Roots for Peace is a YMCA Europe initiative for stronger youth activism towards peaceful transformation of conflicts in Europe.
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Youth Civil Responsibility and Community Engagement
Young people in Armenia and Georgia are contributing to a fair and sustainable society in their countries.
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Conflict Trauma Relief and Rehabilitation
Resilience building amongst people affected by the violent conflicts ongoing in and around Europe, Ukraine especially considered.
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Roots for Peace is a YMCA Europe initiative for stronger youth activism towards peaceful transformation of conflicts in Europe.
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Resilience building amongst people affected by the violent conflicts ongoing in and around Europe, Ukraine especially considered. Children and young people are better able to deal with stress and the blows of fate.
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Young people in Armenia and Georgia are contributing to a fair and sustainable society in their countries.
Learn more— Roots for Peace, YMCA EuropeThe YMCA has historically assumed working in and with conflicts as central to its service delivery. Committed to our roots and legacy the YMCA Europe pursues peace and reconciliation as a strategic priority.
The Roots for Peace programme, ongoing since 2007, remains a best practice in this line. In the framework of this initiative the Peace Work Institute scheme was piloted during 2012 – 2015 and approvingly evaluated by an externally facilitated outcome assessment process.
This evidence-based evaluation highly recommends the YMCA Europe to repeat the series of the Peace Work Institute for the next generation of the YMCA pan-European peace-cohort.
Follow what's happening across the Roots Ecosystem and its three projects.
October 1, 2026
The Beginning. Preparation began long before participant recruitment or even the grant application. The YMCA Boyarka team debated: is it worth holding…
Read moreSeptember 29, 2026
From September 18 to 22, 2026, the historic city of Valletta, Malta, served as the venue for the Roots Expert Pool meeting.…
Read moreSeptember 28, 2026
What makes a camp unforgettable? Not the schedule. It’s the late-night conversations, the inside jokes, the feeling of finally belonging somewhere. From…
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YMCA Generation Next Summer School of 2026 took place in Dresden, Germany from August 22 to 24 through cooperation with YMCA Germany,…
Read moreAugust 31, 2026
On August 20-21 of 2026, YMCA Generation Next underwent an evaluation workshop as part of the project’s external evaluation process to determine…
Read moreAugust 29, 2026
Camp Europe provided participants with a truly transformative experience, shaped by discovery, friendship and meaningful intercultural exchange. Guided by the motto “Camp…
Read moreInvest in youth opinion leaders from all corners of Europe, united by one conviction — peace is the only way.
