May 2020

BEST VIDEO STORIES "LET ME TELL YOU HOW I FELL" IN ISOLATION PERIOD


Isolation due to the corona virus pandemic seemed to everyone to be an attack on personal freedom of movement, deprivation of the right to everyday life and especially a ban on seeing and meeting close and dear people. For many this new condition became difficult to such an extent that many felt emotional and philological difficulties. Introversion, experiencing the fears the virus could bring, increased anxiety, aggression, and violence took over the community. The effects of the virus affected all people and no one was an exception.
Children and young people who are a particularly vulnerable category did not best understand the "new rules" of life, and more attention was needed to be paid to them to avoid the most severe consequences of discounting psychological isolation, anxiety, excessive fear, etc. TPO Foundation has done a number of activities through its websites and social networks with the aim of maintaining communication with children and young people and providing support to overcome the period of isolation as easily as possible.
This was the reason to publish an invitation to children and young people to tell in a video how they feel, what they do in times of isolation and how they fight against the negativity that surrounds them.
The Thinkerica Foundation's TPO Educational Center invited all primary and secondary school students from 6th to 9th grade and high schools students in BiH to turn their emotions from isolation into a story and tell it in a video clip. Video stories competition was called "Let me tell you how I feel" and the videos were posted on the Thinkerica Education Center's Facebook page, and one of the most likes was rewarded with money. The competition remained open until May 25, 2020.
Best videos from two categories (primary school students and secondary school students). The best videos which won the first place from two categories are:
First category- primary school students: Elma Žuljević, sixth grade of the Center for Children and Youth with Special Needs "Los Rosales" from Mostar. Her video was 1,2K liked and 197 times shared. The video is available on Thinkerica obrazovni centar Facebook account:
https://fb.watch/37RpBFv3AA/

Second category – secondary schol students: Amna Alić, third grade of the Secondary Medical School from Tuzla. Her video has 549 likes and was 100 times shared. The video is available on Thinkerica obrazovni centar Facebook account:
https://fb.watch/37RMr8d6ID/

The videos that were published by TPO Foundation were created by students from primary and secondary schools:
1. Aiša Huremović, eighth grade of the elementary school "Nafija Sarajlić", Sarajevo
2. Advan Gackić, eighth grade of the elementary school "Džemaludin Čaušević", Sarajevo
3. Amina Klisura, eighth grade of the elementary school "Nafija Sarajlić", Sarajevo
4. Anja Halilović, ninth grade of the First Elementary School Jaklić, Bugojno
5. Dragan Boban, eighth grade of the Third Primary School, Mostar
6. Elma Žuljević, sixth grade of the Center for Children and Youth with Special Needs "Los Rosales", Mostar
7. Katarina Zadro, eighth grade of the elementary school "Marko Marulić", Prozor
8. Kenan Čolakhodžić, ninth grade of the elementary school "Bijelo Polje", Mostar
9. Lajla Nikšić, sixth grade of the elementary school "Nafija Sarajlić", Sarajevo
10. Đani Kovačević, second grade of high school "Mushin Rizvić", Breza
11. Graduates of the High School Center "Nedžad Ibrišimović", Ilijaš
12. Nerina Begić, first grade of the Mixed Secondary School of Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Tuzla
13. Hanan Babić, third grade of the Second Gymnasium, Sarajevo
14. Azra Imamović, first grade of the Mixed High School, Živinice
15. Amel Čičkušić, third grade of the Mixed Secondary School, Živinice
16. Amna Alić, third grade of the Medical High School, Tuzla

The videos were watched more than 7.000 times while it was shared more than 500 times. The winners received cash prizes.