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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October 21, 2022
“Peace can not be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding”. Albert Einstein It is not easy to talk…
Read moreOctober 3, 2022
Behind the success of any project there stand people, who put their talent and energy, passion, and compassion into making it happen.…
Read moreSeptember 27, 2022
YMCA Georgia has been one of the key partners of YMCA Europe Roots for Peace since its inception. Indeed, Roots’ attempt to…
Read moreSeptember 12, 2022
European Youth Workers Camp took place In Storkow, Germany, at a beautiful campsite owned by YMCA Berlin. Thanks to the dedication of…
Read moreSeptember 2, 2022
Volunteers have always been the cornerstone of YMCA Georgia activities since its foundation date. They perform a great deal of workload and…
Read moreAugust 29, 2022
Re-Peace Peacekeeping Training Session organized by YMCA Belarus with 21 participants in May, served as a reaction to the needs of leaders…
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