On March 23–24, the Kyiv office of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress (EAJC) held a training seminar for aides to councilors of the International Interethnic Children's Camp “Roots of Tolerance”. The “Roots of Tolerance” camp has been held for ten years by the Congress of National Communities of Ukraine (CNCU, Executive Vice President – EAJC General Council Chairman Josef Zisels, Executive Director Anna Lenchovskaya) with the support of the Euro-Asian Jewish Congress.

20 future camp councilors – aids the the leading councilors, young people representing different Ukrainian ethnic communities, came to Kyiv from different Ukrainian cities to receive the theoretical knowledge and practical skills necessary for their future work as teachers.

During the first day of the seminar, Anna Lenchovskaya gave a general overview over the tasks implicit in fostering tolerance and led a number of practical exercises. The teacher training exercises that day were led by the Director of the “Roots of Tolerance” camp, Nataliya Bakulina. Participants of the seminar also listened to a lecture by EAJC General Council Chairman Josef Zisels “Inter-ethnic tolerance and xenophobia in Ukraine: manifestations among youth.” Alfia Shevchenko taught the future aides about the song culture of the different ethnicitties of Ukraine.

On the second day of the seminar, the participants learned how to work with visual (video and photo) materials to teach teenagers about inter-ethnic tolerance, and visited the “Together” exhibition that was prepared by the CNCU.