Under the theme “We Can Do Something to Stop Violence”, around 40 young people and children gathered to celebrate the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children at the Refugee Center in Rixensart, Belgium. The event was organized by the GNRC Youth Group together with FEDASIL, an NGO working with Refugee children. to read more : click here

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”.

On and around November 20, the World Day of Prayer and Action for Children was celebrated in 71 countries around the world. The number of countries and events continues to dramatically increase year by year. This year was the first of a three-year focus on the theme, "Stop Violence Against Children." As always, GNRC members played an important role in organizing and promoting many events. Read all the highlights at the World Day website, and get involved for next year. Read the UNICEF press release. And watch "Latest News" here at gnrc.net for detailed coverage of the regional events.

The GNRC Fourth Forum Organizing Committee met in Caux, Switzerland on October 27-28 to continue developing the plans for the Fourth Forum, to be held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on June 16-18, 2012. After a process of receiving input from around the globe, the Committee decided upon the main theme for the Forum, which will be: "Ending Poverty, Enriching Children: Inspire. Act. Change."

International Peace Day, 21 September was celebrated by young people involved in the GNRC in various parts of the world. From peace marches and events under the theme of "Peace and democracy: Make your voice be geard", by GNRC Youth in Tanzania, to a gatherring of peace organisations by NGO Sixth sense - NVO Šesto čulo Dobojin in Bosnia and Herzegovina, GNRC youth once again mobilised to remind their peers about their commitment to contributing to a more peaceful world.

In Nepal, youth members of the GNRC planned a 5-day long program from Sept. 19-23 including children’s art competition, a youth conference, and a multiple-schools Peace Prayer and Peace Lamp Lighting in Sacred Places.

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On July 23, 2011 the facilities of the Higher Institute for Theological Education were the site of the first workshop for youth from the organizations working at “La Matanza” district and “Pilar” where the program “For a Culture of Peace, Eradicating Violence” has been taking place since 2006.

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El 23 de julio de 2011 en las instalaciones del Instituto Superior de Educación Teológica se celebró el primer encuentro de capacitación con jóvenes de las organizaciones de La Matanza y de Pilar, con los que se está desarrollando el programa: “Por una Cultura de Paz, erradicando la violencia”, desde el año 2006 hasta la fecha.

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At the 22nd World Scouts Jamboree in Sweden, GNRC youth from Belgium and Israel have been spreading a key message to the young scouts: Peace begins with YOUth!

Together with the GNRC Youth Coordinator and Rodolfo Zúñiga - a peace education specialist from  ReRoute Sweden- , Anne-Laure Van der Wielen, Bissan Salman and Charline Cauwe have co-facilitated educational workshops for over 250 young scouts participating at the Global Development Village.

On May 14 GNRC youth in Colombia met in the Mennonite Church, Ciudad Berna, Bogota DC, to reflect and plan the development of the GNRC in Colombia. Participating in this event were youth representatives from the following insitutions: "Growing Together" Foundation, Methodist Church and the Mennonite Church.

Youth Society for Peace (YSP), a youth member organisation of the GNRC Nepal, will host an interfaith gathering organised by the NGO Children of the Earth on May 27 in Jawalakhel , Nepal.

The gathering will include a wide range of activities, including group interaction, talks by guest speakers, special meditation class, friendship games and a documentary show. Dr Kul Chandra Gautam, former Assistant Secretary General of the UN and Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF will be the chief guest of the program.