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Since 1993, throughout years of brutal war and hopeful recovery, Mercy Corps has served families in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Today, our goal in the country is to help people return to their pre-war homes, to support job creation that stimulates local economies and to promote a vibrant society where people of diverse ethnic backgrounds collaborate to build strong communities.

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The Vocar food cooperative gives families returning to their pre-war homes the opportunity to earn income for a new start. Twelve hundred members sell berries, vegetables and milk.

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Finally Home

BY DAVID SNYDER

After years of post-conflict displacement, a Bosnian mother and her young son find a new home through Mercy Corps.

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The Power of Friendship

BY ROGER O. BURKS, JR.

Stanojka Avramovic and Zejneba Sarajlic proved that Bosniaks and Serbs could be friends in post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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True Soul Food

BY ROGER O. BURKS, JR.

Omer Spahic's culinary specialties are comfort food of the best kind. His stories stir and satisfy something much deeper.

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