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.
September 6, 2017
YMCA Georgia “Camp Orange” has been very busy with local and international activities since official opening in 2015, but the event hosted…
Read moreAugust 23, 2017
August 11 – 13 at the YMCA Camp Daranak (Armenia), a Programme Forum was held for the Syrian – Armenian group leaders,…
Read moreAugust 21, 2017
“Peace begins with a smile” – said Mother Teresa; “Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without” – the words of…
Read moreAugust 21, 2017
Road to peace can be long and tiring… But certainly not when young people take the initiative to walk it, together! YMCA…
Read moreAugust 21, 2017
On 25-31 July, 2017 a summer tent camp was held in Patara village in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) by YMCA Artsakh in frames of…
Read moreAugust 21, 2017
“There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.” Mahatma Gandhi One way that YMCA Kyiv supports children and youth in…
Read moreInvest in youth opinion leaders from all corners of Europe, united by one conviction — peace is the only way.
