College Scholarship Candidates For 2009
Melisa
- DOB: 4-3-84
- School: University Of Sarajevo
- Major: Pharmacology
- Accomplishments: Graduated from College in 2008
- Employed: Merk Drug Co.: Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
Elvedin
- DOB: 8-17-87
- School: University In Zeneca, Bosnia
- Major: Economics
- Role Model: "Zinedin Zidane. He is my favorite soccer player. But besides that he is very successful and he shares his wealth with poor people."
- Happiest day of your life:"Passing the entrance exam to college"
Alisa
- DOB 10-18-88
- School: University Of Sarajevo
- Major: Electrical Engineering
- Attributes: "I am very persistent and hard working. I will study hard and will make good results."
Adnan
- DOB: 7-17-88
- School: University In Mostar
- Major: Public Relations
- Role Model: "Nelson Mandela, because of his non violent struggle against apartheid."
- Challenging Situation: "When both of my parents lost their jobs when the war started in 1992. They have not been employed since."
Maida
- DOB: 5-19-89
- School: University of Sarajevo
- Major: Electrical Engineering
- How will your choice of study effect your countries future: "It will improve it, because young people in combination with new knowledge, gives a better life."
- Difficult Situation: "The war because it took my childhood."
- Happiest day of your life: "The day the war ended."
Emran
- DOB: 9-23-88
- School: University of Sarajevo
- Major: Electrical Engineering
- Role Model: "Bill Gates, because he started from zero and made a miracle, he changed the past, created modern today and still developing tomorrow. But on his life-path He stayed human, always thinking about people around him."
- How will your choice of study effect your countries future: " My wish is to help the development of my country, because it’s something every citizen should do. We cannot just take, we need to give back."
Aida
- DOB: 6-10-88
- School: University of Medicine in Mostar
- Major: Medicine
- How will your choice of study effect your countries future: "As a successful doctor, it is my wish to establish a center to help women who have suffered breast cancer, because my mother has been a victim of that evil disease. I hope that one day, I’ll become a member of a volunteer association, and as an educator travel across the world, aiming to help in the education of children."
- Challenging Situation: "Death of my sister during the war from sniper fire, death of my father from lung cancer and my mother's battle with breast cancer."
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War stripped Bosnia of a skilled, educated workforce. Jericho strives to rebuild the lost intellectual capital of Bosnia by providing college scholarships. The scholarship program affords both the education and the training needed for these young adults to become integral parts in Bosnia's rebuilding process. Without the Jericho Foundation scholarships, college was out of the question. Many more students are in need of similar support. With additional funding we will be able to address these needs.
First Jericho Scholarship Recipient Graduated and is Employed with Merk Drug Co. in Bosnia
When the Jericho Foundation announced our first college scholar, Melisa in 2003, she wrote these words: "Once upon a time there was a little girl. She was no princess, but she lived her own fairy tale. Her life was about her family, her sister, school, her friends, happiness never ended. But all that had to change. A day came when the words like bomb, killing, war, death became her reality. She had to leave the place she used to call home; she had to leave her friends, never to see them again. She had to grow up over night. Her fairy tale ended.
"It's been ten years since then. The little girl turned into an eighteen years old" me. During those ten years I didn't believe in fairy tales, I lived in refugee camps, I was afraid to live. Today I am ready to move on, to set new goals and to afford myself to dream. I am turning towards my future."