Yesterday the Concert was really great, we witnessed that peace could be built even though we are surrounded by so many tensions.
We were about 2,200 youth!
The host of the concert host was a Youth for a United World (Y4UW). He presented to everyone who are the Y4UW and what is our goal.
A white bracelet was distributed to everyone, just like the orange one we received during the Genfest. A knot was tied in the middle of the string as a sign of unity and commitment to building peace. Everyone agreed on that by shouting the word “unity”. Some youth have also signed the “United World Project” petition.
It was an open air concert and we received a lot of unexpected help! For example, the sound system was for free, a restaurant offered us sandwiches to sell to the young participants, a juice company offered us 500 juice bottles for free, and many people gave us donations...
In all, we were able to raise 25,000€ and with this money we will help in restructuring of the bomb-damaged apartments. We are organizing the restoration with a Lebanese NGO which has a long experience in this field. In 2006, we had already worked with this same NGO in rebuilding some houses in Southern Lebanon following the war that took place during that period.
Many Youth for a United World are so enthusiastic to continue what we stared in the concert.
Let’s Bridge !
Joseph Sawaya
We were about 2,200 youth!
The host of the concert host was a Youth for a United World (Y4UW). He presented to everyone who are the Y4UW and what is our goal.
A white bracelet was distributed to everyone, just like the orange one we received during the Genfest. A knot was tied in the middle of the string as a sign of unity and commitment to building peace. Everyone agreed on that by shouting the word “unity”. Some youth have also signed the “United World Project” petition.
It was an open air concert and we received a lot of unexpected help! For example, the sound system was for free, a restaurant offered us sandwiches to sell to the young participants, a juice company offered us 500 juice bottles for free, and many people gave us donations...
In all, we were able to raise 25,000€ and with this money we will help in restructuring of the bomb-damaged apartments. We are organizing the restoration with a Lebanese NGO which has a long experience in this field. In 2006, we had already worked with this same NGO in rebuilding some houses in Southern Lebanon following the war that took place during that period.
Many Youth for a United World are so enthusiastic to continue what we stared in the concert.
Let’s Bridge !
Joseph Sawaya
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