My Journey Thus Far

Volunteer work

SOS Children's Village Pristina

Organized study groups once a week for children who had lost parental care. Classes included math, arts and crafts, geography, biology, and foreign languages.

"No Boundaries"

Took part in a few volunteering sessions organized in cooperation with a group of students from Albania. The aim was to help minority youth to integrate into the society through plays, lessons, trips taken together and other activities.

"Make love not aids"

I received training from a local NGO on Training in Sexually Transmitted Diseases prevention. With a group of students, we took part in "Scaling up HIV prevention in Kosovo, Youth Component - Make Love, Not AIDS" project where we held trainings for high school and upper secondary school pupils on the same topic

Projects

Young Friends of the Earth - Europe

International Progressive Education

As part of the YFoE Europe, we founded the Balkan Youth Climate Movement, one of the firsts grassroots network of young people in the Balkans working together on social and environmental justice issues.

The first gathering took part in Šolta Island in Croatia where we stayed for three weeks in an abandoned former army base living minimally and creating a climate movement strategy for the Balkans.

Throughout the summer of 2012, attended workshops organized by the Civic Education School aiming for democracy, building, community service, youth activism, inter-ethnic cooperation, and human rights.

As part of the project, I worked with diverse groups doing several social activities such as helping in the elderly house of the city, doing chores, and spending time with them.

Media & Culture

Software Freedom Kosovo Conference, 2014

Responsible for PR & Design

Software Freedom Kosova Conference (SFK) is one of the biggest and oldest annual non-profit conferences in the region established to promote software freedom, free culture and open knowledge in Kosovo.

Prishtina Hackerspace, 2013

Part of the founding group - Responsible for Media & Design

PR Hackerspace is the first co-working open experimentation space established by exclusively for technological, educational, cultural and scientific purposes.

Today the space is fully operational, although I am no longer an active member.

Prezi Brand Ambassador

https://medium.com/@prezoes/latest

Ran a campaign within 8 university campuses which aimed at helping students create better presentations and become better presenters.

Co-founded "Prezoes" with a team of 3 students from Italy, Brazil, and India using Prezi, Pinterest, and Medium as a channel of sharing the best presentation practices.

Volunteering Activities

Hoivakoti Wäinämöinen

Naisten Pankki

I volunteered at Valkeakoski's Elderly Home where once a week, I spent a few hours with the elderly people, reading to them, talking with them, sharing stories, and even exchanged language lessons.

I took part in Naisten Pankki activities by organizing the Women's Day event once a year and every second Saturday hosting a coffee and tea get-together for all the women and students in the city.