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Commission a Panel for the Srebrenica Memorial Quilt

AP is helping survivors from the 1995 Srebrenica massacre to produce a Srebrenica memorial quilt.  The quilt currently comprises 85 panels, each commemorating a victim of the massacre. It has been made by weavers from the Bosnian women’s group BOSFAM, who themselves lost relatives in the Srebrenica massacre.

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The quilt was displayed for the first time outside Bosnia on July 11, 2007, in St Louis, Missouri where thousands of former Srebrenica inhabitants now live.  In the months since, over 70 individuals, clubs, and diaspora groups have commissioned new panels at $40 a piece or made general donations to the project. Together, the 85 panels make up four separate quilts. Three quilts are currently used for outreach in the US and Canada. The fourth quilt remains at the Bosfam office in Tuzla. A fifth quilt will soon be completed.

The quilt has been widely displayed throughout 2008.  To view information on all past and upcoming outreach events please visit the outreach page.

Please help us to expand this quilt and remember Srebrenica!

$40 will cover the cost of materials and labor for one panel. If you would like to commission for a panel on behalf of a victim affected by the 1995 massacre, please email to Beba Hadžić, director of BOSFAM for inquirtes within Bosnia. Please email AP's Outreach Coordinator Alison Sluiter  for all of inquiries from outside Bosnia. You will then be contacted for information about the victim commemorated. Your contribution will be gratefully acknowledged.
   
Visit BOSFAM's website for frequently asked questions about this project, both in English and Bosnian.

Please give generously to this important project.

Thank you!

For more information about Bosnia and BOSFAM visit: Srebrenica Memorial Quilt Page BOSFAM's partner page AP news bulletins about BOSFAM AP's resource section on Bosnia

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