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The Advocacy Project helps marginalized communities to tell their story, claim their rights and produce social change. We recruit graduate students to volunteer as Peace Fellows with partners.

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"I look at myself as having the potential to be as strong and caring as the amazing women I met in Kenya."

Kate Cummings (Tufts University) volunteered in 2009 as a Peace Fellow for Vital Voices in Africa.

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Partner Campaigns > BOSFAM – Bosnia > Weavers > Raiza Zahirovic

Raiza Zahirovic










Raiza does not weave carpets.  Rather, she performs a variety of tasks at BOSFAM. She knits a great deal, makes the carpets presentable, labels carpets once they are removed from the loom, and sews names onto the Srebrenica Memorial quilts.

Before the war, Raiza worked in Croatia and suffered a number of hardships during the war.  She eventually moved to Tuzla.

Today, Raiza is single and lives with her mother. Unfortunatly, Raiza suffers from health problems that require expensive medication. She and her mother must live off her mother’s pension and Raiza's income from BOSFAM.

Raiza helps keep everything at BOSFAM in order and has been particularly friendly to former Peace Fellows despite the language barrier. Like Tima, she is an excellent cook. 

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