Author: Vildana Džekman, M.Sc. iur. The city of Tuzla is located in one of the most populous cantons where over 450,000 people live. Romani men and women have also found their place in this part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Roma are the most numerous national minority in 71 municipalities, and the largest number of Roma live in […]
Author: Elvir Ibrišimović At a time when more and more citizens are leaving these areas using the excuse “Everyone goes where it’s better for them”, there are people who, with their actions, force spite of our harsh reality. We come across examples like this in many places in Podrinje, from Bijeljina and Janja, all the way to[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Author: Nermina Zulic At the beginning of June, a small but extremely persistent team of young people from Bihac, gathered in the “Spectrum” Extreme Sports Club, gifted the citizens another place for recreation at the beginning of June. It is a Flamingo loophole indoor climbing hall, 160 square meters in area, with 200 square meters of climbing[…]
Author: Natasa Tomic The Women’s Association “Venera” from Kotor Varos has 50 members, of which 25 are active. The association was founded in 2018, with the aim of preserving tradition, folk customs and heritage of the Kotor Varos Municipality and to work on the networking of women. With their work, they want to economically empower women who[…]
“For a good neighborhood” from Srebrenica In Srebrenica, one can feel the full weight of the war and the post-war transitional Bosnian society. The consequences of destruction and devastation are difficult to see. The genocide of Bosniaks in the UN safe zone of Srebrenica committed by Serbian forces in July 1995, the most terrible court-confirmed crime in[…]
Countless civic initiatives and organizations across the country are doing outstanding things and collectively creating an inspiring movement that ignites the local power. Citizens who, through their actions, build peace and better living conditions for everyone, give hope, and initiate important changes in their communities. Their action at the micro level is therefore more important, because they[…]