On June 5, 2024, the students and teachers of the secondary school “NORDBAT-2” in Vareš organized and implemented an excursion/workshop in nature to mark the Sports Day, which is celebrated every year in the Zenica-Doboj Canton.
The goal of celebrating this date is to make young people aware of sports that are not so well-known and not often practiced, and of the need to practice physical activities. Considering that all studies show that young people do not have enough physical activities, celebrating Sports Day is an ideal way to remind them how important it is for health, to “measure” their physical fitness, and at the same time to have fun and socialize on a trip.
Students and teachers reacted positively to the workshop and to the way of drawing attention to the need to practice physical activities, that is, playing sports. One hundred and thirty-two students and 10 teachers started on foot from the school to Ponikva (the place where the excursion was held), which lasted an hour of easy walking, and then they competed in running, throwing a stone from the shoulder, sack race, and hands fighting, and the winners received prizes. After that, they enjoyed the rest of the trip and socializing. They walked back to the school again.
This activity was implemented within the project “Reconciliation Through Dialogue and Joint Activities in the Local Communities in BiH”, which is financially supported by the German Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina.