The 2011 Youth for Peace workshop was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, from 8 to 12th December. Hosted by the Sarvodaya Shramadana Movement and the GNRC Secretariat for South Asia, the event gathered a total of 18 GNRC youth from around the world. Represented countries included: Argentina, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, India, Israel, Jordan, Nepal, Pakistan, Somaliland, Sri Lanka, Tanzania and Uganda. For five days participants got to share

The aim of the workshop was to strengthen the skills and competences of active youth members of the GNRC by providing them with the space to deepen their understanding of the current challenges affecting children, and share their experiences and views on how they can be addressed. The theme of the workshop was:“YOUth in interfaith cooperation: ending poverty affecting children”.