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 16, 2019
YMCA Europe is looking for an expert Text Editor for the Roots Peace Work Institute Guidebook: preferably a native English speaker. Knowledge…
Read moreJuly 6, 2019
YMCA Europe Roots for Reconciliation Local Capacities for Peace Forum took place in Stepanakert (Nagorno Karabakh), with the participation of YMCAs from…
Read moreMay 27, 2019
ROOTS – this is about who you are. It’s your family and your history, your victories and your pain. These roots go…
Read moreMay 14, 2019
When I first meet my dear colleagues from YMCA Slovakia, I was just starting an independent cultural NGO in the same building…
Read moreMay 6, 2019
And yet, there are some places that leave a deeper mark… And if there can ever be a list of them, I…
Read moreApril 24, 2019
I felt a bit privileged to be invited to participate in this Project (“Give Peace a Chance” – ROOTS Tandem Group Project…
Read moreInvest in youth opinion leaders from all corners of Europe, united by one conviction — peace is the only way.
