A Voice For the Voiceless

MISSION

The Advocacy Project seeks to help community-based advocates produce, disseminate and use information, and so become more effective advocates for human rights and social justice

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.