Central America & the Caribbean Peace Fellowship in Guatemala

Feb 10, 2025

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Eligibility: • Nationals and residents of eligible countries listed below. • Age required between 18-30 years old at the time of submitting the application in order to receive the transportation support. • Must have completed 21 days of the online self-development program. Note that in order to submit the application form, candidates do not need to have completed the online self-development program. • Candidates should have good proficiency in written and spoken English language.

-Applications are open for the Peace Revolution Central America & the Caribbean Peace Fellowship in Guatemala – 13-17 May. -Peace Revolution will gather 30 participants from Central America and the Caribbean to participate in its Peace for Youth Fellowship. -Peacebuilding and multicultural dialogue will be explored by meditation and self-development tools. -The first CAC Peace Fellowship for Central America and the Caribbean will take place between the 13th-17th May at Villa Sumalla Retreat Center in Lake Atitlán Santa Cruz La Laguna, Guatemala. -Objectives: • To explore a new concept of peace-related to harmony. • To create peacebuilding capacities by developing positive thinking, gaining emotional resilience and increasing essential human capabilities of empathy and kindness. • To promote tools of non-violent communication that can be applied to all cultures, religions and professions. • To understand meditation as a tool that helps us return to our right understanding of peace-related to love, compassion and empathy. • To learn practical methods of stress management and ways to increase emotional intelligence. • To practice mindfulness during yoga and other group activities. • To build up participants’ progress after having finished the online self-development program. • To empower youth workers and to offer a sustainable space for them to coordinate activities and events in their communities.

The fellowship covers: • Accommodation • Catering • Local transportation from airport to the retreat • Retreat fee • Promotional material for use of participants • Full sponsoring of airfare* *Everyone is welcome to join the fellowship. But to be eligible for the full sponsoring of airfare, candidates must be between 18-30 years old.

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