The Åland Islands Peace Institute will this summer send 6 alandic youngsters, 15 to 18 years of age to a peace camp in Ysstelsteyn, the Netherlands. The theme of the camp is borders and boundaries, and the participants from Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Finland (Åland) and the Netherlands will discuss personal, cultural and geopolitical boundaries and borders, both as meeting places and potential causes to conflicts. Among other things the participants will visit a german cemetary from World War II and Anne Frank's house.
The camp is financed by the EU Youth in Action Programme. Interested participants can contact the Peace Institute, susann(at)peace.ax, 018-15570.
