During the previous 16 days of campaign TPO Foundation together with its numerous partners implemented a string of educational activities in whole B&H and this year's campaign was mostly directed toward cooperation with the official B&H educational institutions. In that regard, on the occasion of International Human Rights Day this year's campaign ''Awaken Your Humanity, Initiate, Change!'' was officially finished and implemented by secondary and primary schools from Sarajevo, Tuzla and Herzegovina-Neretva Cantons. Beside the huge spectre of educational activities, a constituent part of the campaign was also a competition for the best comic dedicated to young people from whole Bosnia and Herzegovina and it resulted in huge number of drawings. The jury, Elma Softić-Kaunitz, a TPO Foundation long term co-operator and general secretary of ''La Benevolencija'' association Sarajevo, Damir Bašić, graphic designer and journalist and Jakov Čaušević, M.A. in Gender Studies and illustrator chose 21 best comics that met theme and competition requirements entirely. These comics were publicly exhibited during the promotion of collection of stories and comics for young people ''Everything We Do (not) Want to Know'' by Elma Softić-Kaunitz and Pavle Kaunitz and illustrator Jakov Čaušević.

Promotion and collective exhibition of the best comics were organised on December 09, 2016 on the occasion of International Human Rights Day in the Jewish Community Centre auditorium and the whole event gathered more than 170 children, teachers and other TPO Foundation partners. On that occasion and thanks to UniCredit Bank Mostar the jury had special honour and pleasure to declare five best comics for 2016:

1st place: Amina Ganić, Dobrinja Gymnasium, Sarajevo
2nd place: Elma Nukić, Živinice Gymnasium, Živinice
3rd place: Hana Voloder, Third Gymnasium, Sarajevo
4th place: Nives Saračević & Berina Kapetanović, Meša Selimović Gymnasium, Tuzla
5th place: Mevludina Subašić, Musa Ćazim Ćatić Gymnasium, Tešanj

Jury special prize was granted to Milenko Bogdanović from Prijedor.

Jury explanation

WINNERS OF ''AWAKEN YOUR HUMANITY, INITIATE, CHANGE'' COMPETITION

The following competitors were in the narrower circle, their comics were exhibited during the promotion and long term partners from Regional Austrian Bureau for Cultural and Scientific Cooperation made their coming to Sarajevo possible:

Adna Brkić, Srednja škola za tekstil, kožu i dizajn, Sarajevo
Ahmed Jahić, JU Mješovita srednja elektrotehnička škola, Tuzla
Ajla Fočić, JU IV osnovna škola, Mostar
Amina Kazazović, JU OŠ 9. maj, Pazarić
Anida Šlaki, Srednja škola za tekstil, kožu i dizajn, Sarajevo
Ante Udovičić, III osnovna škola, Mostar
Berina Gušić, JU Gimnazija Dobrinja, Sarajevo
Džejlla Pamuk, Srednja tehnička škola grafičkih tehnologija, dizajna i multimedije, Sarajevo
Elma Alić i Emina Redžić, JU Srednja građevinska škola, Mostar
Hana Kara, OŠ Mustafa Ejubović - Šejh Jujo, Mostar

Harun Hundur, Gimnazija Musa Ćazim Ćatić, Tešanj
Lejla Durmišević, OŠ Hasana Kikića, Gradačac
Mensura Čorbo, Srednja tehnička škola grafičkih tehnologija, dizajna i multimedije, Sarajevo
Nina Kapetanović, JU Gimnazija Dobrinja, Sarajevo
Sara Mahmić, OŠ Mustafa Ejubović - Šejh Jujo, Mostar
Selma Bečić i Iva Pavičić, Srednja tehnička škola grafičkih tehnologija, dizajna i multimedije, Sarajevo


On this encounter TPO Foundation sent an important message emphasizing we are all equally responsible both individually and as society to see, recognise and react to violence, i.e. that we act together in the area of prevention, sentencing and punishment of violence against women and girls with the help of relevant institutions.