Friday, July 31, 2026

Safe Haven: Strengthening survivor services across borders

How can countries ensure that survivors of human trafficking receive quality support regardless of where they seek help?

Safe Haven: Strengthening survivor services across borders

How can countries ensure that survivors of human trafficking receive quality support regardless of where they seek help?

Saya in Child friendly space

Child friendly spaces

Whispers of Home in a Child’s Heart

Saya’s family is from Syria, but she was born in Turkiye. Saya is six years old and has three sisters—one younger and two older. Her family lived in Syria...

Landslides

Floods and landslides

Hope endures

Floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina

women believers network

Faith based action against gender-based violence

Gender-based violence and femicide are on the increase in BiH. World Vision is taking innovative approach, uniting with religious communities and leaders...

Refugee and BiH citizens together

Comfort in a Cup of Coffee

Safi, whose education was interrupted in Afghanistan wants to become a doctor and help women and children, and she was joyous to hear of the opportunity to...

Footbal is life for a young refugee

Football is life

A young refugee tries to find a safe heaven and protection in the countries of the European Union. His harrowing journey to safety takes years. On the move...

Connecting the dots - Joining forces for enhanced child rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina

european union, child rights, human rights, bosnia and herzegovina, bosnia, world vision, world vision bih,

Strong and healthy parents raise happy children

In the small village Puračić, in Central Bosnia and Herzegovina, Redžo makes furniture. The small yard in front of his family house is filled with pieces...

Vlado (8) picks tomato from a greenhouse

Hard work is paying off for families in Bosnia and Herzegovina

It is a late summer day at the foot of Igman mountain, near Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Vlado, 9, walks into the field, checks...

Potato harvester unites neighbours in a landmine affected area

Municipality of Čajnice is still affected by landmines and unexploded ordnance – remnants of the war fought here from 1992 to 1995. According to the BiH...

Fikret, a landmine survivor, helps his peers

Supporting fellow survivors

Jusic family is thrilled with the farming tools they have recently received as a part of the „Integrated socio-economic support to landmine victims in BiH”...

Likovna kolonija, Vahid Tiric

Survivors and artist with disabilities advocate for “Mine, barrier and victim free BiH by 2025!”

By Amir Mujanovic “Art is not a mirror held up to reality but a hammer with which to shape it” - Bertolt Brecht In 2014, Maputo Action Plan (MAP) paved the...

Dzajic family

Have I done something wrong to deserve this!?

Village of Ljusina close to Bosanska Krupa in the north of country is home to the Dzajic family. However, when we reach the house they live in, we are met...

Nadja with her father and gret-grandfather

Visiting Nadja and her great-grandfather

By Tanja Zach "Sveto, Sveto - come, I'll show you my animals!" Three-year-old Nadja takes Sveto by the hand and pulls him through the garden to a cage...

Mirsad, landmine accident survivor, helps his wife harvest the tomato.

Three families harvest fruits of their hard labor

It is tomato harvesting season in northern Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hard work has paid off for three families who have grown produce in the greenhouses...

Amir is working with the carpentry computer numeric control (CNS) machine he received as a donation.

Nobody’s Man

The Jusicic family from Doboj lives on the disability allowance of the father of the family, Amir, and the funds he earns by selling the trinkets he makes...

Survivor of a landmine accident, Abid rides the motor cultivator received as a donation trough the „Integrated socio-economic help to the mine victims“ project.

New motor cultivator makes life easier for Hadžić family

Abid Hadžić and his family live on the slopes of the mountain Vlašić in picturesque village Maline in Central Bosnia and Herzegovina. People there mostly...

doboj

Survivors strengthen CBR programs in local communities

By Amir Mujanovic Physical rehabilitation and mental health services are critical elements for the rehabilitation of all those recovering from diverse...

1 March 2019 – 20th anniversary of entry into force of the AP Mine Ban Convention Marking progress and staying committed to make BiH mine-free by 2025

Today, we commemorate 20 years of the entry into force of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (Convention), the international community’s comprehensive...

Living with the disability

Jovana (12), and Dejan (8) are walking approximately one hour, each day from school to their home. The road takes them over the valleys and up the hills...

Farming in the land of landmines

It’s a warm autumn day on a farm in the vicinity of Doboj, in Central Bosnia and Hercegovina. The cool wind is rustling the leaves and the tall grass...

Landmine survivors: recovery and reintegration in Bosnia and Herzegovina twenty two years after the war

By Amir Mujanovic Slatina Spa, at the outskirts of Banja Luka, in the last week of June 2018. Beautiful green hills surround the spa facilities, precious...

An increase in influx of children fleeing war

During the first four months of 2018, 1,500 refugees and migrants entered Bosnia and Herzegovina. In March and April alone, 1,000 new arrivals were...

Mine Survivors Improve Entrepreneurial Skills

25 adult men and one woman are attending a training session on starting-up their own business. Start-up business courses are very sought after in Bosnia...