Libra-net (20): And the winner is...
Science for Kids won conference of the year. Angela Tunevska won a prestigious scholarship. BUKI won the hearts of Macedonian speakers worldwide. And yet...
Macedonia suffered a terrible tragedy this month. The fire in the town of Kochani brought to light many weaknesses of the system, but it also brought people together.
Where the state fails, humanity shines through. We can all play a role in building a better society, and we hope the good news in this newsletter will serve as an antidote to despair.
Science for Kids won the 2024 best conference award from BEAM (Best Event Awards Macedonia). Here is the award announcement, and below you can watch the 20-second video that was played during the award acceptance. At this link you can also see a 2-minute recap of the conference.
In 2024, Angela won our foundation's award for outstanding scientific potential. This year she received the prestigious Boris Trajkovski Scholarship from NOVA International School Skopje. Congratulations Angela, we are proud of you!
Our Macedonian transcription tool BUKI is on a roll! We ended 2024 with a BUKI fundraising party, and we kicked off 2025 with a number of media appearances and company presentations. Below are some of the highlights:
The Vidi Vaka team attended our fundraising party and put together this beautiful video
Nikola was on the Umno podcast, talking about BUKI, AI and the role we all have to play in saving the Macedonian language from the digital flood
The portal Racin.mk interviewed Nikola about BUKI
The portal Blen.mk published an essay about preserving the Macedonian language in the digital flood that is threatening small languages
Dimitar Veljanovski gave an interview to Republika about using BUKI in the radiology room of the hospital 8-mi Septemvri
Nikola and Ilina Jakimovska presented BUKI at the Macedonian Telekom kick-off event held at the Macedonian National Thatre. Check out this Instagram story with the main takehome points!
Dragana also had a busy winter, appearing in media and public events.
On the Umno podcast she spoke about Science for Kids, mentorship, and the need to reform our education system. One of the podcast clips went viral with over 100,000 views, check it out!
She was invited by Europe House Skopje to speak on a panel celebrating inspiring women
Dragana and Nikola were guests on the morning show of national TV Telma, talking about their journey from Macedonia to Canada and back
That wraps up our winter newsletter. Looking forward to more wins in 2025!
