One character-changing aspect of the program is
that it empowers students to organize, lead and make decisions. After five years of involvement, the students have become veterans and conduct student training for new participants and serve as advisers. “The entire LMUN Conference was organized by students,” Bishara added.
Students from the Evangelical Lutheran School of Hope in Ramallah discuss the impact the Model U.N. and the LMUN programs have had on them.
Reem, a 12th-grade student at the Evangelical
Lutheran School of Hope in Ramallah, is thankful for the training because it has given her a chance to discover what she wants to do after high school. “I would like to practice international law,” she said. “[LMUN] has taught me about solving issues that must be defended.” The entire experience from start to finish grooms
leaders, but it’s not free and is funded by a variety of sources in addition to the ELCJHL. For many of the students, “it is their only chance of traveling abroad and having contact with Western democratic countries,” Bishara said. He believes the program is incredibly pertinent
for students in Palestinian schools: “Palestine needs diplomatic ways in resolving conflict. We tell our youth, ‘Peace education doesn’t mean peace with your enemy but peace with your neighbor, peace with your brother, peace with yourself, peace with your peer.’ ”
Adrainne Gray is an ELCA missionary and communications coordinator with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land.
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