peacecamp 2011

evelyn&ronny showing "peacecamp" at the Jewish street-festival in Vienna

I am Evelyn.
I dream of a world which people of all nations and religions
can share in mutual respect and peace
I believe in the possibility of change
as a result of dialogue
and the wish to understand one another
I believe in the possibility to accept
another person’s or group’s viewpoint
even if you don’t share it
I don’t accept violence, vengeance, war or terror
as a way to resolve conflicts
between people and nations
I believe in the strength of compromise and sharing
I believe in the beauty of a world of peace

The Austrian group will be accompanied by Prof. Friederike Scharf

1. Anne-Sophie Rauch

Hallo
My name is Anne-Sophie and I‘m 17 years old. I live in Vienna, Austria and visit a secondary school focused on languages. My parents are divorced and I live together with my mother and my younger sister Rebecca. In my free time I love hanging out with friends, reading and playing computer games.
I like people, equal to their culture and beliefs and I’ m interested in their lives, opinions and feelings. Conflicts and problems are also a part of everyone’s life – and it is essential to solve these things in a fair and peaceful way.
I‘m really looking forward to attending the peacecamp for a second time after 2009. So it is not that new for me but I think every year is different and we will have a great time together. See you soon. ;-)

2. Bath-Sahaw Baranow

Description
Hello, my name is Bath-Sahaw Baranow, I am seventeen years old and live in Vienna, Austria. I love to travel and meet new people. In my spare time I enjoy reading and listening to music and since Vienna is a great place to do so, I really like living here.
I don’t think that progress has an end, I don’t believe in perfection, for we are all human beings and we make mistakes sometimes. But I think this doesn’t mean we should not try to make an effort, because if we bring together all the wonderful ideas that everyone has in their minds this world could be a better place. That is why I am looking very much forward to this peacecamp.

3. Noah Adam Scheer

Hello my name is Noah I was born and life in Graz. My father was born in Tel-Aviv and I go there every year. My mother was born in the USA and brought up in England and Switzerland. They both live in Graz for 25 years. I have 7 siblings and I am the youngest. I love to be surrounded by a lot of peoples and I am socially quite good. I am nearly always able to find a lot of friends quick and I get along with almost everybody. I am really looking forward to the Peacecamp and I am happy to meet so many interesting new peoples.

4. Carina Scheller

Hey,
I´m Carina Scheller and I am 17 years old. I live in Vienna, Austria, with my parents and I study at a business school in Vienna. I have two half sisters and one half brother who live in South Africa. My mother is from Russia and my father has Hungarian ancestors.
I enjoy hanging out with friends, doing sports, especially cycling, and listening to music.
Since this is going to be my first time at the peacecamp I am really excited and curious about it!
I am looking forward to meeting you all!!

5. Matthias Ploder

Hey. My name is Matthias. I live in Vienna and I am 16 years old. I am an only child. I love playing piano, listening to music ( I prefer Jazz, Funk,Reggae,Samba,World,actually I like everything except house and electronic music). I am a very sociable person, very interested in other cultures and languages, so I hope and think the Peacecamp will be a good possibility to meet new people, to make friends to laugh, to think about world's situation and the differences or difficulties between people.

6. Isabella Messinger

Hello! My name is Isabella Messinger, I’m 16 years old and I live close to Vienna, in Lower Austria. I go to school in the 6th class of Vienna’s AKG, ‘Akademisches Gymnasium’, a high school in the 1st district. I practise ice skating, ballett, acrobatic, singing and dancing Modern/Jazz/Musical.
I am looking forward to meet you.
Isabella

7. Xenia Donschachner

Hey (:
My name is Xenia Donschachner, I live in Vienna, Austria with my mother and my sister and I visit the AKG in Vienna.
I love traveling (I have lived in Budapest, Hungary for one year and in Johannesburg, South Africa for three) and experiencing new cultures, ways of thinking and ways of life. I also love books, as well as sports and just hanging out with my friends. I can't play any instrument, but I always enjoy music (except for the "wonderful" Ballerman music, it's terrible!) and I have some very musical freinds, so that's great for me. I absolutely love art, so I'm the one who drags everyone who can't run away fast enough to any exposition in any art gallery or museum I hear of. I like learning new languages, I can speak German (my mother language), then English and French quite fluedly, and I'm starting on Italian, but even though Latin is a major subject in our school, I suck at reading and understanding it, so no way I'd be able to speak it. As soon as it's sunny and warm, I try to spend my days lazing around in the sun with a book or my friends. I have a dog, Dumbledore (the one in the picture), and I "babysit" our neighbors dog, a Chihuahua named Shorty sometimes.
I really look forward to this Peacecamp, I'm sure it's going to be fun (:
Xenia

8. Sarah Heer

Hello :D
My name is Sarah Heer and I am 15 years old. I live with my family in Vienna and there I go to a school focused on languages. My favorite subjects are history and sports, especially volleyball. I like it very much to travel around the world because I like to meet new people and their culture and to see old important sights. In my professional life I would like to be an archaeologist in South-America, because I am fascinated by the Inca-, Maya- and Aztecan cultures. I play accordion for eight years and I really like it. Maybe this summer I am learning paragliding.

Tali Presser: Accompanying teacher of the Jewish-Israeli group.

I am Tali Presser. I am a geography and a homeroom teacher in Carmel Zvulun.
I arrived in Carmel Zvulun ten years ago, enjoy the kids very much and love what I do.
Last April, I celebrated my 40th birthday. I am married with two kids, a boy and a girl, 13 years old twins, who study here at school too. My hobbies include traveling and meeting new people and cultures. That is one of the reasons why I am looking forward to meet you all.
In addition, I am known for my love of animals and rock music.
I hope the Peace Camp will be meaningful for me as well as for the group.
Tali

1. Alon Cohen

My name is Alon Cohen and i live in Nofit which is a small village in Israel. My hobbies are playing roller hockey and to be with my friends in a place that we built, named as "zulla" it is a chill out place were we usually hang out and do our school charts there. I am in the Israeli scouts and I want to guide next year young kids.

2. Amir Adar

My name is Amir, I am 14 years old. I live in Nofit, a town in the north of Israel. I have three brothers: Yotam, Noam and Etamar. I am doing karate for nine years, I play tennis and participate in the Israeli scouts. I hope all of us to enjoy in peace camp and learn a little or a lot about the other side.

3. Aviv Gur

My name is Aviv Gur and I am from Nofit, Israel.
I play basketball and I practice 5 times a week. I am in the "Israeli scouts", and next year I will be a guide. When I was younger I learned piano for 5 years and I stopped learning last year. Another hobby I have is going on trips with my family. We go every month to the "Negev", a desert in the south part of Israel.
I have another older brother- Yotam, and a younger sister – Tamar.

4. B. K.

My name is B. K. and I live in Nofit. I play water polo at Kibutz Ramat Yohanan.
I have two sisters and one brother. I love to play on the computer and to go to the "Moadon" with my friends. My friends and I built a little place called "Zulla". And we hang out there often, I am looking forward to see you guys soon!

5. Ili Arkind

My name is Ili Arkind and I live in Nofit.
I have 2 brothers and one sister, I am the youngest.
In my free time I participate in a dance class, I dance modern and hip-hop. I also go on my free time to the "moadon" ' it’s a place where we hang out all the friends …
I hope we will have a lot of fun !

6. Noam Shachar

My name is Noam Shachar. I live in Nofit, which is a small community close to Haifa.
I have three sisters: Adi, the oldest, and Yuval and Yarden, the youngest.
I dance in three styles: classic, modern and hip-hop and I enjoy it very much. In addition, I like to play the piano, to walk with my dog, to have fun with friends and sometimes just to rest and watch TV.
I am very excited to come to the peace camp; I want to meet new friends, new cultures, languages and opinions and I'm sure it will be an experience I will never forget!

7. O.

A letter for Austria peacecamp
Hello my name is O., I live in Nofit, which is a small village at north of Israel.
I have two sisters and one brother; I have three dogs and an aquarium.
I'm a Water Polo player I'm playing in a team called Gush Zvulun.
I'm expecting to get to know all the people in the peacecamp. I hope we will have fun at the delegation, I have heard only good things about the peacecamp. I can't wait for it to start.

8. Tahel Lekach

My name is Tahel Lekach and I live in Kibbutz Ramat-Yochanan. I have 2 older sisters and one younger brother. I play basketball in a team called "Hapoel Yagur". I work at a stable and I also ride there. When I was younger I lived in the USA for 5 years because of my dads work. I'm really looking forward to meeting all of you guys! I hope we will have a lot of fun and make this an unforgettable experience.

9. Yael Lavi

My name is Yael Lavi, and I live in Nofit which is a small community near "Haifa" in Israel. I learn in "Carmel Zvulun" high school. I go to a piano lesson and a singing lesson once a week and I love to sing and play. In addition I am active in the scouts and next year I hope to be a guide. I hope I will get to know other young people and understand what the issues that bothering them are. I am expecting a warm environment were everybody can express what they think.

10. Ayala Ehrlich

Hello! my name is Ayala Ehrlich and I live in Tel Aviv, Israel. I have one sister and a cat named Cacahouete which means peanut in French. I study cinema in my school but like also to do horse riding, to dance steps, and try to learn how to play the guitar (until now my attempts haven't brought me any performance… ) I also like sports, hang with my friends, watch movies and read, when and if I have the time for it I'm excited to meet all the participants and to know all the different cultures!
Meet everyone soon! 
Ayala

This is the delegation from the Arab Orthodox School in Haifa

Mariah Sabra: Accompanying teacher of the Arab-Israeli group.

My name is Mariah Sabra, and I Live in Haifa in Israel. I work as a teacher of communications in the Orthodox Arab College. I'm married and have two children.
I took part in multi-cultural projects that brought together Arab and Jewish pupils in Israel, and I'm so glad that I will join the 'Peacecamp' project this year.

Nedal Geries: Accompanying teacher of the Arab-Israeli group

My name is Nedal Geries. I'm 30 years old from the extracted village kfar beri'em in the Galeel, but living now in Haifa. I'm married and have a child called Edward.
I'm teaching physical education in the Arab Orthodox College.
I glad to join the "peacecamp" because I believe in peace and in dialogue.

These are the participant pupils

1. Dareen Sader

Hi everyone !
my name is Dareen Sader and I'm 15 years old girl . I am from a small village called Jish but I moved to Haifa this year to study at the Orthodox Arab Collage.
I'm Not the talking person but I'm trying to change it …
during my free time I play the piano , listen to music , hang out with my friends and just have some fun and the most important I spend hours on facebook I think that I'm addicted to it :$
And also I love playing soccer .and any kind of sports
I'm really happy to be chosen for the peace camp and I'm looking forward to it so ….
See you soon =]

2. Amir Haddad

My name is Amir Haddad. I'm a Palestinian Arab and I live in Haifa. I lived in New Jersey, USA for 4 years and I returned to Haifa in 2009. I study in the Orthodox Arab College in Haifa. I'm very energetic and I love to spend time with my friends. I love to play all kinds of sports for fun. I like to talk and have discussions about politics with all kinds of people and all kinds of beliefs. I try very hard in my everyday life to change people's opinions about Arabs by behaving nicely and respectively to people on all kinds of shapes, religions, beliefs, race, etc.
I am looking forward to attending the peace camp and meeting new people and making new friends and most importantly, have fun and make peace.

--
Amir Haddad

3. Adi Mansour

My name is Adi mansour, and I'm a Palestinian Arab, I'm 15 years old and I live in Haifa. I study at the Orthodox Arab College. I have all different kinds of hobbies, I like listening to music, playing the piano and hanging out with my friends. In addition, I dance hip hop, some break dancing and different other styles of dancing. I also like different kinds of sports, like basketball, football and spending time at the gym. I'm a very happy and positive person, and I love talking and discussing all kinds of issues, from politics to food and football games!
I'm so happy for participating in the peace camp, and looking forward for it!
Hope to see you soon!
Adi.

4. Marian Shiban

Heyy!
My name is Marian Shiban and I'm 14 years old. I'm from Haifa and i go to the Arab Orthodox College in Haifa.
During my free time I like to spent time with my friends and play the piano and read books,and also i use Facebook a lot and i have tried many times to close my account but i couldn't, its too hard(A).
I cant wait to meet everyone,and go to this camp and spend my summer in Austria:)

Marian.

5. Firas Habib

Hi.
My name is Firas Habib. And I am 15 years old.
I live in Haifa and I learn in the orthodox Arab college.
In my free time I like to hang out with friends, play sports, watch movies, play computer games, ,listen to music, and play the guitar.
I am a person who likes having fun all the time and I am very excited to go to Austria for the peace camp this year .
Firas J

6. Maria Shiban

Hey :-)
My name is Maria Shiban, in June I will become 15 years old.
I study in the Orthodox Arab College in Haifa. I live in a small city near Haifa called Acre, I don’t have any sisters or brothers & I love it.
I studied in 3 different schools, I have been playing the guitar for 8 years, I’m in love with my camera & I love traveling, especially to Europe.
I can’t wait to meet you all (: see you in Austria <3

7. Rawy Khatib

Hi
My name is Rawy Khatib, I'm a Palestinian who lives in israel, I'm 15 years old, I live in a small city near haifa called shefa-'Amr.
I like photography, videography, acting, directing, and the whole cinema world.
I also like hanging out with my friends, having fun, playing basketball (I'll get better with time).
I'm interested in politics as well, I participated in too peace programs wich bring Jewish, Palestinians 48 (like me), palestinians who live in the west-bank and Gaza and Americans, hands of peace and sadaka-ruet and I'm still work with them till today.
I'm very very exited and I'm looking forward to meet all of you.

peace.
Rawy Khatib

8. Katee Jaraisy

Hey:D
My name is katee jaraisy and I'm a Palestinian Arab. I'm 14 years old and I live in Haifa. I study at the Orthodox Arab College. And I have different hobbies...
I like listing to music, and I love playing sport specially basketball, i enjoy hanging out with my friends, and I like spend my free time using facebook.
I am a positive person who like having fun and laugh and I enjoy reading books and watching movies.
I am very excaited to go to Austria and participating in the peace camp. I look forword to it!!

9. Amir Msheael

Hi everybody .
My name is Amir Msheael, I live in Haifa, Israel and I study in the A.O.C – Arab Orthodox College … I'm almost 15 years old - In May 31 I will become so :D !
In my free time I hang out with my friends, play basketball, computer games, swimming and a lot of different hobbies ( B.T.W : Facebook is not only in my free time, it's 24/7 ) . I'm looking forward to meeting you there, I hope we will have fun.

10. Rula Jabareen

Hey guys I’m rula :) I’m fifteen and loving it! I go to the Arab Orthodox College.
I live in Palestine or as some of you may call it Israel, Haifa to be specific which is great for me considering how much I love the beach I practically spend all my summer there: O
I love animals so I don’t make a habit of eating them yes yes a committed vegetarian.obsessed with pirates and zombies for an unknown reason I don't even know why I'm telling you this.
I like exploring in the fields of politics philosophy and music though when to it comes to music I’m a bit of a gaffer, I just love everything that was recorded between the 60’s and the 90’s like classic rock or reggae music... Fascinated by the world of cinema and in anything that involves a camera.. Love movies especially Science fiction and horror ones.
Very open minded and optimistic though sometimes a control freak and a little sarcastic.
Obviously I believe in peace and democracy :D
That’s all
See you soon <3