The “Rootsmade” charity e-commerce start-up was launched in Armenia for people who suffered from wars in the Middle East and the Caucasus. The aim of this initiative is to offer an online platform to artisans from war-affected areas to showcase their handicrafts and tell their life stories, thus supporting their small businesses as social entrepreneurs. […]
“It’s that time of the year again… When the air is filled with joy and hope, when people seem to be happier and friendlier than usual, when we all start believing in magic… It’s Christmas time! So there can be no better moment to pray for peace as will many children and adults in different […]
YMCA Europe Roots for Peace attended the European YMCA Mission Network Conference with the theme “Refreshed. Renewed. Moved.” held on October 20-23, in Vienna. The Unify conference brought 120 participants from 15 different countries, celebrating Christian Unity together. Opening the conference, the President of the YMCA Europe, Emma Osmundsen White, and Secretary General Juan Simoe […]
Today we want to talk about a man who is the initiator, the mastermind, and the powerhouse of the Roots. This program has been changing the lives of many people for years now, and it is important to know who is behind that change. Today we want to tell you about Vardan Hambardzumyan, whose work […]
YMCA Europe continues spreading the methodology of Do No Harm (DNH) via Roots for Peace, which helps to extend the circle of friends and partners who work to promote peace and cooperation. On October 24-29 Yerevan, Armenia the Roots experts provided training for multipliers – activists of a German NGO Dialogue for Understanding (D4U) which […]
A know-how toolkit of The Roots project, Peacework Guidebook was published as the YMCA movement celebrated its 175th anniversary. Subtitled “Peace Roots: From Seeds to Fruits”, this handbook was intended to be available and easy to use for a wider public; so in order to extend the geography of its practical application, we decided to […]
On 23 July 2022, a mid-term evaluation meeting with the group of the 8 YMCA Scholarship holders from the American University of Armenia (AUA), the representative of the university and the YMCA Europe team took place. The Scholarship holders prepared thank-you-letters that were shared with YMCA Europe before the meeting. These letters were certainly a […]
Roots & Next Quarterly #11 is here – a detailed reflection of July, August, and September of 2022. The Roots & Next Quarterly is available as a PDF.
“Peace can not be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding”. Albert Einstein It is not easy to talk about Peace nowadays… The devastating war in Ukraine and the resurgence of military operations along the Armenian-Azerbaijan borderline are by far not the only conflicts that affect the global community nowadays, but definitely […]
Behind the success of any project there stand people, who put their talent and energy, passion, and compassion into making it happen. These are people who wholeheartedly believe in the importance of their work and wake up in the morning with the thought that today they will do everything to make this world a better […]
