peace – Generation Change https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange Whether they are campaigning for free press in Zimbabwe, helping provide clean water in India, or offering free music lessons to underprivileged kids in the UK, young people all over the world are making a difference. Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:49:27 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 Bringing peace to Papua New Guinea https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2012/10/bringing-peace-to-papua-new-guinea/ Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:59:31 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=2581 It was a single act of violence that changed 28-year-old John Wamelik’s life forever. At home in a country with one of the world’s most diverse populations, John is now on a mission to make Papua New Guinea a more peaceful place.

Emily Richmond has the story from Rabaul, PNG:

Bringing peace to Papua New Guinea

John Wamelik

John Wamelik is committed to making his country a more peaceful place

]]> Peace through the arts in Bahrain https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2012/08/peace-through-the-arts-in-bahrain/ Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:16:34 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=2275 Since February 2011, the tiny country of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf has been plagued by sectarian divisions. But Wafa believes that reconciliation is possible – and one of the ways she is bringing people back together is with an art community she founded, called Malja.

Listen to the report by John Ridley:

Peace through the arts in Bahrain

Wafa

Wafa believes in the goodness of her fellow Bahrainis

Wafa playing soccer

Wafa plays on a women's soccer team

Wafa

Wafa define Malja as a conceptual art hub

Check out Wafa’s arts community, Malja, on Facebook.

]]> Peace, one person at a time https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2012/02/peace-one-person-at-a-time/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:00:53 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=1103 Viola in the Netherlands gave up her high-level job to start making a difference in the world. She and the organization Masterpeace are mobilizing people all over the world ahead of the 2014 International Day of Peace.

Listen to the report by Jessie Wingard:

Peace, one person at a time

Check out Masterpeace’s website for more info.

]]> Palestinian artist gives hope to community under occupation https://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/2011/09/palestinian-artist-approaches-occupation-with-optimism/ Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:17:57 +0000 http://blogs.dw.com/generationchange/?p=543 Eid, a 26-year-old Palestinian Bedouin, turns scrap material into art. His own house may be facing imminent demolition, but he is determined that his children will inherit his capacity to dream.

Palestinian artist gives hope to community under occupation

Watch a short documentary film about Eid here.

Eid, Naama and Sadin

Eid with his wife Na'ama and daughter Sadin

From DW reporter Kate Laycock:

I first met Eid in November 2010, when I visited his village in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in the company of a mutual friend. 

Although many people had tried to describe Eid to me, nothing could have prepared me for the emotion of the encounter.

Here is a young man living in one of the poorest areas of the occupied West Bank. The villages live in rickety concrete dwellings with corrugated iron roofs. Almost all the homes in his part of the village have demolition orders on them. The bulldozers could come at any time. 

And yet he dares to dream. 

Eid

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