At the Foundation's Formal Academy, the Foundation's scholarship holders and the charity fund-raising activity for awarding scholarships to the new generation of the best Serbian students who need financial assistance were presented.
For the competition, which has just ended, We received over 500 applications., of which almost 300 applicants deserve a scholarship - both because of their financial situation and as excellent students. The event, which was held in the University Library of Belgrade, was one of the ways to increase the number of those who will receive a prestigious scholarship from the Studenica Foundation.
If you want to join now, the action is still ongoing, and you can do it here link.
The ceremony was opened with welcoming words from the members of the Board of Directors of the Studenica Foundation, after which the scholarship recipients were introduced, followed by a short artistic program.
Actor Bojan Zirovic sang the famous poem "Ten Addresses to the Three-Handed Virgin of Hilandarska" by the great Serbian poet Ljubomir Simović, and the young cellist Dunja Krsmanović performed pieces from the compositions of Bach and Vivaldi.
The program is over. with the awarding of the award for philanthropy "Miroslav Michael Djordjevic"„, received by the presenter and philanthropist, Tamara Grujic. In the explanation of the jury, it is stated that the winner of the award is known throughout Serbia and the region through the TV program „"With Tamara in action"“, within which she initiated a large number of sponsors and local governments to rebuild and build over 300 houses in Serbia, which took care of close 1200 people, of that 1000 children.
In addition, in special actions, her team and she renovated children's oncology department of the Pediatric Clinic in Kragujevac, provided half of the funds for the purchase of a freight elevator, renovated two rooms for the Cerebral Palsy Association in Užice, renovated primary schools in Prokuplje, Pirot, Vranje, Knić and Babušnica. They also decorated a house on Fruška Gora, intended for the Nurdor Association for the recovery of children after cancer treatment. The facility of the Association of Single Parents and Families of Children with Disabilities, Blue Shell, near Banja Koviljača, is also equipped.
The Miroslav Majkl Đorđević (1936-2023) award was established in 2024, and the first winner was the American businessman of Serbian origin Alex Maceski.
