About our center
Aurora Mother Center (Centar za majke Aurora) is taking the lead in providing the needful for vulnerable families with local and international partners to create a fostering surrounding and an inclusive society.
Our mission
I am Jelena Brkić, one of the founders of the Aurora Center for Mothers, as well as the initiator of this innovative idea in our country.
During my stay in Germany, I had the opportunity to get acquainted with a different social system than the one I knew. But the main beginning of the idea begins with my visit to a Center for Mothers in Stuttgart, that was my first introduction to this concept of work. After several visits to the same center, I felt the desire to give my personal contribution to this Center, so I soon started volunteering in it, which fulfilled me on a personal level. I was extremely fulfilled because I had the opportunity to help other women and at the same time strengthen my faith in the strength of the individual.
I thought a lot and realized that a Center like this with a different concept of work in our area and innovative activities is more than needed in our country. I gathered my team, which consisted of Ljiljana Marinković and Mirjana Marinković, and soon we got down to business with the idea of giving every woman back her strength in the role of a fighter for a better and better life. Of course, I would not have been able to do this without the support of my friends from Germany, who helped me with the establishment and still help me achieve our common goals and realize our ideas. I sincerely hope that women will wake up to the strength they carry inside and that they will make this world better for everyone!
Jelena Brkić
My name is Jelena Brkić, I am an economic technician by profession, the president of Aurora Center and one of its founders. I make efforts to strengthen the capacity of the community, to influence and encourage its members, to build changes together, which will ensure a better future for our children and mothers. I see the key to breaking the vicious circle of poverty in the education of children and adults, who, as victims of society, left the education system early. It is up to us to change the stereotypical society we live in, and for that we need strong women. By creating innovative solutions, I try to make the Aurora Center leave a deep mark, for the sake of women who are victims of violence, for the sake of children who grow up in poverty, for the sake of a healthy family, for the sake of every woman and mother, for the sake of all of us!
Ljiljana Marinković
I am ljiljana Marinković, a mother of two children, and since the founding of our Aurora Center I have been giving my personal contribution. I am often at the source of problems with socially sensitive groups and through direct contact with them and the team of the Aurora Center, I make efforts to satisfy all their needs and influence the resolution of their problems that concern them. In our Aurora Center, I saw the goal together, Jelena’s vision was contagious and quickly transferred to me. We are fighting for a better quality of life for every mother and every child, regardless of religion, nationality or financial status!
Mirjana Mitrović
My name is Mirjana Mitović, I am a single mother and the invitation of our Aurora Center reached me immediately. Together with Ljiljana and Jelena, I am the founder of Aurora. I am most dedicated to working with children, it is a real relaxation for me and an escape from the daily challenges in the life of a woman and a mother. Children are like small uncorrupted people who can always cheer us up and disarm us with their smile. The Aurora Center is a gathering place for brave mothers who want change for themselves and their families, but also for those mothers who have lost hope for a better future, together we are here to support each other, because a mother understands a mother and a woman understands a woman best.
