Want to hear more about our training on peace education for youth workers as part of our Building Bridges: Youth Work for Peace and Dialogue project? Find out what our youth workers thought about this week long training on peace education that took place in Asunción, Paraguay, in August 2019!

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I'm Cheng and I'm from the Center of Youth Advocacy and Networking. My favourite thing from this whole Building Bridges project on peace education is learning from other organisations and different cultures. One thing I've learnt from this activity is to be sensitive about the things you have planned and the things you have to say. My message for every youth peace builder in the world is to engage, empower and take care of yourselves!

My name is Tiara and I'm from KKSP Indonesia. For me, my favourite thing from this week was to meet many groups from different countries, it is very interesting to see how they work on peace education, which is very amazing for me. And thank you for JPS [our hosts] to take us all to different places. One thing I have learnt in the training is how to resolve conflict and also the methodology of how to speak about peace education with children in a lighter way, from the toolkits. My message to other youth workers across the world is that we have been through so many obstacles and challenges but we'll get through it together.

Hi, My name is Delphine Konda from Girls Excel, Cameroon. For me, my favourite thing from our peace education training has been the discussions about the local projects; that has been amazing for me. One thing I have learnt this week has been how to implement an activity using non-formal education, especially the one we did with the Poorland game; that was really inspiring. I would like to say bravo to all youth workers out there. It's never an easy task to work in difficult terrains, to work on issues regarding young people, to try to make policy makers see how important it is to include young people in decision-making processes. Most especially in the context of this project, it's not easy to talk about violence, to talk about human rights where young people are concerned - but I want to say thank you to every young person, every youth worker who is trying to make a difference, you are doing a great job!

Hello everyone, how are you? I am Gonzalo Zavala and I am from Peru. My favourite thing about the last week has been the toolkit - the book with all the session plans we need to teach about peace. Something super interesting that I learned here in this intercultural change is how the contexts can change in each country and how can enact the vision of something similar in very different ways. My personal message for other youth workers is that you are not alone!