Shir B. graduated from the master’s program „Conflict Transformation and Social Justice“ in Belfast in 2020. She wrote her master’s thesis about the Palestinian-Israeli Dialogue Seminar for Women*, which she coordinates. In an interview with Katharina Ochsendorf, she shares...

Samira P.*, 28 years old, was born and raised in Jenin. She recently finished her studies and now lives in another city, far away from her family. In the summer of 2019, she participated in the Allgenders seminar for...

Again and again, participants of our Peace Camps in the former Yugoslavia write that they found friends there that they would never forget. Vanja Nedic tells the story of Emina, Johnny, Nicola, Semir and herself; they met in 2007...

„YU-Peace is for me a big step towards a better world. One great community with one goal, to bring peace to the world. We go step by step, because that is the only way to reach the goal, we...

„It all started on an ordinary day. The phone rang and someone asked, „Would you like to go to a peace camp?“ I didn’t know exactly what to expect, but I said yes and a great adventure began. At...

„I’m not quite sure how to describe what YU-Peace has brought to my life. In so many different ways, it has changed things from the ground for me. The first activity I was a part of was a weekend...

„It is very difficult to leave emotions on paper, especially those that are long-lasting, those that are silent deep inside you and they come out bit by bit, and you are not even sure which one you would rather...

„YU-Peace helped me through various activities, workshops and socializing to primarily build myself as a person, and to develop both leadership and team spirit. YU-Peace encouraged me to work on myself, to show my creativity, imagination and strength, things...

„YU-Peace is a beautiful story of which I became part of in 2019, and I still feel the same emotions I felt the first day. It is a special, positive story, very important for us young people, which teaches...