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As a reaction to the complex crisis and the censorship that are affecting Venezuela, a group of young independent journalists from Caracas decided to get on its city buses to tell the passengers the news of the day. There is...

Textile art, love of the world and respect for people and traditions: those are the ingredients of a very special project with roots in the Netherlands and Spain. We caught up with Nasia Burnet, the founder of Sukhi, a business...

Youth for a United World in Burundi have vowed to use their cultural differences, the media and talents as a tool towards fraternity. During an annual national musical event held on May 12th 2018 with the theme “Beyond borders”, young...

The story of Victoria Romero and Esteban Bongiovanni who, together with their two children, decided to leave everything and go to live in San Marcos Sierras, in the Province of Cordoba, Argentina, to run a home for children involved in...

Go Beyond Coffee, the initiative relaunched by the youth of the Focolare Movement in Milan: having obtained a special price from a wholesale distributor, they designed and produced the labels with the guidelines of the activity and the logo of...

In the capital city of Mexico several activities will be held to celebrate the United World Week. In addition to Run4Unity on May 20, we are going to know the many activities that Teens for Unity, together with different associations,...

Under the sun of 1st May, Lebanon welcomed the United World Week with a sports day and with the commitment of young people towards a bold objective: eradicating hunger worldwide. The Fouad Chehab stadium, not far from Beirut, was the...

On the border between Mexico and the United States, the Youth for a United World organize a run for peace on both sides of the wall that separates one country from the other, showing that there are no real barriers....

Various activities will be carried out in Argentina. The most popular one is an interreligious march for peace on May 6 at the Puente de la Mujer, in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires. Argentina is a country characterized by both ethnic...

At Genfest Italia, in the open-air amphitheater of the international town of Loppiano, journalist and writer Riccardo Barlaam tells the story of Simone “the shark” who, just like Nemo, was brave enough to spread his tiny fin and learned how...

What is the Loppiano Gen school? The story is shared by Nicole (Italy), Susanna (Korea), Maria (Spain), and Maria (Mexico) during the Genfest Italy, entitled “Beyond Me”. NICOLE (Italy): Hi everyone! I’m Nicole, I’m 19 and I came here to...

From the #calltogenfest stage, Samuele shares his experience as an international volunteer in Mexico, where he arrived thanks to the Milonga Project, a new international, “fraternal”, intercultural, and quality Volunteering Platform. Its target are young people from 21 to 35...

Luana Gravina is 30 years old and she is from Enna, Sicily. Last September she participated in the eleventh Youth World Peace Forum. In her contribution to #calltogenfest, the awareness that peace begins with everyone’s commitment. «From September 16 to...

The experience of the Dancelab Armonia Association, with the dancers that we will see on May 1 on the stage of the Italian Genfest #Beyondme. The Dancelab Armonia Association was born more than 10 years ago from a dream. Antonella...

The first part of the United World Contest is over. 24 Youth for a United World have been selected: coming from all continents, they are ready to begin the training course that will transform them into ambassadors of the united...

What’s the spark that ignites change? For Lalela, a South African NGO, it is art and creativity. In the townships of Cape Town, where children and young people grow up in at-risk environments, offering them a way out of the...