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Thursday, 21 Dec 2017

House of One is looking for young people for Georgia Youth Exchange in 2018

We are looking for 8 young people between the ages of 18 and 24 who want to share the idea of ​​peaceful coexistence of the religions of the House of One and take part in a youth exchange in Tbilisi / Georgia. The study trip will take place from 19 to 27 March 2018.

The idea of ​​the House of One, the peaceful dialogue of religions in togetherness, has been practiced for twenty years in Georgia and the Caucasus by Bishop Malkhaz Songulashvili, International Project Ambassador of the House of One. In 2015, Bishop Malkhaz was awarded the "Shabaz Bhatti Peace Prize" for his diverse work on mutual respect between different religions.

Bishop Ilia Osepashvili leads the Peace Academy with others. This regularly organizes youth camps between Muslim and Christian children and young people in Georgia. They learn and live together to avoid prejudice, building relationships and friendships that did not exist before and beyond the boundaries of religions. In the spring of 2018 we would like to visit, experience and help shape this project with young people from Germany.


What is planned?

Arrival in Tbilisi, getting to know the local partners, teamwork with the Georgian participants, elaboration and participation in the worship in the Peace Cathedral, visit to the capital and excursions into the surrounding area, visit of a Muslim village in the mountains, living and living with Muslim Families for about three days, further excursions and hikes into the country (depending on the weather and interest), teaching and cooperation with the pupils of the Peace Academy.


The main topics are:

Creating interactive workshops with Christian and Muslim students of the Peace Academy

Film or photographic documentation of the work of the Peace Academy

Making a report on the interreligious work of the bishops Malkhaz and Ilia, Bishop Rusudan and their fellow combatants

Collaboration in building the Peace Cathedral with Jewish and Muslim prayer rooms

Documentation and diary of the participants with multimedia means (photo, video, sound, blog u.v.a.m.)


What and how?

The youth exchange is supported by the EU program Erasmus + YOUTH IN ACTION. In addition, we request a participation fee.

Applications with a short letter of motivation or questions to: frithjof.timm@house-of-one.org / +49 157 575 988 75

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