Our program addresses the existing gap between life at the orphanage and “independent 18 year old young adults” to decrease the existing tendency of orphaned children falling into poverty and delinquency. In this program, we have also included marginalized youth living outside of the orphanages or those with unemployed parents who are unable to secure their education.


All students selected to our program go through a very demanding selection process: we look at their grades, written essay, recommendation letters, extracurricular activities, their financial circumstances, and finally an interview to determine their readiness and sincere willingness to obtain higher education. Once selected into our scholarship program, we cover: all costs associated with their schooling, housing when needed, a small monthly stipend, and each student gets a personal development fund that they can use towards training courses, etc. To maintain the scholarship, students have to maintain excellent academic standing, perform a number of community service hours and submit monthly and quarterly reports.


Through our scholarship program, we strive to stipulate some form of community service which we believe instills in the students a keen responsibility for building relationships with civic groups in society, maintaining a high level of community involvement and becoming invested in the future of the BiH.

The idea was born during one of the annual student gatherings, and it was gladly welcomed among everyone. Inspired by BOSANA itself and motivated to become a positive change in society, students decided to create a fund to help others in need. Each month, students donate two Bosnian marks form their scholarship to the fund and Bosana matches the amount. Some of the graduate students are still donating to the fund even though they don't receive the scholarship anymore. Students would choose donation candidates in their neighbourhoods and their cities, and more than often it was very hard to narrow down the choice. Across the whole BiH, students were mostly buying food and medicine to elders and school equipment and books to kids.

The project is still ongoing and the funds are collected each month. We are waiting impatiently for the next student action and next idea of how to help someone with their funds.