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Seeds of Peace International Camp

Familiar Scenes

Familiar Scenes

Familiar ScenesFamiliar Scenes

• 8,043 conflict-related deaths in last decade

• Countless physically debilitating injuries

• Economic disruption and destruction

• Emotional and physical trauma

• Tensions rising, talk of a third intifada

• Implications for global economy and regional stability

The Cost of Conflict

Violence

HatredIgnorance

The Cycle

Treaties are made by governments…

Peace is made by people.

There’s a saying at Seeds of Peace

• To humanize the conflict through open dialogue

• To provide conflict resolution and leadership training

• To create a network of young leaders who will

become a core constituency for peace

Objectives

• If given the opportunity, youth will choose coexistence over conflict, and hope over fear

• Dialogue is an essential tool in the quest for peace

• Generational conflict demands generational change

Core Beliefs

Part I:

Seeds of Peace International Camp

The Seeds of Peace Program

Selected through a competitive process determined by each country’s government, these 14-17 year olds represent the best and brightest of their generation.

Bunks and dialogue groups are organized by conflict region.

In 2010, Seeds of Peace is focusing on three conflict areas:

• The Middle East• South Asia• Maine

Conflict Regions

A lot like any other summer camp…

Seeds of Peace International Camp

CANOEING, WATERSKIING, SAILING

Water Sports

SOCCER, BASKETBALL,TENNIS, SOFTBALL

Athletics

PAINTING, DRAWING, DANCING, MUSIC

Arts

But unlike any other summer camp...

• Group challenge & team building activities• Daily dialogue sessions organized by

regions of conflict

International Camp

For 90 minutes each day, Seeds discuss the most painful and divisive issues of their conflict in professionally facilitated dialogue sessions.

Coexistence Program

Challenging inherited prejudices with real stories and experiences, dialogue sessions are intense and emotionally exhausting.

Coexistence Program

• Color Games, the Seeds of Peace Olympics, is the culminating event at the end of Camp every session.

• Color Games is:– Intensely competitive– Encourages cooperation– Rises above ethnic and national divides

Color Games

40 adult Delegation Leaders, most often leading national educators, are chosen by their governments to prepare and chaperone campers.

At Camp, Delegation Leaders participate in their own adult coexistence program.

At home, they help lead follow-up programs with Seeds.

Adult Educators Program

Part II:

Seeds of Peace Regional Programming

The Seeds of Peace Program

Israeli Seeds

Palestinian Seeds

Friends

Parents

Society/Government

Friends

Parents

Society/Government

The Challenging Transition Home

Israeli Seeds

Palestinian Seeds

Friends

Parents

Society/Government

Friends

Parents

Society/Government

Seeds of Peace: Change makers

Strengthening our Seeds

• Advanced Dialogue

Groups• Women's Empowerment• Arabic & Hebrew

Language Courses• Civic and Cultural

Education• Cross-Border Workshops

After Camp – The Middle East

• Community Service

Projects• The Olive Branch: The

Youth Magazine of

Seeds of Peace • Seeds Café Public

Lecture Series• Sesame Seeds

Seeds Strengthening their Communities

After Camp – The Middle East

• Delegation Leaders

Program• Parents Program• Cross-Border Workshops

for Educators • Model Schools Initiative• Peaceful Learning

Environment Workshops• The Olive Branch Magazine

Teacher's Guide

Building Networks of Concern

After Camp – The Middle East

• Over 4,000 Seeds in 17 years. Programs have included youth from divided Cyprus and the Balkans, and continue to include India, Pakistan and Afghanistan

• Seeds of Peace has been endorsed and supported by: – Bill Clinton, Colin Powell, Hillary Clinton, George Mitchell,

Kofi Annan and Tony Blair– Queen Noor, Mahmoud Abbas, Shimon Peres

• Seeds are branching out as leaders in a wide variety of careers – Business, law, politics, media, education,

non-profit work and as parents.

Results

Bushra, Palestinian Seed• Job: Consultant | UN Secretary General's

Special Coordinator to the Middle East Peace Process

• Regional Programming: Documentary Film Project, Peace of Mind: Coexistence Through the Eyes of Palestinian and Israeli Teens

• Years at Camp: 1995, 1997, 1998• Age: 27

• Palestinian Delegation

Snapshots of Success

Lior, Israeli Seed

• Job: Anchorman/Editor for Channel 2 News, Israel

• Regional Programming:UN Conference on Uprooting Hatred and Terror

• Years at Camp: 1999, 2000• Age: 25• Israeli Delegation

Snapshots of Success

“Seeds of Peace, you are no longer a miracle in the Maine woods. You have found your way into the larger world in so many different ways and you are forging your own path to peace.”

- Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan

“The best thing I’ve seen in the region over the last eight years is this Seeds of Peace program. That kind of dialogue is what has to replace the bullets and the rocks.”

- President William Jefferson Clinton

There are many ways that you can support Seeds of Peace!

For more information, contact the New York office.

Seeds of Peace370 Lexington Ave., Suite 401

New York, NY 10017Tel: (212) 573-8040

Email: info@seedsofpeace.orgWebsite: www.seedsofpeace.org

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