"Students gather for peace camp
By Leo Leonidou
STUDENTS from Cyprus, Greece and Turkey are this week participating in a bi-communal project aimed at promoting diversity, trust and co-operation.
Named, ‘Coexistence and Diversity Matter,” the week-long project (July 2-9) has brought together 40 students aged between 16 and 18 in Larnaca.
Ten are from Greece, ten from Turkey, with ten coming from the Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities respectively.
The Youth Camp, as it is called, is focusing on Cyprus, as the island is one of the contested issues among the three countries. Special modules on peace education and conflict resolution hope to increase the students’ sensitivity to the values of empathy, tolerance and respect of differences. The cultural programme will help the participants to bring out the richness, difference and similarities among the three countries."
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