Roots for Peace

Be a voice, not an echo!

Roots for Peace is a YMCA Europe initiative for stronger youth activism towards peaceful transformation of conflicts in Europe.

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Generation Next

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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Camp Europe

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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The three projects

What is Roots Ecosystem?

Roots for Peace

Our Legacy

Roots for Peace is a YMCA Europe initiative for stronger youth activism towards peaceful transformation of conflicts in Europe.

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Camp Europe

Aim & Objectives

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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Generation Next

Aim & Objectives

Young people in Armenia and Georgia are contributing to a fair and sustainable society in their countries.

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The 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.

— Roots for Peace, YMCA Europe

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