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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July 12, 2021
When I was 5, in the summertime my family and I lived in a country house near St Petersburg. And one day…
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My grandmother Zhenya was born in the North Caucasian district (the Southern Russia), in Kislovodsk city. Kislovodsk (literally “sour waters”) is a…
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Roots was a big experience for me, I’ve been part of it since 2008. Roots helped a lot in changing the way…
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Roots Quarterly #6 is here – a detailed reflection upon past 3 months & anticipation of busy Summer ahead of us. Please…
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Dear YMCA family and not only! We are happy to share with you the good news: the joint project “Back to active…
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“Roots has changed me a lot in all aspects, personal and professional. I was just someone in university, who didn’t know much…
Read moreInvest in youth opinion leaders from all corners of Europe, united by one conviction — peace is the only way.
