Peace Camp

The Youthbridge Initiative offers peace-building training to selected youth through its annual summer peace camp. During camp, participants are taught theories in conflict management, compassionate communication and mediation using English as a neutral language. In an ethnically mixed camp setting, where activities are group-based and teamwork is a necessity, students have the opportunity to put this theoretical knowledge to immediate and practical use. They are offered an open forum for debate, cooperation, and the establishment of continuing relationships.

Each year, student assessments help to improve Youthbridge activities. The peace camps are evaluated with a series of in-depth questionnaires filled out by students before, during and on the final day of camp. Youthbridge staff also follows up with former participants in their home communities in the year following camp. These assessments are of tremendous value to our future planning.

To date, our work has been with Croatian and Serbian high school students from Vukovar, Croatia, but we envision expansion to other conflicted regions of the world. If you would like to engage the Youthbridge staff in a similar project for your area, please contact us.

-- what's new ---Zwischen den Fronten
-Durst nach Frieden
-IFA Approves Youthbridge Projects
-U.S. Awards Grant
-5 Jahre zivik
-Benefit Event in Berlin
-Benefizabend in Berlin
-Croatian President
Stjepan Mesic
-Generali-Award 2005
-Friedensinitiative
Judenburg

-- current links ---austrian peace service
-skatepark.org