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Sunday, 24. July 2011
This was peacecamp 2011 for Zsóka Szabó from the Hungarian delegation
ebl, 24. July 2011, 20:46 [this was peacecamp 2011, feedback4peace]

This was peacecamp 2011
I’m Zsóka Szabó from Hungary. I went to the Peace Camp to meet new people, new cultures and to learn English. I have to admit, before the camp I wasn’t so excited about it, especially when I heard more about the conflicts between the Arabs and the Jews. At that time I didn’t know what Peace Camp means, how much I can get by participating in it. After a few hours I already knew I won’t regret it. During the camp I realized that it’s something extremely special.
It’s really hard to put my thoughts into words. I don’t think that someone who has never been in the Peace Camp can understand what it’s like. It’s definitely an experience what everybody must live through. I’ve got so much from the others; I learnt a lot of things. This experience was really special, it changed my way of thinking and I have new dreams now. I met wonderful people and I got to know new cultures.
During the camp I heard a lot about what happened and what’s happening in Israel. I’m sure I still don’t know enough to understand everything. Even so I realized some really important things. Both sides have losses and grievances. It’s important to talk about the problems, but at some point we should get over the past and focus on the future. Otherwise we’ll stick and the fighting, the war never ends; there won’t be peace for anybody.
We might have had some prejudices at the beginning, but I think everybody noticed that we are not that different as we thought at the first time. On Wednesday, in the afternoon we talked about our families. First I didn’t understand why it is so important but at the end of the program I found an answer to my question. It was surprising that our families are not as different as I expected. We are all humans; we all want to find happiness, love and peace in our lives. And this is what really matters. Religions, countries or nations are not that important.
We got to know each other more than we expected. We became friends and I’m sure we will see each other again. We had amazing moments together filled with laughter and joy. We woke up, ate, sang, danced, played, meditated and even cried together; basically we lived together. I enjoyed every minute and I know I won’t forget any of it.
It was a pleasure and also an honour that I could be a part of this amazing experience. It was such a wonderful “period” of my life. I know it was only 11 days –unfortunately-, but it meant a lot to me. I’ve never had an experience like this. It would be such a big shame if the peace camp program couldn’t go on. It has to go on. It has to change other people’s lives too. It would be great if more people could get involved; more people could hear about the camp and got interested in it.

Zsóka Szabó
Hungarian delegation

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