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.
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November 29, 2022
YMCA Europe Roots for Peace attended the European YMCA Mission Network Conference with the theme “Refreshed. Renewed. Moved.” held on October 20-23,…
Read moreNovember 26, 2022
Today we want to talk about a man who is the initiator, the mastermind, and the powerhouse of the Roots. This program…
Read moreOctober 28, 2022
YMCA Europe continues spreading the methodology of Do No Harm (DNH) via Roots for Peace, which helps to extend the circle of…
Read moreOctober 28, 2022
A know-how toolkit of The Roots project, Peacework Guidebook was published as the YMCA movement celebrated its 175th anniversary. Subtitled “Peace Roots:…
Read moreOctober 25, 2022
On 23 July 2022, a mid-term evaluation meeting with the group of the 8 YMCA Scholarship holders from the American University of…
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Roots & Next Quarterly #11 is here – a detailed reflection of July, August, and September of 2022. The Roots & Next…
Read moreInvest in youth opinion leaders from all corners of Europe, united by one conviction — peace is the only way.
