peacecamp 2014

Well for me peacecamp started weeks before the actual camp. I won’t lie I was scared of it a lot, because as usual I overthought things that how would I act once I get there.
But all of my worries were blown away the moment we started our first session at Lackenhof. I met the most amazing people there and gained more experiences that I could get from anywhere else. I heard stories I have never heard before and problems I never had to face before.
At our first Large Group session I thought ”What a horrible world we live in” but then when we had our free time and we talked with each other I realized, it’s not that bad, we can change it. If it’s these people they can do it.
I’m not that type of charismatic leader, who can spoke for her rights, but I met people there who are and I believe I can become one of them if I stick to them.
The fun games we played with Lucas and AnnPhie made me realize that it doesn’t matter where we come from because we can work together as one if we want to.
Since the camp if I have a chance I always try to bring the message of it to the people I meet I try to make them understand how unimportant is our nationality and that it doesn’t make you worth more or less.
I really hope that this peacecamp will never end in our heart and that we won’t ever forget about each other. I hope that we can meet again sometimes in the best possible future.

(Lilla)

I was really excited but also scared of peacecamp. I didn’t have any idea what to expect. On the first day I felt a little bit strange in that company but it quickly changed. Everybody was so open and nice, so all my bad feelings flew away. During the camp I was really-really tired because of the programs, but after all it was totally worth. I’ve learned a lot about other cultures, personality, the Middle East and politics and I’ve never seen before this kind of deep feelings on other’s face. I have lots of eternal memories from the camp and I would advise to participate to everyone.

(Ákos)

Peacecamp. For me this camp was not just about peace. It was about meeting new people and culture. I learned a lot about different people here, from young to old and from Hungarian to Jewish. We got to know each other with the participants and to know the others life better, but we also understood it. This was the best thing I think, to listen to and to understand them. Now I know how someone else feels in Israel or in Palestine. It was great for me and with their feelings I got closer to understand the whole situation over the world but mostly the Middle East. I just got a little of their life but this little was enough to feel what they are going through every day. It was also good to know it from both sides because we shouldn’t be one sided.

By the way the programs during the camp were all great. They made us a real group and I think that now every one of us feels that we are not that different from the other. I loved the artists and the work they did with us. I think they were the people who made us better.

In the beginning speaking in English was a little bit difficult for me but the 10 days made my English better (I hope). This camp made me more silent. I was a very talkative person but after the camp I become more silent. Now I prefer listening and making decisions and opinions in myself. Most of the time I think before I talk, because, I don’t want to hurt the other with my words or I just don’t want to say weird or stupid things. As Evelyn said we went there to listen and this camp really thought me to listen to the others.

I really loved the Culture Events. In my opinion they put the crown on the head of the nights. The large groups were the best to learn but the real winner was the talks4peace. I loved when we talked in small groups or we talked about not daily things because than we were so much more talkative and everyone said what they thought. On the other hand sometimes i didn't know what i was really talking about but it was correct for the task.

In the end I would like to thank the organisers for this experience. I learned a lot about the real naked world, the other people and also about myself.

(Gergely Csatari, 16)