When I have been asked if i was interested in participating at the peacecamp i was so happy to get this opportunity again. I had to think about last year, how i missed the people so muchand how the experience was great. And i started wondering if me going to the camp a second time would be the experience i expect it to be or would it disappoint me because i would set my expectations too high. I knew that this camp would be something amazing and that every year is different thanks to the people, to their reflexions on subjects, to their personalities and them being simply them.
The first time we were all sitting in that cold room where we had plenty of activities waiting for us during this ten days, i have looked at everyone sitting there and telling something about themselves and wondered if i could ever remember all those names and if ten days would be enough to get to know them.
In the large group we had to face conflicts which we don’t have in the EU. We got to know the sentimental face behind the facts from the Jewish side and also from the Palestinian side. It was hard but along with the days passing by the camp has helped us understand that it is not about who has more victims or suffering to overcome but the important thing is to understand the others pain and to realize that the problem comes from both sides: no one is the bad guy or the good guy. But together and step by step we can seek for a solution.
The acticities chalenged our teamwork by giving us a problem to solve. The problems were from time to time ot easy to manage but at the end all of them were only manageable if we all worked together and helped each other out. So the camp proved that different cultures can work together peacefully even if their countries have conflicts with each other. We can solve the problems and difficulties if everyone wants to do that.
I think this idea of the peacecamp is amazing, because it actually gives different people, a chance to meet people from the same age, with totally different opinions, and cultures, and thoughts, to meet together, and to simply connect. This project helped me realize that we’re not that different and we have so much in common.
The final show was a big success, i loved it due to the teamwork realized by everybody taking part in it and we showed how we could work as a real group after a few days.
The peacecamp is a truly wonderful experience that can change your way to see the world.
