“The dream was for there to be peace. That it is as good as possible,” says Zekija Henic

(79), who left her hometown of Ljubija, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1994 due to conflict. After two years in Zenica as a refugee, she went to Spain with her children. There, she says, she felt like an orphan: “You are alone, you have nothing; no job, and what can you do?” In 2000 she returned to Ljubija. It was in shambles and ruins. “The kids are in a strange land, my husband is dead, I was left alone like an icicle,” she recalls. “I sat on a log and called to God for help, as I had nothing left.” But Zekija found the strength, hope and will to rebuild her life. She worked, prayed, and told herself to keep going forward: “There is a will and desire in you to go back to your own. And when you are back, there is a strength in you… You suffer and work, and work to complete or rebuild what is yours,” she says. “There is no greater satisfaction than to be back in your own place.” Full Story

“The dream was for there to be peace. That it is as good as possible,” says Zekija Henic

(79), who left her hometown of Ljubija, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1994 due to conflict. After two years in Zenica as a refugee, she went to Spain with her children. There, she says, she felt like an orphan: “You are alone, you have nothing; no job, and what can you do?” In 2000 she returned to Ljubija. It was in shambles and ruins. “The kids are in a strange land, my husband is dead, I was left alone like an icicle,” she recalls. “I sat on a log and called to God for help, as I had nothing left.” But Zekija found the strength, hope and will to rebuild her life. She worked, prayed, and told herself to keep going forward: “There is a will and desire in you to go back to your own. And when you are back, there is a strength in you… You suffer and work, and work to complete or rebuild what is yours,” she says. “There is no greater satisfaction than to be back in your own place.” Full Story

“The dream was for there to be peace. That it is as good as possible,” says Zekija Henic

(79), who left her hometown of Ljubija, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1994 due to conflict. After two years in Zenica as a refugee, she went to Spain with her children. There, she says, she felt like an orphan: “You are alone, you have nothing; no job, and what can you do?” In 2000 she returned to Ljubija. It was in shambles and ruins. “The kids are in a strange land, my husband is dead, I was left alone like an icicle,” she recalls. “I sat on a log and called to God for help, as I had nothing left.” But Zekija found the strength, hope and will to rebuild her life. She worked, prayed, and told herself to keep going forward: “There is a will and desire in you to go back to your own. And when you are back, there is a strength in you… You suffer and work, and work to complete or rebuild what is yours,” she says. “There is no greater satisfaction than to be back in your own place.” Full Story

“The dream was for there to be peace. That it is as good as possible,” says Zekija Henic

(79), who left her hometown of Ljubija, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1994 due to conflict. After two years in Zenica as a refugee, she went to Spain with her children. There, she says, she felt like an orphan: “You are alone, you have nothing; no job, and what can you do?” In 2000 she returned to Ljubija. It was in shambles and ruins. “The kids are in a strange land, my husband is dead, I was left alone like an icicle,” she recalls. “I sat on a log and called to God for help, as I had nothing left.” But Zekija found the strength, hope and will to rebuild her life. She worked, prayed, and told herself to keep going forward: “There is a will and desire in you to go back to your own. And when you are back, there is a strength in you… You suffer and work, and work to complete or rebuild what is yours,” she says. “There is no greater satisfaction than to be back in your own place.” Full Story

“The dream was for there to be peace. That it is as good as possible,” says Zekija Henic

(79), who left her hometown of Ljubija, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1994 due to conflict. After two years in Zenica as a refugee, she went to Spain with her children. There, she says, she felt like an orphan: “You are alone, you have nothing; no job, and what can you do?” In 2000 she returned to Ljubija. It was in shambles and ruins. “The kids are in a strange land, my husband is dead, I was left alone like an icicle,” she recalls. “I sat on a log and called to God for help, as I had nothing left.” But Zekija found the strength, hope and will to rebuild her life. She worked, prayed, and told herself to keep going forward: “There is a will and desire in you to go back to your own. And when you are back, there is a strength in you… You suffer and work, and work to complete or rebuild what is yours,” she says. “There is no greater satisfaction than to be back in your own place.” Full Story

“The dream was for there to be peace. That it is as good as possible,” says Zekija Henic

(79), who left her hometown of Ljubija, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1994 due to conflict. After two years in Zenica as a refugee, she went to Spain with her children. There, she says, she felt like an orphan: “You are alone, you have nothing; no job, and what can you do?” In 2000 she returned to Ljubija. It was in shambles and ruins. “The kids are in a strange land, my husband is dead, I was left alone like an icicle,” she recalls. “I sat on a log and called to God for help, as I had nothing left.” But Zekija found the strength, hope and will to rebuild her life. She worked, prayed, and told herself to keep going forward: “There is a will and desire in you to go back to your own. And when you are back, there is a strength in you… You suffer and work, and work to complete or rebuild what is yours,” she says. “There is no greater satisfaction than to be back in your own place.” Full Story

“The dream was for there to be peace. That it is as good as possible,” says Zekija Henic

(79), who left her hometown of Ljubija, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1994 due to conflict. After two years in Zenica as a refugee, she went to Spain with her children. There, she says, she felt like an orphan: “You are alone, you have nothing; no job, and what can you do?” In 2000 she returned to Ljubija. It was in shambles and ruins. “The kids are in a strange land, my husband is dead, I was left alone like an icicle,” she recalls. “I sat on a log and called to God for help, as I had nothing left.” But Zekija found the strength, hope and will to rebuild her life. She worked, prayed, and told herself to keep going forward: “There is a will and desire in you to go back to your own. And when you are back, there is a strength in you… You suffer and work, and work to complete or rebuild what is yours,” she says. “There is no greater satisfaction than to be back in your own place.” Full Story

“The dream was for there to be peace. That it is as good as possible,” says Zekija Henic

(79), who left her hometown of Ljubija, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1994 due to conflict. After two years in Zenica as a refugee, she went to Spain with her children. There, she says, she felt like an orphan: “You are alone, you have nothing; no job, and what can you do?” In 2000 she returned to Ljubija. It was in shambles and ruins. “The kids are in a strange land, my husband is dead, I was left alone like an icicle,” she recalls. “I sat on a log and called to God for help, as I had nothing left.” But Zekija found the strength, hope and will to rebuild her life. She worked, prayed, and told herself to keep going forward: “There is a will and desire in you to go back to your own. And when you are back, there is a strength in you… You suffer and work, and work to complete or rebuild what is yours,” she says. “There is no greater satisfaction than to be back in your own place.” Full Story

“The dream was for there to be peace. That it is as good as possible,” says Zekija Henic

(79), who left her hometown of Ljubija, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1994 due to conflict. After two years in Zenica as a refugee, she went to Spain with her children. There, she says, she felt like an orphan: “You are alone, you have nothing; no job, and what can you do?” In 2000 she returned to Ljubija. It was in shambles and ruins. “The kids are in a strange land, my husband is dead, I was left alone like an icicle,” she recalls. “I sat on a log and called to God for help, as I had nothing left.” But Zekija found the strength, hope and will to rebuild her life. She worked, prayed, and told herself to keep going forward: “There is a will and desire in you to go back to your own. And when you are back, there is a strength in you… You suffer and work, and work to complete or rebuild what is yours,” she says. “There is no greater satisfaction than to be back in your own place.” Full Story

“The dream was for there to be peace. That it is as good as possible,” says Zekija Henic

(79), who left her hometown of Ljubija, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1994 due to conflict. After two years in Zenica as a refugee, she went to Spain with her children. There, she says, she felt like an orphan: “You are alone, you have nothing; no job, and what can you do?” In 2000 she returned to Ljubija. It was in shambles and ruins. “The kids are in a strange land, my husband is dead, I was left alone like an icicle,” she recalls. “I sat on a log and called to God for help, as I had nothing left.” But Zekija found the strength, hope and will to rebuild her life. She worked, prayed, and told herself to keep going forward: “There is a will and desire in you to go back to your own. And when you are back, there is a strength in you… You suffer and work, and work to complete or rebuild what is yours,” she says. “There is no greater satisfaction than to be back in your own place.” Full Story