Stories from the minefields

She Started Working as a Deminer in Order to Provide for her Children

Tomislavgrad – Being a deminer means a high-risk profession. It entails steady hands, extraordinary ability to concentrate as well as mental skills. Previously, and even nowadays, a job of a deminer was exclusively saved for men. A 40-year old Davorka Vrgoč, a single mother of six from a village named Mali Kablići, is one of rare female deminers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and perhaps in Europe. This typical male and life-risky profession has been her job since 1996. After joining a team of deminers, she visited whole Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia and Kosovo performing mine clearance.