We hope that your 2021 was filled with love, happiness and health. We hope you have fulfilled all your dreams or at least some of your dreams so that you have something for next year as well. Our 2021 was a year of training courses, new projects and campaigns that we organized. Of the many activities we had this year, we have decided to choose 12 events / activities that we think would be interesting to you. Let’s remind ourselves together what we have done this year:
- Valentine’s day (February 14)
We believe that love should be celebrated every day but there is no better day to celebrate LOVE THAN on Valentine’s Day.This year we painted the Mostar sky with red balloons and we reminded the citizens of Mostar that they should love each other every day, regardless of our differences.
2. World No Tobacco Day (May 31)
On this day, which we regularly celebrate, we wanted to raise public awareness about the harm that tobacco can cause to your health. We have been working on the promotion of healthy lifestyles for several years and this year we decided to do a bicycle race with the main goal against smoking.
3. International Day Against Drug Abuse (June 26)
“Choose life, not drugs” was the main message of this campaign.The street action aimed to raise citizens’ awareness of the harms that drugs can cause and the problems that this addiction causes for the individual and for the community as a whole.
4. Youth Power Staff Retreat (July 18 – 21)
BESIDE all the training courses, educational workshops and campaigns THAT we organize, we HAD SOME FREE TIME to have some fun and relax THIS YEAR. the entire Youth Power team spent three days in Antalya, Turkey.
5. Volunteerism – training courses (July 27 – August 20)
This year is definitely the year of training courses that we had organized as part of the Erasmus + program. We chose two similar ones, both RELATED to volunteering. Volunteerism builds community, breaks loneliness, supports socialization, creates friendships, and provides better business aspects. These are one of the reasons why we organized these two training courses. You can find all INFORMATION about these training courses on our website, what were the goals and what kind of activities we did.
6. Free youth counselling Youth Power (September 6)
From the very beginning, Youth Power has always focused its work on mental health, so this year we decided to open a “Free Youth Counseling” with the main goal of providing psychological assistance and to support youngsters. We started with this project in September and the counselling center is already receiving a great response from youngstersfrom all over Bosnia and Herzegovina
7. European Young Leaders (September 10)
This program has always been an instrument for connecting young talentS in Europe with the aim of encouraging new generations FOR regeneration of different types of leadership. This year we had the opportunity to be part of this program that took place in Belgium, Brussels.
8. International Peace Day (September 21)
“Let all wars of this world fly away and disappear, like these beautiful sky lanterns. Let’s make this dark sky shiny today, let’s try this every night of every day. We invite all dreamers to join us, let’s dream all together. Maybe others will do the same…” – Youth Power
This was the main message of our street action within international peace day.
9. Colombia & Ecuador (September 27 – November 7)
As we mentioned earlier, 2021 is a year of educational trainings. This year we had the opportunity to visit Colombia and Ecuador and participate in two different educational trainings. The main goal of both trainings was positive intercultural acceptance and learning about the importance of teamwork and peace building. You can read more about training courses on our website.
10. “Become Bold” training course (October 18 – 28)
BOLD is a project of the American Embassy BiH that provides young people ,between 18 to 35, opportunities to become leaders. This year, within “Become Bold” project, we organized an educational training for 40 youngsters f rom all over Bosnia and Herzegovina.The main goal of the training was to teach youngsters about what a project is, what a project cycle is and how to manage a project. Through practical work and educational workshops, we aimed to improve the skills of youngsters to know how to write a project
11. Youth Power Great Minds Meeting (November 26)
Youth Power Great Minds Meeting is one of the most beautiful events we have organized this year. A total of 40 people, including our partner organizations and friends, gathered in Berlin with the aim of networking, gaining new acquaintances and partnerships and discussing current problems within Europe and ways of solving them. The main goal of the conference was to change negative perceptions in society.
12. “Let’s orange the world together” (November 25 – December 10)
Every year we regularly DO SO MANY ACTIVITIES WITHIN this global campaign “16 DAYS OF ACTIVISM”. We always strive to attract the attention of the public in a different and better way and remind them of the importance of this global campaign, which is the prevention of violence against women and the prevention of all forms of violence. This year we organized three campaigns, one called “Let’s orange THE WORLD TOGETHER”, which took place on the Old Bridge, where volunteers and students from eight high schools we work with blew up hundreds of orange balloons.
