Roots for Peace is a YMCA Europe initiative for stronger youth activism towards peaceful transformation of conflicts in Europe.
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Empowering youthnto transform conflict
Young people in Armenia and Georgia are contributing to a fair and sustainable society in their countries.
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A movement to promotenpeace culture at all levels
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.
December 26, 2024
On December 24, 2024, YMCA Europe hosted a truly memorable Christmas Eve celebration. Held at the museum of the iconic Armenian composer…
Read moreNovember 27, 2024
On the 13th and 14th November Šárka Čiháková and myself headed over to Berlin, Germany on a pre conference visit ahead of next…
Read moreNovember 20, 2024
YMCA Europe invites all interested YMCA organisations to apply for Camp Capacity Building Conference “Campacity”, to be implemented within the framework of…
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A group of 23 young and dynamic individuals, including YMCA Georgia leaders, Generation Next project scholarship holders and local community youth recently…
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On November 6, 2024, Regina Grigoryan, project assistant of YMCA Roots for Peace program and former recipient of the YMCA Scholarship at…
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Tirana, Albania was the host venue of Roots for Peace Expert Pool meeting on November 07 – 10, 2024. 15 participants from…
Read moreInvest in youth opinion leaders from all corners of Europe, united by one conviction — peace is the only way.
