Mira Vilušić “I will be an activist until the end of my life”

Author: Vildana Džekman, M.Sc. iur. I have very little information about the history of the Association “Horizonti”. I met Mira Vilušić, the most active associate of this Association, at one of the trainings organized by women’s organizations back in 2012. In the active nine-year work through the women’s movement, Mira and I continued to see each other, […]

Piece by piece for a more beautiful Breza – Amina and Mersiha, women who show that nothing is impossible

Author: Vedada Sećerbajtarević Breza was always the city of coal and sports. Numerous national team players in volleyball, football, karate, and basketball came from Breza. Among them is the golden cadet Vedran Mirković, who won the gold medal at the European Basketball Championship in Lithuania in 2015 with the cadet national team of Bosnia and Herzegovina. However,[…]

We will defend Neretvica at the cost of our lives and no small hydroelectric power plant will be built!

Author: Hazim Okanović At the time when the documentation for the construction of small hydroelectric power plants on the Neretvica River began to be prepared, the children who were born at that time are now studying for master’s degrees at the faculties of Sarajevo and Mostar. None of the originally planned 17 mHPs have been built in[…]

Association Wake up, be the change you want to see

Author: Mladen Lakić After the recently held ninth “Pumpkin Days” festival, Roksanda Mičić, president and founder of the Association “Probudi se/Wake up” from East Sarajevo, says that her fellow citizens most often recognize her precisely through this event. Pumpkin, as one of the healthiest vegetable crops that thrives in our region, has in a certain way become[…]

The Association “Obraduj nekoga” helps socially disadvantaged babies to grow into good people

Author: Mirnes Bakija; Photo: Mirnes Bakija The Association “Obraduj Nekoga” helps socially vulnerable babies and children throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Association emphasizes that their goal is for all children to grow up carefree and to help parents who are poor or sick. In the beginning, they visited one baby a month, to whom they delivered the[…]

When activism replaces criticism, outstanding results emerge

Author: Sladjan Tomic One of the worst election turnouts in the elections held on Sunday speaks of the apathy of our society. Faced with numerous problems, citizens are apparently increasingly resorting to criticism without action, even going to the polls. However, there are no results from empty words without action. The activist from Janja, Elvir Ibrisimovic, professor[…]