April 16, 2020
I feel so blessed to have been a part of such an amazing journey
It is hard to imagine going back to that place of anxiety eight years ago when my journey started with Roots for…
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May 27, 2019
WHAT ARE ROOTS FOR RECONCILIATION?
ROOTS – this is about who you are. It’s your family and your history, your victories and your pain. These roots go…
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May 14, 2019
A NEW PERSPECTIVE
When I first meet my dear colleagues from YMCA Slovakia, I was just starting an independent cultural NGO in the same building…
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April 24, 2019
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
I felt a bit privileged to be invited to participate in this Project (“Give Peace a Chance” – ROOTS Tandem Group Project…
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April 22, 2019
THERE IS A CRACK IN EVERYTHING THAT ALLOWS LIGHT TO PASS THROUGH
When I was a child I loved the smell of new things. I could not help it. The erasers, the clay blocks,…
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April 17, 2019
A “LEVEL FIVE” EXPERIENCE
An iconic figure during 90-es and beginning of the new millennium – Pip Wilson has been the inspiration of generations of YMCA…
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April 17, 2019
ROOTS FOR RECONCILIATION | PEACE WORK INSTITUTE REUNION
40 participants from 17 different European countries assembled in the medieval castle of San Servando within YMCA Europe Roots for Reconciliation Peace…
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October 17, 2018
There’s never a ‘goodbye’ but rather a ‘see you later’
By Besnik Hoxha – YMCA Tirana, Albania Two sessions, and still me and ROOTS have “stuff” to say to each-other. Actually, now…
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October 8, 2018
PEACE begins with you
By Emma Symeonidou, Coordinator of Non Formal Education & Volunteers Manager – YMCA Thessaloniki, Greece Peace begins with you… For me, that was the highlight of…
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