It is our pleasure to inform you that Council of Europe`s Programme Committee on Youth approved our proposal for a study session “Be a Voice not an Echo” to be held in cooperation with the European Youth Centre Budapest. The study session (a component part of Roots for Peace Project) will take place from the […]
Roots gave me the chance to meet incredible people from all over the world. It made me think of many global issues around me and those concerning my personality. Thanks to this experience, I opened up to this new world and improved my communication skills.
When I was 5, in the summertime my family and I lived in a country house near St Petersburg. And one day my father, while doing some construction work, found an old bomb. And yes, it was fully operational. Why was it there? Because all that land near St. Petersburg (formerly named Leningrad) was one […]
My grandmother Zhenya was born in the North Caucasian district (the Southern Russia), in Kislovodsk city. Kislovodsk (literally “sour waters”) is a small city with beautiful nature and rich history as a fashionable spa centre where many musicians, artists, and members of the Russian aristocracy spent their summers in the 19th and early 20th centuries. […]
Roots was a big experience for me, I’ve been part of it since 2008. Roots helped a lot in changing the way of my thinking and to break stereotypes. Now I’ve got lots of friends from different countries. I started to learn about their cultures.
Roots Quarterly #6 is here – a detailed reflection upon past 3 months & anticipation of busy Summer ahead of us. Please stay healthy, all of you – we have a lot to do, together! The pdf version is available here.
Dear YMCA family and not only! We are happy to share with you the good news: the joint project “Back to active life: fighting Covid-19 challenges” of YMCA Ukraine and YMCA Europe “Roots for Peace” is up and running! The first start-up training in the project framework took place in Kiev last week and was […]
“Roots has changed me a lot in all aspects, personal and professional. I was just someone in university, who didn’t know much about the opportunities, exchanges, other cultures, etc. Now I feel more motivated and full of hope to implement projects, to help and understand people, to have a better impact on the community and of course, on myself.
Since its inception in 2012 and with two cohorts (2012-2014, 2014-2019) of participants that passed through it, the Roots Peace Work Institute (PWI) sought to enroll young leaders of different backgrounds from across Europe, young people who were and are a voice and not an echo – eager to learn, to try, to grow… Like […]
YMCA Europe has a long history of working on peace and youth, thanks to the amazing work done by our Roots for Peace Programme.
