{"id":10794,"date":"2017-10-15T13:51:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T17:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=10794"},"modified":"2017-10-15T13:51:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T17:51:03","slug":"caritas-jordan-hosts-youth-world-peace-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/?p=10794","title":{"rendered":"Caritas Jordan hosts Youth World Peace Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"
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. TOLERANCE & SOLIDARITY .<\/p>\n

An article by Rula Samain from the Jordan Times<\/a><\/p>\n

Caritas Jordan on Friday [September 22] launched the Youth World Peace Forum (YWPF) under the theme \u201cNow is the time\u201d, with the aim of empowering youth in peacemaking. <\/p>\n

More than 400 young participants from 40 countries convened at the American University of Madaba for the two-day event to share their personal experiences and plan initiatives to contribute to a more peaceful world. <\/p>\n

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\nMore than 400 young participants from 40 countries participated in the Youth World Peace Forum at the American University of Madaba (Photo by Rula Samain)<\/center><\/p>\n

Caritas, a humanitarian charity that counts 160 members worldwide, is a nongovernmental organisation affiliated with the Catholic Church. <\/p>\n

Wael Suleiman, general director of Caritas Jordan, told The Jordan Times that the invitation was a \u201ccontinuation\u201d of the peace initiative launched by Pope Francis last year, who called all Caritas organisations around the world to spread the message of world peace. <\/p>\n

He added that the youth are taught the values of true peace by listening and respecting each other, which also helps them to understand the importance of sharing. <\/p>\n

For Suleiman, the message of peace can also be conveyed through art: \u201cMost of the activities involved art, singing, music, dancing, where participants expressed themselves as well as their agonies\u201d.<\/p>\n

Suleiman noted that a few days before the forum was held, a special camp was established where participants spent time with Syrian and Iraqi refugees, helping fix some of their houses and organising special programmes for the children.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the beauty of the conference: it served as a platform for all peace initiatives by the young generations so that all, whether Christians and Muslims, can share their experiences\u201d, Suleiman added. <\/p>\n

(Continued in right column)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\nQuestion related to this article:<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n
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\nYouth initiatives for a culture of peace, How can we ensure they get the attention and funding they deserve?<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

(Continued from left column)<\/p>\n

The two-day event saw the participation of the YWPF and the Italian project \u201cNon Dalla Guerra\u201d.<\/p>\n

YWPF President Carlos Dario said that Jordan was the \u201cright place\u201d to host such an event because of its visible efforts in promoting peace. <\/p>\n

He told the Jordan Times that the youth represent \u201cthe future\u201d and that adults\u2019 role is to guide and encourage them to work for peace, adding that focusing on proper education was essential. <\/p>\n

Giovanni Zambon, founder of Non Dalla Guerra, said that Jordan\u2019s effort in hosting refugees constituted a \u201cmodel to follow\u201d for other countries. <\/p>\n

He added that his organisation, which translates into \u201cnot through war\u201d, was born in Jordan three years ago when he visited the Zaatari camp. <\/p>\n

\u201cI learnt that donating money is important to help refugees but giving one\u2019s time is even more valuable. Being with the refugees, listening to them and sharing with them taught me a lot about peace. I realised that it starts from within the person itself. Giving is not only about money, time has more of a value,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

During the event, several institutes held workshops to spread awareness on the value of peace and \u201cspread the seeds of love\u201d. <\/p>\n

Among them was the Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies (RIIFS), a nongovernmental organisation that provides a venue for the interdisciplinary study of intercultural and interreligious issues, with the aim of defusing tensions and promoting peace regionally and globally, according to its website. <\/p>\n

RIIFS Academic Adviser Amer Alhafi told The Jordan Times that peace is \u201cthe essence\u201d of the three Abrahamic religions, and stressed the importance to emulate actions of peace and kindness in our daily lives. <\/p>\n

Among the participants was Samer Ishaq, 33, from Syria, Khdija Akjabri, 18, from Oman and Srushti Vasani, 17, from India. <\/p>\n

The three agreed that the moments they shared together were extremely valuable, and that even though the path to peace making is not easy, it is not impossible, and they are determined to achieve it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

. TOLERANCE & SOLIDARITY . An article by Rula Samain from the Jordan Times Caritas Jordan on Friday [September 22] launched the Youth World Peace Forum (YWPF) under the theme \u201cNow is the time\u201d, with the aim of empowering youth in peacemaking. More than 400 young participants from 40 countries convened at the American University … Continue reading Caritas Jordan hosts Youth World Peace Forum<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,14],"tags":[8],"class_list":["post-10794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mideast","category-tolerance","tag-mideast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.cpnn-world.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}