• Peace Flame Foundation in Hilversum
• Local partner: Peace Flame House Bosnia Herzegovina
• Project title: 'Documentary: No Limits'
• Period: May 2004 until January 2005

The Project

The Peace Flame Foundation produced a television documentary on adapted sports in Bosnia Herzegovina. The documentary followed a specific Bosnian male sit-volleyball team - a potential golden medal candidate - both in their preparation and during the Paralympic Games in Athens. In the documentary a link was made to the Dutch female sit-volleyball team. The objective of the documentary is to overcome the gap between regular and adapted sports, to raise awareness about sports for persons with a disability in Bosnia Herzegovina and to stimulate sport practice by people with a disability in this country.

The Results

A nice documentary was produced and broadcasted nationally on Bosnian television. Also in other shows, such as talk shows, attention was paid to the topic. The documentary will also be shown in the Netherlands on RTV Utrecht.

About Peace Flame Foundation

The Peace Flame Foundation was founded to support the reconciliation and renovation of Bosnia Herzegovina. This Dutch private organisation supports among others media projects in Bosnia Herzegovina in order to reach its objectives. The Peace Flame Foundation was founded in 1994 by Fred Matser who, during the Olympic Winter Games in Norwegian Lillehammer, remembered that 10 years ago the Games took place in the, by war wrecked, Bosnian capital city Sarajevo. He then took the initiative to bring an Olympic peace flame from Lillehammer to Sarajevo in the company of thirteen golden medal winners.

Website: www.peaceflame.org