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 […]
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 […]
YMCA Europe’s Roots for Peace and German NGO “Dialogue for Understanding” continued cooperation to expand the Roots methodology, promote service to local communities and building a peaceful future. In April and early May 2023, the newly prepared multipliers – graduates of the courses held in 2022 in Yerevan (Armenia), worked as trainers at two sessions […]
We are happy to continue long-standing cooperation with the Council of Europe Youth Department – European Youth Centre Strasbourg will be the venue of Roots “Give Peace a Chance” Study Session that will bring together 35 young people from all over Europe on October 15 – 21, 2023. The Background Today’s European geopolitical landscape is […]
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 […]
Tell me who your friend is, and I will tell you who you are. A friend in Roots is someone who shares the idea of peace and justice for all; someone that walks the walk to live by these values, someone that finds new friends and builds up a team of those who love their […]
There were many turning points in the history of mankind that inspired hope that the worst was left behind and the times of irreversible progress, coexistence and peace have finally arrived.. Yet, every time and unfortunately rather soon, these hopes were dashed and relinquished… And if to single out one such occasion, the aftermath of […]
The first of the Roots Peace Work Institute Tandem Projects in 2022 has already been completed – YMCA Prime (Barnaul, Russia) implemented a study session for teenagers aged 12-16 during Spring Camp Programme on March 28 – April 03, 2022. Aiming at empowering the young people with appropriate conflict-solving skills, the organizers ensured to create […]
