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Katie Flory

Role: Finance Manager

When did you join Novi Most? 2000

Favourite Food: Bacon

Hobbies: Grandchildren, seeing friends, sewing and knitting.

Whats the best part of your job? Balancing the numbers, knowing that we are supporting the team.

Whats is your best memory working with novi most? Touring BiH visiting all the team in their locations.

Favourite Scripture? Psalm 139

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Linda Eldridge

Role: Office Administrator

When did you join Novi Most? 2000

Favourite Food: Chocolate

Hobbies: Grandchildren, seeing friends, jigsaws.

Whats the best part of your job? Chatting with supporters and volunteers on the phone.

Whats is your best memory working with novi most? Training days preparing summer volunteers

Favourite Scripture? Jeremiah 29:11.

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MIHAELA KOJIC

Role: Intern / YOUTH WORKER

Location: Mostar

Studying: Physiotherapy

Why did you join Novi Most?: To work alongside young people in my church and town.

Whats the best part of your job? To work with and learn from others who have years of experience working with young people.

If you could be any superhero who would you be? Kim possible, because she fights for good

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Indira Zovko

Role: YOUTH WORKER / ADMIN / AMAZING

When did you join Novi Most? 2007

Location: Mostar

Favourite Food: Potatoes

Hobbies: Chatting with friends

Whats the best part of your job? Spending time with young people, seeing them grow, and being a person they can come to for help and advice.

Whats is your best memory working with Novi Most? Doing summer festivals in mostar where we brought together young people from both sides of the town. At first they were apprehensive but they soon saw that they had a lot in common and made new friendships..

Favourite Scripture? Jer 29:11

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Rebecca Simunovic

Role: YOUTH WORKER

Location: Čapljina

When did you join Novi Most? 2007

Favourite Food: Anything chocolatey

Hobbies: Learning to play the piano, dancing salsa, playing board games with friends

Whats the best part of your job? Spending time with young people and sharing with them my enthusiasm for different activities.

Whats is your best memory working with Novi Most? Times of joy and laughter in our youth centre.

Favourite Scripture? Heb 12 1-3

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IVICA SIMUNOVIC

Role: TEAM LEADER/ YOUTH WORKER

Location: Čapljina

When did you join Novi Most? 2010

Favourite Food: Black Squid Risotto

Hobbies: Riding my motorbike, snowboarding, playing football, running, drinking coffee with friends.

Whats the best part of your job? Spending time with young people and sharing with them my enthusiasm for different activities.

Whats is your best memory working with Novi Most? There are so many to choose from! Camps, running fun activities in the middle of town, celebrating 20 years of Novi Most in Mostar.

Favourite Scripture? Matt 28:19

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Rowan ‘Rowi’ Hellyer

Role: Youth worker/musician/ administrator

Location: Jajce

When did you join Novi Most? 2008

Favourite Food: Tescos finest custard and salt and vinegar kettle chips -not at the same time!

Hobbies: Running, Playing music, arts and crafts, reading

Whats the best part of your job? Empowering young people to grow and learn.

Whats is your best memory working with Novi Most? There have been many – taking young people to the coast for the first time in their lives, Novi Most violin ensemble playing at the British Ambassador’s carol service, organising street art festivals in Jajce.

Favourite Scripture? Psalm 23

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Matt ‘Maci’ Hellyer

Role: I guess I’m still a youth worker and a Novi Most team leader, but increasingly most of my time is spent as a musician and producer.

Location: Jajce

When did you join Novi Most? I joined in September 2008, and spent two years in Mostar before moving to Jajce.

Favourite Food: Good bread and butter is hard to beat…although I’m never going to turn down a decent steak!

Hobbies: Songwriting and making music is a hobby as well as being part of my job….a bit like snowboarding. Sometimes I grow chilli peppers!

Whats the best part of your job? Getting to help people make music, and seeing what it means to them and to their audience is very rewarding..

Whats is your best memory working with Novi Most? The weekend when eight young people from BiH, Croatia and Serbia came to my studio to record Hiljadu koraka – a song they’d written together during a songwriting I ran at Youth Camp at Emek Beraka in 2023 – was pretty special. You can find the result of this weekend on Spotify.

Favourite Scripture? Sing to Him a new song; Play skilfully with a shout of joy. Psalm 33:3

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Sabahudin ‘Budo’ Hajder

Role: Youth worker/musician

When did you join Novi Most? 2005

Favourite Food: Curry, and “grah” – proper Bosnian beans!

Hobbies: Playing tennis and cooking a barbecue.

Whats the best part of your job? Being able to do what God has called me to do – to work with young people and to teach music.

Whats is your best memory working with novi most? Seeing young people grow in their musical abilities and seeing them get to know God. My best memories of this are from working with the band Underground.

Favourite Scripture? Galatians 2:20