In the Guiding Stars project, volunteers, students of the humanities, are trained to work with
children and school employees on the topic of addiction prevention and health promotion.
Volunteers, through volunteer engagement, receive mentoring support, gain theoretical
knowledge and practical experience, and develop capacities, skills and techniques that they
will use for personal and professional growth and development. Volunteers are monitored
and supported through group and individual meetings, and organized training tailored to their
needs.
Educated volunteers, work directly in selected elementary and high schools to empower the
capacities of children aged 12-15 years, develop social skills and healthy lifestyle habits and
provide support in mastering educational content for children from socially vulnerable
categories (poverty, developmental difficulties, endangering living conditions, children whose
rights are threatened, children who live and/or work on the street, etc. In addition to
supporting children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds in mastering educatioal
content, volunteers also conduct workshops on health preservation and addiction prevention
(healthy habits, prevention of Internet addiction and use of technology, etc.) The classes
where workshops are conducted are selected by the school administration. Volunteers are
requierd to keep a work diary on a monthly basis and prepare for workshops.
Besides their volunteer work in schools, volunteers spend 3-4 hours per week at the
Educational Center of Sarajevo Canton, conducting various creative and educational
activities aimed at developing skills in children.

Goals of the Guiding Stars project:
– Increased knowledge about psychoactive substances among volunteers, students, parents
and teachers
– Reduced use of psychoactive substances among young people

– Developed self-esteem, decision-making skills, emotional control, stress management,
enhanced social and communication skills among students
– Increased parental involvement in their children's lives, especially in school
– Improved skills of teachers for working on addiction prevention

Schools where the Guiding Star project is implemented:

Avdo Smajlović Elementary School, Sarajevo
Musa Ćazim Ćatić Elementary school, Sarajevo
Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević Elemenatry School, Sarajevo
Hasa Kikić Elementary School, Sarajevo
Čengić Vila Elementary School, Sarajevo
High School of Applied Arts, Sarajevo
High School for Environment and Wood Design, Sarajevo
High School of Medicine Bjelave, Sarajevo
The duration of the Guiding Stars project is from October to June (with the possibility of
organizing additional activities during the summer). Volunteer applications open in
September every year. The Contact person is Kerima Delibašić
(kerima.delibasic@prevencija.ba)
*Guiding stars (former name: Educational work with children at risk) is one of the projects
that NARKO-NE has been impelementing since 2010. The project began in collaboration with
the former Day Center for Children Working on the Streets, which in April 2013 became part
of the Educational Centre of Sarajevo Canton as the Service for the Protection of Children in
Need.