Valentina Mindoljevic
Created by Emina Kujundzic and Goran Tiro

MY HERO: Where were you born? When did you come to Mostar? What about your family? What did you do during the war? I was born on November the 13th, 1970, in Split, Croatia. I came to Mostar at first as a volunteer for [a] British NGO (Non Govermental Agency). Later on I got married and divorced, but I decided to stay in Mostar. My parents live in Trogir, and my two brothers live with their families in Split and Zadar. During the war I mostly volunteered for the Croatian NGO that provided social and psychological aid to children and women refugees in refugee camps all over Croatia. We organized our work through working camps with domestic and foreign volunteers. I worked with kids from Vukovar in two refugee camps in Zagreb. I also ran a place called "Peace Hostel" where I coordinated logistics concerning foreign volunteers and trained them.