About us >>
Our History
Past Projects
The
Adriatic Orphan Youth Project 2009
July 2009,
Istria, Croatia
The
Adriatic Orphan Youth Project 2008
July 2008, Istria, Croatia
The Adriatic Orphan Youth Project 2007
07-18
August 2007, Istria, Croatia
"Clear and
Prepare to Share"
1st
International Orphan Youth Project 2006
Bosnian Youth Exchange Project in cooperation
with the British Council
21-31 July
2006, London, UK
Peer
Education And Cultural Exchange©™ - P.E.A.C.E.
©™
World Life Trust (WLT) is an
International humanitarian charity working to
relieve the distress and hardship
of those affected by natural disasters,
wars and other conflicts with special
regard for orphans. We are funded by
donations and run the programs with
volunteers.
WLT arranged for 15
youths from Bosnia (whose fathers were murdered in
the Srebrenica
Massacre during the Bosnian war) to come to London for 10
days during which ...
v they
participated in training and workshops on the theme of cultural
diversity and religious tolerance
alongside 10 youth from London. We felt
that the youth understood that
intolerance is not restricted to any one
people but is a worldwide
challenge.
v They
experienced the cultural, spiritual and economic diversity of London
through interacting with the
diverse communities of London.
v
They engaged in fun outdoor activities
whilst touring London.
v They
built on their leadership and teamwork qualities with the aim that the
youth will be able to run similar
workshops across Europe in helping to
reduce tension between people of
different racial, cultural and religious
backgrounds.
Some of the youth have
participated in other educational programs so this
is an on-going process
of development for them.
We secured funding from the British
Council, which covered the cost of the
flights and accommodation for the youth.
We would greatly appreciate the
support of many people who helped us to raise
funding for this first project.
Background Info
Ten years after the Srebrenica massacre, Bosnia remains a country
divided, plagued by mistrust and lingering, still raw animosities:
The
Balkans Tragedy
Ten years after the
Srebrenica massacre, Bosnia remains a country divided,
plagued by mistrust
and lingering, still raw animosities.
By Rod Nordland | Jul 11, 2005 | 1866 words, 0 images
Nura Alispahic is a Srebrenica commuter. Twice a month she and her
grown
daughter Magbula take a bus from their home in Tuzla, three hours
away, to the
mining town in the Bosnian mountains, scene of Europe's
worst massacre since the
Nazi death camps. On July 11, 1995, Serb
troops led by Gen. Ratko Mladic took
prisoner and slaughtered at least
7,800 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica. There
are so many women like
them--widows, fatherless daughters, brotherless
sisters--that the town of
only 3,500 residents is served by four daily buses
from Tuzla and Sarajevo,
two hours away. Nura and her daughter stop at the
cemetery in the village
of Potocari, where the 1,400 victims recovered so
far--including Nura's son
Azmir--are buried. Then they visit their empty and
half-ruined house, and by
evening they're on the bus back. "I couldn't spend a
night there," says
Magbula. "When I enter
the town, I feel the creeps, like watching someone
entering a town in a
horror movie."
Back in Tuzla, where they live in modest refugee housing, Nura and
Magbula
have recently been watching another real-life horror movie, a
homemade videotape
released by the war-crimes tribunal at The Hague ...
/continued/
