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.
June 6, 2016
On May 19-22, 2016 Tbilisi, Georgia was the host of the first event within the third phase – “Local Capacities for Peace…
Read moreMarch 9, 2016
Karabakh for me is a place where amazingly beautiful nature is reflected in the souls of its citizens. I probably have never…
Read moreFebruary 27, 2016
Young people can make a difference if they come together,reflect and share and act on there ideas, first thing is to change…
Read moreFebruary 5, 2016
I was here for the weekend as part of the planning team for our ‘Bridges for the Future’ seminar scheduled for 6-11th…
Read moreJanuary 17, 2016
“Peace has lots of meaning, but what is important… is what you do to get it”
Read moreDecember 20, 2015
What I learned through the workshop is this: Peace is a process of baby steps. And peace starts with relationships. Because relationships…
Read moreInvest in youth opinion leaders from all corners of Europe, united by one conviction — peace is the only way.
