Meet our Young Leaders

”I joined the program to discuss relevant themes and to hear different perspectives on actual matters. Moreover, I wanted to experience international exchanges and to build profound relationships with people abroad.

”My name is Emuna I am 21 years old from the Israeli team , I took part in the project of ICJA because I wanted to learn more about conflict and about communication skills it was very interesting and very important for me

”I came to the program to broaden my knowledge and perspective about conflicts and ways one can help solving them. But mainly I came to meet new, open minded, people that I may collaborate with them in the future

”I joined Young Leaders for Change to grow in international collaboration and strengthen my communication skills. I’m staying because every encounter with a new culture inspires me to keep creating positive change.

”I’m Roni, 21 years old from Israel. I want to become a doctor, and this project gave me skills that will help me understand and support people more deeply

”I joined the program because it offers a rare opportunity to meet people from different countries and build new, surprising connections with individuals I would never have encountered otherwise.

”I primarily work in the field of Ukrainian youth policy and foreign policy relations, with a specific research interest in conflict dynamics and peacebuilding. My engagement in the project has allowed me to appreciate the importance of relationships between leaders from different countries as a level of peacebuilding within society, and the commitment of participants motivates my long-term involvement in project activities

”I am a psychologist, I have a private practice and work at a school. Now I am implementing the knowledge I gained from the project at the school where I work and starting a school mediation program. This project is important to me because it gave me the opportunity to explore the topic of conflict in more depth. Also, after the project, there is a community that continues to talk, meet, and work together.

” If you want to see change, be the change

”For me, this project was about connection and learning how communication and teamwork can create a space for peace building and open dialogue

”Work hard, because with your results you can change this world!

”True connection starts with listening, real change starts with a conversation.

”“Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world.” – Yoko Ono

”Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.

”Participating in the Young Leaders for Change programme allowed me to move beyond the theory of my undergraduate studies in International Relations and engage directly with dialogue and conflict transformation in practice. What stayed with me most is the openness and commitment of young people working for change in their communities, and the sense of mutual learning, responsibility, and solidarity that emerged through honest dialogue and collective exchange. Through our workshops, I hope to contribute to spaces that strengthen agency, awareness, and constructive dialogue.

”In a time of increasing dehumanization, fragmentation, and othering, the program offered hope by inviting us to look beneath the surface of conflict and recognize our shared humanity through connection and transformational dialogue across lines of difference. Through conversations, curiosity, and vulnerability, I hope we can contribute to meaningful and lasting change toward a world where everyone belongs.

”As a former participant in the ‘Young Leaders for Change – Connecting through Dialogue’ training programme, it is important to me to promote international dialogue and discussion. New perspectives and approaches to solutions strengthen our global community in the long term and lead to greater understanding. Ultimately, we all have similar desires and needs, and that is what we should focus on.