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 2, 2020
December is a month of presents, and Roots got a major one last year when our application for “Be a Voice not…
Read moreJune 6, 2020
For every YMCA person and no matter where we hail from, June 6th is a special day – this is when our…
Read moreMay 12, 2020
The week of May 3 – 10 was planned to hold the first International Activity (“Prospective Memory” ProFest) within Roots in 2020,…
Read moreMay 7, 2020
There are quite a few reasons why Roots has been around for so long, but if to have those listed – accountability…
Read moreMay 3, 2020
…I felt very proud and excited to become one of the ‘Rooters’ with the Peace Work Institute in 2012 and for what is…
Read moreMay 1, 2020
Upon applying for one of the Peace Work Institute, I was nervous and excited, I wasn’t sure what I would experience. Now,…
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