Youth Dialogue

Development for People and Nature Association, DPNA in partnership with the Institute for Foreign Cultural Affairs ifa-Zivik is implementing “Youth Dialogue” a national project which aims at empowering youth leaders from leading peaceful movement of change in their communities.

The project specifically will achieve the following objectives:

OBJECTIVE 1: Provide targeted adolescents and youth with safe and free space to express their thoughts, opinions and feelings towards conflicting/ controversial issues in the Lebanese community.

OBJECTIVE 2: Identify and connect youth leaders from all over Lebanon.

OBJECTIVE 3: Empower youth leaders with advocacy campaigning skills.

OBJECTIVE 4: Build bridges between youth leaders of today and potential youth leaders of tomorrow.

OBJECTIVE 5: Spread the culture of understanding, accepting and respecting the difference among adolescents and youth in conflicting areas.

“Youth Dialogue” will reach and empower 75 adolescents and youth leaders’ identified out of total 750 aged 16 – 35 that will be participating in world café activities, forum theater, national summer camp and resulting with a national peace initiative.

For more information, you can contact the project manager Mr. Hassan Salha on hassan@dpna-lb.org

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