NGO Academy Member Story #11: Mindful in 2024
For this eleventh Member Story, our first one in 2024, we put the spotlight on mindfulness and resilience. We asked two of our Members to share how they address mental well-being in their NGOs. Read all about it here!
NGO Academy Member Story #10: A board game travels – from Rijeka via Vienna to Skopje
This tenth NGO Academy Member Story is about Irina Janevska and Tamara Fabac, both Alumni of the tenth edition of the Social Innovation and Management Programme – and about a board game that travelled 1564 kilometers.
NGO Academy Member Story #9: What it means to be a young & female entrepreneur – an interview with Eva Esih from PsyBit
Eva Esih, Co-Founder of PsyBit talked to us about the motivation behind founding PsyBit, how the Social Innovation and Management Programme helped her in her professional life and why everyday, she wakes up 15 minutes earlier than necessary.
Member Story #8: A Successful Collaboration
Read about how two of our member organisations, Kozlići and Zeleno Zlato, have been collaborating succesfully for 5 years after meeting at an NGO Academy workshop in our 8th member story!
NGO Academy Member Story #7: How remesh gives a second life to old advertising material
Our member organisation Ateliere Fără Frontiere started a new social and circular business, called remesh, which gives advertising materials a second, long-lasting life as bags, wallets and more.
NGO Academy Member Story #6: The war in Ukraine – Elena Ajder & Edward Lucaci give insights how Moldovan organisations respond to the situation
Our members Edward and Elena are working relentlessy to help Ukrainian refugees with shelter, food, healthcare and education. Read all about it in our sixth Member Story.
NGO Academy Member Story #5: a portrait of Zahra Hashimi
Zahra Hashimi is an inspiring and strong person. Read about her story from fleeing from the Taliban to founding an online school to ensure the education of girls in Afghanistan here.
NGO Academy Member Story #4: Implementation of workshop learnings – a success story by Dijana Pejić
In May 2022, Dijana participated in our workshop “Empowering others to become fincancially savvy”. With the newly acquired learnings and materials, she could implement her own workshop in her organisation Genesis Project.
NGO Academy Member Story #3: Irina Adascalitei, CONCORDIA Academia, Romania
Take a look behind the scenes of CONCORDIA Academia with Irina Adascalitei, CEO of CONCORDIA Academia in the already third NGO Academy Member Story.
NGO Academy Member Story #2: Jehona Gjurgjeala and Rreze Hoxha, TOKA, Kosovo
For our second NGO Academy Member Story, we recently talked to Jehona and Rreze from TOKA, a Kosovo-based organisation empowering the country’s youth from disadvantaged backgrounds to being tomorrow’s leaders of change.