Marija Stanković on charity work

Our scholarship holder Marija Stanković is a member of the Association for Preventive Pediatrics of Serbia (UPPS). She points out that she learned a lot about rare diseases thanks to her engagement in this organization. She had the opportunity to participate in organizing several humanitarian activities.
“The first and biggest action was the New Year's humanitarian action ‘We are all Santa Claus ‘. Over 30 entrepreneurs and schools throughout Serbia responded to our action. Well-known clinics and shopping malls responded too. 126 packages were collected, which were distributed to children with disabilities and children in an orphanage. In order to bring a smile to the children's faces in addition to the packages, I also organized animators who handed them over and spent the day with them.”

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​“Over 160 works of art from all over Serbia arrived and over 16,000 dinars was collected for little Dorotea, who has to go to Turkey for surgery. With the art competition, which participation cost 100 dinars, we, as an association, made a small contribution to the treatment of this little girl.“

After that, Marija participated in the realization of the humanitarian art competition “Paint the world with colorful colors, draw a smile to little heroes”.
“Over 160 works of art from all over Serbia arrived and over 16,000 dinars was collected for little Dorotea, who has to go to Turkey for surgery. With the art competition, which participation cost 100 dinars, we, as an association, made a small contribution to the treatment of this little girl.“
Maria emphasizes that she enjoys organizing events that have a noble goal.
“Humanitarian actions show how much love there is in us, these are actions that leave a big mark on me, engraved on my heart, and carry a torrent of feelings, both beautiful and less beautiful. As a medical student, I am still not competent to help someone with my knowledge that I have acquired so far, so I try to help as much as I can through humanitarian work.”
Our scholarship holder runs an Instagram profile @upps_srbija. A few weeks ago, she started the series of live shows “Diagnosis is not a nightmare – you can learn too”.
“The series also aims to make medical students hear more case studies. At a time of pandemic, when everyone lacks that contact with the patient, I think this is one of the better ways to hear something we can't read in a book, and it certainly will mean something to us.”

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