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.
August 15, 2022
YMCA Georgia completed another successful event within YMCA Europe Generation Next Project. Continuing the cooperation established last year with the Sports University…
Read moreAugust 10, 2022
July 25 – 31, YMCA Artsakh held the “Camp for Peace”, this time as the YMCA Europe Roots Peace Award prizewinner. It…
Read moreAugust 10, 2022
On 6 August 2022, within the framework of YMCA Europe Generation Next project Support Measures facility the group of American University of…
Read moreAugust 5, 2022
YMCA Europe General Assembly 2022 was undoubtedly a great event for many reasons. One of them can be the amazing performance of…
Read moreJuly 21, 2022
Roots & Next Quarterly #10 is here – a detailed reflection upon the second 3 months of 2022. The Roots & Next…
Read moreJuly 19, 2022
Edina and Ana are twins with kind hearts and brilliant minds from Romania. They have been volunteers at YMCA Romania for more…
Read moreInvest in youth opinion leaders from all corners of Europe, united by one conviction — peace is the only way.
