Creating Friendships for Peace (CFP) was created in 1981 to help teens in Northern Ireland overcome the long-running religious and nationalist conflict known by most as “he Troubles.” After some successes there, the program shifted to Cyprus, a tiny island in the Mediterranean, divided by the conflict between Greek and Turkish residents.
The program starts with a summer camp, bringing hundreds of Cypriot teens together to have discussions about their view of each other — the hope is CFP can slowly work away at divise stereotypes.
For one of the teens, Alex, discussing the ways both sides talked about each other was eye opening…