[English] Youth for Peace: Towards a New World

Mar 30, 2012Nonviolence

Organisation of a multicultural youth exchange in Palermo. The participants were 40 young people from Spain, Colombia, Ecuador and Italy.

 

Program: Action 1, Youth Program

 

Duration of project: 15 days, August 2004

 

 Objectives:

  • to learn about the situations of conflict that exist in all these countries
  • to search for non-violent solutions to the specific conflicts
  • to communicate peace through art
  • to create a reflection moment where youngsters could think about peace and develop their own ideas about their active role in the situations resolution

 

Activities:

  • Discussion about encounters with the conflicts of each country
  • Arts workshops

 

Results/Outcome:

  • Development of personal relationships
  • Development of openness to other countries
  • Acquisition of skills and knowledge about conflicts in other countries.

 

Project Coordinator: Centro per lo Sviluppo Danilo Dolci