At ACWAY, we believe that young people play a critical role in initiating change and translating international issues into local community activities.
There are over 300 ACWAY Fellows who have delivered over 200 interfaith and intercultural activities in over 85 countries, engaging over 1700 people.
ACWAY projects can be conducted in many different ways and forms which is up to Fellow’s creativity. An ACWAY project is:
In the past five years, ACWAY Fellows conducted educational activities (training, dialogues, workshops, roundtables), online and real-life campaigns, and a variety of social activities (music festivals, sports events, exhibitions). Click through to read some of our Fellow’s activities! If you’re curious about what qualifies as an ACWAY Project, read through our ACWAY Project Guidelines for more information.
The peace walk on June 12 th was held in Santchou downtown and Foungouo village (from the Santchou public square through the national road and had a break at the junction of Foungouo village: halfway of 10 km; then the way back the same for 10 km as well). 200 people together with one message …
The aim of the project was to bring together young people (12) from different cultures at informal and friendly environment. I wanted them to come, share, discuss and make friendships. And honestly I felt more accomplished at the end of this small project than the bigger ones with Intercultural club. Why? Because we were able …
The project was implemented in response to a tragic incident in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, where a transgender woman, Alisha, was shot and later died after delays in medical treatment caused by uncertainty over whether she should be placed in a male or female ward. The initiative aimed to promote cultural diversity, inclusion, and active community …
This series of workshops was initiated as an educational project for young people to promote cultural and religious tolerance, peaceful conflict resolution, and human rights. Participants followed a learning process and acquired competences in the fields of intercultural learning, dialogue, and conflict transformation.Training consisted of a two-day workshop:May 23. Teambuilding. Presentation on the World’s Diversity. …
The Faiths In Tune – 5th London Interfaith Music Festival, held on 22 May 2016 at the British Museum, brought together an estimated 2,000–3,000 participants from diverse religious, cultural, and age groups. The festival featured an interfaith music programme, an interfaith fair with London-based organisations, and, for the first time, interactive music sessions, creating a …
This activity aims to create an environment where people from different ages and religious groups can trade their ideas and experiences related to Religion and Religious Discrimination in Costa Rica. Thirteen people older than 16 years old and younger than 70 years old, currently living in Costa Rica who identify themselves as part of different …
HandtoHeart, was a project, that brought together a team of people with different faiths and beliefs on a mission to help Syrian refugee women acrossIstanbul in selling their handcraft products. I co-founded HtoH and pitched in our project to Istanbul Crowdup 2016 event, as part of extending dialogue between Turkish community and Syrian community residing …
On Saturday, the 5th March, 2016, the program was carried out successfully at Federal Government College, Kiyawa, Jigawa State of Nigeria.The target group are the Safe School Initiative students (73 in number), who were traumatized by the Boko Haram terrorism in Nigeria and are coming from Maiduguri, Yobe and Adamawa States. The objectives were to …
