About us

How it started

Vildana was born in St. Gallen (CH) in 1987. Even as a little girl of a working class family from Kosovo, she was always concerned about the financial challenges of her family. As an educationally ambitious person, she knew first-hand what difficulties had to be overcome in order to obtain a solid education.

Vildana was always anxious to help the disadvantaged. She regularly used her humanitarian character to support financially disadvantaged people. She also helped several people in her family and circle of friends to complete their studies or professional training with financial means.

Vildana died at the young age of 30. She left behind a son of 11 months whom she loved more than anything else.

Her will and drive to provide humanitarian aid is deeply rooted in the foundation’s vision and purpose and characterizes the raison of the foundation.

With these ethical values, the Vildana Foundation was founded in 2021 by her family members and their friends.

Vision

“To support economically disadvantaged, talented students in the Albanian-speaking world by providing scholarships to support their studies”.

Many students in the Albanian-speaking regions have to work in order to finance their studies. Such professional activities come close to full-time employment, so that the essential thing, namely their studies, is relegated to the background. Others are dependent on financial help from family members and/or friends.

In order to enable these students to study without worries (from a financial point of view), the foundation makes scholarship contributions.

Our Philosophy

The aim of the foundation is to support students (or prospective students) in the regions of Albanian origin (especially Kosovo, Albania and Northern Macedonia) with scholarships.

The foundation aims to provide financial support as well as to promote educational organizations students regardless of age, qualification, religious and/or cultural background in the above mentioned regions.

To this end, the Foundation covers the tuition fees for students who are suitable for prescribed qualifications and who have successfully passed an application process.

Talented students may not give up their studies due to financial shortages; it is our concern to support economically disadvantaged students!

Team

The Foundation Board is composed of Vildana’s family members and their friends, all of whom are resident in Switzerland.

The Foundation is registered in the Swiss Commercial Register and is subject to its auditing obligation.

If you want to know more about the founders of the Foundation, click here.

21 Founders

We are always there with passion

10+ fields of study

We focus on quality everywhere

Our Motto

If you want to plant for a year, sow corn and wheat, if you want to plant for 100 years, plant education and culture.

Sami Frashëri

Our Skills

We all grew up in modest circumstances and have always tried to achieve our goals with ambition, determination and discipline.

The students of today are the hope of tomorrow. We would like to give a voice to the talented ones of you out there and take a load off your shoulders so that you can fully concentrate on your studies.

Master & Bachelor graduates
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Entrepreneurs
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Family people
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What students say about us…

The scholarship inspires me to work even harder and pursue my goals with strength and courage. Following your example, I will try to help students with my knowledge in the future. I thank you for supporting me in my efforts for my future.

I wish that in the future there will be more people like you, people with such noble intentions who will promote the good and create more “colour” in the dreams of the young. I will do my best so that one day I will be one of those who is no longer dependent on financial support and support other students in the same situation.

Thanks to your support I was able to fully concentrate on my studies again and participate in different projects which broadened my horizon. In our society you should receive the highest recognition – what you do is nothing less than good.

Your financial support has motivated me even more in my efforts to make my dreams come true. Thanks to your support I was able to expand my knowledge and pass it on to society in different ways.