Dzenita Kolja

Dzenita Kolja

Dzenita Kolja is executive director and co-owner of CDS Consulting, a Bosnian-based international development firm. She has over 17 years of experience working on USAID-funded projects, including 12 years with Chemonics, serving in different roles supporting implementation of projects in Bosnia, Serbia, Moldova and Afghanistan. She currently leads Chemonics’ Country Operations Optimization Program in Afghanistan.

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How to move forward after war

How to move forward after war

over 10 years ago // Conflict in Context

Chemonics' Dzenita Kolja never thought she would be working on USAID-funded projects only a few years after surviving the war in her native Bosnia-Herzegovina. Kolja discusses reconciling and moving forward after war, and why development is crucial.