One could not really say that Miroslav Miki Stojnić from Herbrug (St. Gallen Canton) looks like a typical humanitarian. With his long and thin braid that falls down his back, his long and typical beard, tattoos and his leather biker jacket, he looks more like a dangerous boss of a motorcycle club than a relentless organiser of humanitarian projects in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Vanja Crnojević is a humanitarian worker who is helping refugees in the Balkans and working for the organisation ''Border-free'' from Zurich. Before coming to Switzerland, Vanja Crnojević used to be a refugee herself.

Nura Eston was born in Canada just over 30 years ago. Her father, who is originally from Bosnia and Herzegovina, moved to North America back in the 1960s, her mother came in the 80s. Today, she is working as a relationship manager for partner relationships for a company listed on Forbes’ top 50 technology companies in the world.

Heidi Hahn, a Zurich-based artist and Louis Gasser, an artist and curator from Lausanne, have both been organising exhibitions with Bosnian and Herzegovinian artists in Switzerland in order to promote the BiH artistic scene and to foster the intercultural exchange and cooperation.