Conversations over coffee, šerbe (a traditional sweet juice), and traditional delicacies, sometimes featuring songs or stories passed down through generations, were once a tradition in Bosnia and Herzegovina but are now increasingly being forgotten.
While 1,510 hours sounds like a lot, that's exactly how much time Banja Luka resident Ivana Ševarika has spent helping others - listening, serving, sharing hope, and standing by those who needed help the most.
As part of the AfterSchool program, volunteers in Sarajevo, Mostar, Zenica, and Tuzla help children without parental care by providing them with academic support as well as extracurricular workshops and similar activities designed to build self-confidence, teamwork, and other skills that will be useful to them in the future.
Although blood donation plays a key role in saving human lives, the number of voluntary blood donors, as reported by the Zenica Red Cross, has been declining in recent years.