I finished the first technical school “Milutin Milanović” and it was kind of logical to continue that way. It was uncertain where I would go because I received a scholarship from a faculty in Canada, which I refused, and then I received a scholarship from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and became their student. Three years passed, I still have not repented. I’m really against the young people leaving the country. Motivation for my staying in Serbia are my ancestors who protected our country and gave their lives for it , so I think it would be extremely selfish to go and forget about it. I participated in many competitions such as informatics, robotics, history, entrepreneurship and I always won the first places. Last year I won 1000 Euros in the circular economy competition and decided to share this prize to the poor pupils from Niš and Kosovo. I bought them school supplies, sweets, wardrobe and everything they needed to go to school. I used to be in a similar situation in the past . I know how hard it is for parents to equip school children because my parents had three school children in the family. I began my humanitarian work in the first year of high school. I always had family support. My mother keeps on saying: “Although we’ve gotten out of this situation, never forget how it feels to be hungry.” I founded the humanitarian portal “Find Raul”, inspired by World War II humanist Raoul Valenberg. The site is primarily established to introduce families living in difficult circumstances. I motivated my peers to do the same thing as me. About 45 students from the Niš universities are involved, so this, at the first glance, a small story, is slowly spreading. A young man from Croatia contacted me after reading the interview I gave for the daily newspaper asking if he could join. In Bosnia, we co-operate with the show “Life tells Stories”. Now we have associates in Sarajevo and Zagreb, where we really have great support. The idea is that in the future, we have associates in every Balkan country. For 7 years since the establishment of the portal, we have donated over 4 tons of food, plenty of clothes, hygiene supplies to people in Serbia, Bosnia, Albania and Croatia. The goal of our organization is to help all young people in the Balkans, not only in our country. I like to say that famine does not know the boundaries, nor religion. There were plenty of wars and misfortunes that our ancestors lived through, so I think we need to help each other and that all Balkan countries should be like a fist. If a state points out a finger, that fist cannot survive, and the finger will be hurt.

Završio sam prvu tehničku školu „Milutin Milanović“ i nekako je bilo logično da nastavim tim putem. Bilo je neizvesno gde ću otići jer sam dobio stipendiju jednog fakulteta u Kanadi, koju sam odbio, a zatim sam dobio stipendiju Mašinskog fakulteta i postao njihov student. Tri godine je prošlo, još uvek se nisam pokajao.

Stvarno sam protiv toga da mladi odlaze iz zemlje. Motivacija za ostanak u Srbiji su moji preci koji su štitili našu državu i dali živote, tako da mislim da bi bilo krajnje sebično da odemo i zaboravimo to. Učestvovao sam na mnogim takmičenjima poput informatike, robotike, istorije, preduzetništva i uvek  osvajao prva mesta. Prošle godine sam na takmičenju iz cirkularne ekonomije osvojio 1.000 evra i odlučio da tu nagradu podelim siromašnim đacima iz Niša i sa Kosova. Kupovao sam im školski pribor, slatkiše, garderobu i sve ono što im je neophodno za polazak u školu. Nekada sam i sam bio u sličnoj situaciji. Znam koliko je teško roditeljima da opreme đake jer su moji roditelji imali tri školarca u porodici.

Humanitarnim radom sam počeo da se bavim u prvoj godini srednje škole. Uvek sam imao podršku porodice. Moja majka stalno priča: Iako smo se mi izvukli iz te situacije, nemojte nikada da zaboravite kakav je to osećaj biti gladan. Osnovao sam humanitarni portal Nađi Raula, inspirisan humanistom Drugog svetskog rata Raoul Valenbergom. Sajt je prvenstveno osnovan radi upoznavanja porodica koje žive u otežanim uslovima. Motivisao sam vršnjake da mi se pridruže. Uključeno je oko 45 studenata sa niških fakulteta tako da se ova, na prvi pogled mala priča, polako širi. Jedan mladić iz Hrvatske mi se javio nakon što je pročitao intervju koji sam dao za dnevni list i pitao da li može da se priključi. U Bosni sarađujemo sa emisijom „Život priča“. Sada imamo saradnike u Sarajevu i Zagrebu, gde zaista imamo veliku podršku.

Ideja mi je da u budućnosti imamo saradnika u svakoj balkanskoj državi. Za 7 godina od osnivanja portala,  donirali smo preko 4 tone hrane, gomilu garderobe, pribora za higijenu ljudima u Srbiji, Bosni, Albaniji i Hrvatskoj. Cilj naše organizacije je pomoć svim mladim ljudima na Balkanu, ne samo u našoj državi. Volim da kažem da glad ne poznaje granice, niti zna za religiju. Bilo je dosta ratova i nemaštine koje su proživljavali naši preci, tako da mislim da je potrebno  da se pomažemo međusobno i da sve države na Balkanu treba da budu poput pesnice. Ukoliko jedna država ispravi prst, ta pesnica ne može da opstane – i prst će se povrediti.