Lebanon: A true comittment to peace building

By Joseph Sawaya
Last Friday (19 October 2012) a bomb exploded in Beirut, a police General was assassinated  and about 40 appartments were destroyed ... Many people are homeless and their houses need to be rebuilt.
Jack, a Youth for a United World who was in the "Genfest 2012 - Let's bridge," had an idea of making a fundraising concert to help the people who have lost their houses.
The idea began in a "what's up" conversation and then it began to evolve. Jack is also president of the Music Club in his university; after chatting with some Youth for a United World and other friends from the Music club, they came up with this decision.

"The concert is really a huge one. More than 2,000 youth confirmed their participation to the concert via facebook. Each day we are going on TV to talk about the concert , too many radios are asking for interviews, many journals wrote about it. We are organising this event in a collaboration of other Lebanese NGOs.
We feel it is something very big, bigger than what we can handle but we are counting on Someone to whom everything is possible. In fact, the concert itself is a sort of miracle because right now there are too many political divisions in Lebanon and these divisions seem to got even bigger after the explosion. Many youth are disappointed with what the politicians are saying on the media.
Therefore, this concert aims at giving light in this moment of darkness. It is a message of hope, of peace and of unity among the Lebanese. With this concert, we want to witness that our ideal of a United World is possible and we want to show that Lebanese Youth can be united...
The dress code will be white as a sign of peace, we'll distribute a white wrist just like the ones distributed during the Genfest as a sign of comittment to peace building .
Too many Youth for a United World are so enthusiastic for the concert, we feel that what started in the Genfest is continuing after it.
Let's Bridge!"