Strasbourg, France played host to a crucial preparatory meeting organized by YMCA Europe Roots for Peace during July 12-15. The meeting took place in the European Youth Center and served as a stepping stone for the upcoming “Give Peace a Chance” study session. This collaborative project is being implemented in partnership with the Council of […]
Just a few more days before the first activities within Camp Europe Pilot Initiative kick off… 16 YMCA projects across Europe will serve hundreds of beneficiaries during this summer, majority of them being Ukrainian kids and young people – temporarily displaced from home or still living in their places of origin, despite all the hardships […]
YMCA Europe Roots for Peace project played a pivotal role in the recent YMCA Europe 50th Anniversary event. It took place in Berlin under the motto Y2Gether. One of the key components of the event was the Just World Pillar on July 1st, prepared and led by the Roots staff and expert team. Keynote: First […]
Berlin, July 3-4. YMCA Europe staff Lika and Vardan, together with the Roots for Peace expert Wolfgang Heinrich, conducted an inhouse Do No Harm workshop for the Bread for the World staff. It aimed at mainstreaming this tested conflict context analysis toolbox for further application by the Bread for the World. YMCA Europe Roots for […]
Effective June 15th, within the framework of the YMCA Europe “Generation Next” project an Embroidery Summer School is launched in Yerevan, Armenia. It is facilitated by 5 Syrian-Armenian masters actively involved in the YMCA Europe “Rootsmade” initiative, and with rich know-how in various traditional styles of embroidery. The aim of this initiative is to transfer […]
The first stage of preparations for YMCA Europe Roots “Give Peace a Chance” Study Session to be held at European Youth Center Strasbourg on October 15 – 21, 2023 is complete! A staggering 348 applications received from across the continent and beyond; painstaking shortlisting process; interviews with selected candidates – all of it is already […]
On 14-16 June 2023, the Roots for Peace team of YMCA Europe and German NGO “Dialogue for Understanding” met in Grozny, Russia, along with participants and mentors of the series of training sessions (2022-2023) aimed at spreading of the Do No Harm methodology. The main goal of this reunion was to evaluate the results of […]
This week Roots Communications Assistant Lika Zakaryan visited the YMCA Europe Secretariat, where she received a very warm welcome from our Brussels team – a truly memorable experience. The visit provided an excellent opportunity for Lika to engage in meaningful conversations with her colleagues. They shared updates, exchanged ideas, and explored collaborative projects. These face-to-face […]
Roots has come a long way since its inception in 2007… Communities empowered, partner organizations strengthened, lives changed… But none of it would have been possible without exceptional cooperation, assistance and guidance provided by our long-standing supporters that walked this path together with us all along.. And we will always appreciate it – by words […]
On 14 May 2023 the American University of Armenia (AUA) YMCA Scholarship holders of both 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic years were actively involved in the running of the Rootsmade charity-fair, organized within the YMCA Europe Generation Next projects Support Measures facility and held in the Cross-Stones Park right in the center of Yerevan, Armenia. The […]
