in the fact that he performed for years in certain important events such as: Sarajevo Film Festival, Hastor Foundation anniversaries, promotions, concerts and many others.
Despite such engagement, preoccupation and lack of free time, Ammar always knew how to choose priorities which brought him to a place where he is today. He was always a responsible student completing his duties on the Academy, but also completing his duties in The Hastor foundation. His story shows us that The Hastor foundation during its existence always carried same thoughts, same mission, work. It is because of this approach that today it can boast of such successes of its scholarship holders.
The Hastor Foundation taught us that one does not exclude the other – we can be successful both at university and in other activities. It is important to be a successful student, but it is also important to be a good person. Moreover, that is what is most important.
Ammar says how The Hastor Foundation and volunteering work helped him greatly with the job he does today. Because he was a mentor to younger scholarship recipients for years, he gained skills of communication with the younger students, he learned how to draw their attention, but also how to teach them important things. Ammar says how, in school he works in, he just continued doing what he was doing in The Foundation – being a mentor, support and a friend to his students. The Hastor Foundation, as he says, helped him in developing empathy and mentoring skills.
Thanks to The Hastor Foundation I learned that being a good person does not depend on our function. It is important to be a friend, help and support, no matter what we do. Good knows no limitations of any kind.
Besides that, he says that the experience of being a mentor created a really special experience because the classes in Elementary music school, Ilidža, take place individually. For the end, Ammar tells young people to be authentic, to cherish true values and qualities and to be good people, that is exactly what The Hastor Foundation aspires us to be the whole time.
Prepared by: Aldina Šaljić
