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In I am Roots, News

I am Roots: Ani Arakelyan

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.

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In News, Quarterly Reports

The Sixth Roots Quarterly is Issued

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.

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In LCP, News

“Back to Active Life: Fighting COVID-19 Challenges” start-up training

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 […]

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In I am Roots, News

I am Roots: Besnik Hoxha

“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.

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In I am Roots, News

I am Roots: Nataliia Vainilovych

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 […]

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Youth, Peace and Security: our YMCA Work

YMCA Europe has a long history of working on peace and youth, thanks to the amazing work done by our Roots for Peace Programme.

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In I am Roots, News

I am Roots: Frah Saeed

Since its inception in 2012 and with two cohorts (2012-2014, 2014-2019) of participants that passed through it, the Roots Peace Work Institute 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 raw […]

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In I am Roots, News

I am Roots: Tatul Bostanchyan

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 […]

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In News

YMCA Artsakh Starting Preparations of the Camp for Peace

June 5th was an event day after a long break in the YMCA Artsakh calendar. It was the first meeting after the war in Artsakh in the fall of 2020. About 30 young people from different cities and villages came together for the event that had two purposes: to meet each other and share the […]

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In I am Roots, News

I am Roots: Rachel Dyne

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 […]

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ROOTS for me is…

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Be the PEACE you want

https://youtu.be/DWrFZQYKGIY

Art4Peace

https://youtu.be/3-QH_ZjsEos

Be a piece of PEACE

https://youtu.be/tsiLQZbJ2Mo

Music for PEACE – Way of life

https://youtu.be/-uO4W_qYdCA

Peace Work Institute – First cohort

https://youtu.be/QU1m6g5viZA

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