peacecamp 2011

Hy everybody!
I am Tímea Szabó from the Hungarian delegation. In this year I have got possibility to go to Peace Camp. At the beginning I had got some fears, that we won’t come out of each other, but I was dissapointed pleasantly, because from one to one we had fun together. I came to know other cultures and people and I could have looked into the Izraeli-Palestinian problem, which was very interesting. We had got happy and sad moments too, but we rode out it together. The artists helped us that we find ourselves and we feel ourselves good together with different games and exercises. I think they were the soul of the camp. And a very big thanks for Evelyn that she created this camp, because it was the best 10 days in my life. I just regret it that we could go to here once, but I am sure in it that I will go to the next camp then visitor. Finally I thank you for everything, to the friendships and experiences. I think the parting is the hardest in it, but I hope that we will keep the connection with each other and we will visit the others.
Timi

This was the Peace Camp 2011

I applied for the Peace Camp to make new friends, get to know their lives, learn English and have fun. I think it was great! We did it because everyone made friends with everyone, and the only common language was English, and we were always doing something funny! When we went to have breakfast and we all told one another what we dreamt last night, when we had a relaxation session, did the mandala, when we created the Peace Camp logo, made masks, when we attended in the talent show and watched it. It was very funny when we danced and tried to steal the steps from each other. It was heartbreaking when some of us played a nice musical piece.
We introduced our country, our culture and learned about another country and another culture. I learned a lot about the Arab-Jewish conflict in the history presentations. I loved it when we sang the Peace Camp songs.
The show at the Museum was very emotional because we sang, danced, cried together - it was touching. So I will never forget the Peace Camp and I hope we will meet again.
In fact, one month after the camp, the Austrian group came to visit us in Budapest. It is a thread that we want to keep in our hands and never let it go.

Anna Sára Kadelka
Hungarian Delegation

This peace camp was an unforgettable experience of a lifetime. It was for me more than just fun. I'm so glad I had the chance to take part of it, going through all the experiences and knowing such amazing people. Work with the artists was enjoyable and fun. Discussions, dealing with the conflict were difficult, but the atmosphere was open, and everyone could feel good to express his opinion.
I did not believe that in so short time you can know people so well, in depth, to create strong relationships and feel that openness with them.

I thank all who took part in this amazing peace camp!

Yael Lavi

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This was Peacecamp 2011

This is the fourth time for me in a peacecamp and I have to say, even though all four times the experience was different, I've always enjoyed being part of it.
Every year, peacecamp is a bit different, some activities change, some of the adult staff members change, but the core is still to try and talk about issues concerning our life and future.
I think it is a very difficult task to express our feelings to others, but in the camp I always feel like I'm with good friends who allow and encourage me to do so.
This year the brilliant history sessions of Markus Priller and Ilan Baruch not only helped the participants to talk about their country's current situation freely, but gave lots of knowledge to the others and the possibility to discuss what could be done in the Middle-East.
Regular teenagers had such amazing ideas and concepts about building a better Israel that I was just listening to them and thinking they will sure do great things in the future.
The most important thing is that I know how the large groups and the history sessions made the children think about their own ideas, prejudices or simply "the other side".
In my view this peacecamp was more serious than the previous ones, with very mature participants, sharing pain and happiness with each other not only for ten days in Austria, but presumably for the rest of their lives.
I hope and know the Israelis and the Palestinians will carry on trying to establish peace in Israel and the Austrians and the Hungarians will also do everything they possibly can to promote peace wherever they may go.