This plan will distinguish the city as a site where people of faith can come for inspiration and repose. The transition from communism to a free market system had only just begun when the chaos of war disrupted the changes. In Medjugorje, the Church provides most of the social services for the community. The Franciscan order is constructing an orphanage campus composing several dozen cottages for orphans of all denominatuons form all over Bosnia, overseen by nuns. The Global Network for Rebuilding would like to work with a student or student group to provide a landscaping plan for the area.
Many people displaced by the war live here, adding to the overall problem of ethnic reintegration.
Mostar is part of a corridor that connects Central and Western Europe, through Brchco, Tuzla and Sarajevo, to Hercegovina and the Mediterranean coast. The part of the city most heavily damaged by fighting is physically beautiful, home to quaint riverside lanes and architectural gems from Turkish and Austro-Hungarian periods, and with refurbishment can once again become a valuable tourist attraction. Industries can also be developed around fruit, grape and olive orchards and locally grown wool. The strategic town of Brchco sits bestride a narrow corridor linking Serbs in western Bosnia with those in Belgrade. It is a likely spot for future conflict.