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Promote the Srebrenica Memorial Quilt

Working through Peace Fellows, AP has been working with survivors of the notorious 1995 Srebrenica massacre in Bosnia to produce a memorial quilt, and use the quilt to promote an agenda of social justice and reconciliation.

In the past year, the Srebrenica Memorial Quilt, which was created by weavers from Bosnian Family (BOSFAM), an AP partner in Bosnia, has quadrupled in size, generated over $5,000 for the BOSFAM weavers, and has been exhibited in ten North American cities. In 2009, AP and BOSFAM will take the quilt to Serbia and Western Europe, using the quilt to build support for a weaver training program in Srebrenica itself, helping the town's revivlal.

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photo credit: Shweta Dewan
Beba Hadzic (left), director of BOSFAM, headed the Srebrenica primary school before being forced out during the Bosnian war. Here, she is standing against one of BOSFAM's special order quilts which the women weave to generate additional income.






Sadjma Avdic (right) is one of BOSFAM's weavers in Tuzla. After the end of the war, she returned to Srebrenica, where she now lives. She commutes to Tuzla to work at BOSFAM. Many of the weavers, like Sadjma, lost family members during the 1995 massacre. BOSFAM provides the weavers with an income as well as a safe environment where they can work and remember together.










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