Scholarship Recipients

Vanja Vasilevska is a mechanical engineering student at the “Vlado Tasevski” high school in Skopje. She was part of the volunteering team for the Red Cross. Vanja is a competitive person, she has won a lot of awards, such as the third award for a solo singer, three awards for first place in an international competition in art, second award in a competition in biology and she and her team won the award at the UPSHIFT project for better water quality and water saving. Currently, she is competing in a competition in informatics

Despina Milanova is an 18 year old from Veles. She has won fifteen international, two state and numerous municipal awards in the field of poetry and prose. She is especially fond of the award for best song at the “Children’s Lyrical Tremors” festival. Her poems are published in poetry collections. Despina is also involved in the field of debate, organised by the Parliamentary Institute of the Assembly of the Republic of North Macedonia, where her team won first place. Moreover, this year she became an advocate for the rights of children and youth.

Emelj Chico is a second year student at the high school “Rade Jovcevski Korcagin”. She is talented in the fields of mathematics, languages and writing prose and poetry. She has a strong and constant inner motivation for work and studying, as well as high aspirations for future success. She regularly participates and receives awards at international and national competitions. She was awarded second place at the state festival “Rakatki” for literary creation and reading. Moreover, she also won first place at the international English language competition ‘’Hippo’’. Emelj regularly participates in lectures on nature protection. She also participated in the “Junior Achievement” competition. In the field of innovation, she participated in the international program “Girls Go Circular” for fashion and circular economy. Her  strongest point is the mathematics competitions, as evidenced by the numerous diplomas.

Iva Kostovska was born and raised in Tetovo. She is 17 years old and studies at SUGS High School “Josip Broz Tito” in Skopje. She is a second year student. Her areas of interest are biology, chemistry and informatics. She has participated in municipal, regional, and state competitions, where she has achieved solid results, such as third place in this year’s state competition in biology. She also participated in training from the Red Cross, First Aid, and organized tribunes, discussions and projects in the field of informatics, ecology, chemistry that were realized outside the school. In the future, she sees herself as a bioinformatics engineer.

Leon Ali is a student at SUGS “Shaip Yusuf” – medical technician in Skopje. In general, he is an artistic soul which is why he has attended many national competitions for drawing and drama performances. He uses his free time to improve his talents such as drawing and playing the mandolin. He is part of many non-governmental organizations and activities that are not in line with his educational profile, but fulfill him and bring him success. In the future, he sees himself  as a dentist who will continue to follow his dreams, no matter what challenges and external influences he encounters.

Martin Dimitrovski is a first year student at SUGS “Rade Jovcevski-Korcagin” in Skopje. He completed his primary education in Radovish with great success and since then he has shown an immense interest in natural sciences and informatics, thus they became his virtues. Martin trained basketball for the school club in his hometown. He is starting to expand his knowledge in programming, because in the future he sees himself as an ethical hacker.

Melani Ivanova is a third year high school student at “Slavcho Stojmenski” in Stip. Her talent lies in writing and creating, poetry and prose, and she has participated in many state and international competitions with her poetry. She also loves sports and plays handball. She shared her experience with the Program “Support Fund for Talented High School Students “Talents Today – Leaders Tomorrow” – “a place where one can feel true to oneself and get more and more motivated to create new things that lead to a single goal – success”. Her greatest achievements are the following: The Grand Prix award received for the best poetry on the subject “Easter Apotheosis, 2021” – Euro Art Academy and The prize from a literary competition in Prespa (free topic), organized by Жar Prespa / Ember Prespa, where she competed with a literary work titled “For children with special needs” and won second prize according to the votes of the audience.

Tamara Stojanovska is a second year student at the secondary vocational school SOSU “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” in Ohrid, in the health profession. She has been a participant and winner of awards in the field of physics at national and international competitions. Tamara also took part in innovative competitions, and from 2020 she is officially а Karate Master – a black belt with several medals as well as gold on a state level. Finding a cure for cancer is a major challenge for her.

Tijana Manasova is a student in the second year at the high school “Kocho Racin” – Sveti Nikole. She actively participates in competitions in the field of natural sciences, especially in biology competitions, where she has achieved high results in state competitions in recent years. Her strengths are both natural and social sciences, but she also has a major talent for mathematics. She always achieves her goal through hard work and effort.

Urfeta Topolec is a first year high school student at “Vasil Antevski Dren” in Skopje. Her strong suit is reading and writing prose and poetry. She has participated in numerous competitions, including a literary state competition for writing, where she received an award in Macedonian language in 2020; municipal and regional competitions in biology; and participation in a municipal competition in chemistry, physics and mathematics.