Our achievements in 2019
It is that time of the year when we make plans for the next one and make a reflection on everything we have achieved over the past 12 months. It’s been a roller-coaster year for us, we scaled up almost all of our programs, launched our webinar and podcast series, started BH Professionals Meetups, opened Makerspace in Srebrenica, been all around the world collecting knowledge and work experience, organized Arduino workshops for high-school students, organized and co-organized dozens of events all around the country, and then some! We analyzed it all and transformed to numbers, here is how it looks like:
Due to events we organized, we were mentioned more than 150 times in media
We took on 35 new scholars, a record in one year for now
Our scholars did more than 40 internships, in B&H and abroad as well.
Futures mentorship program expanded from 67 to 207 students due to our partnership with the MarketMakers initiative.
3 Futures Academies organized, in Mostar, Srebrenica and Banja Luka
For the fourth year in a row, we organized IEEE Student and Young Professional Congress, which is the biggest event of its kind in our country
Launched Futures Voices podcast and recorded 7 episodes
Launched Futures Webinars Series and created 11 webinars
We opened Futures Makerspace in Srebrenica, and together with our partners started preparations for Makerspaces in Donji Vakuf, Banja Luka and Zavidovići
Held 5 Breakfast and Chat sessions with world-class experts
Our scholars visited 12 different countries for education or internship activities
We organized 10 Arduino workshops in high schools all around the country
9 BH Professionals meetups organized worldwide including Chicago, Dusseldorf, Sydney, Perth, Brno, Stockholm, San Jose, Boston, and Dubai
Our Foundation organized or co-organized more than 60 different events during the past year
2019 was great in every sense, but we are not stopping. 2020 will be even better and we are currently making plans for it. Stay tuned, united we can achieve more!