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FRIENDSHIP BEYOND
BORDERS: BUILDING
PERSONAL CONNECTIONS
FOR A MORE PEACEFUL
WORLD
JULIA/NATHAN | PEACEPLAYERS BROOKLYN/SOUTH AFRICA
PeacePlayers’ global network of young leaders is vast - spanning three continents, at
least seven languages, boys and girls, and a wide range of ages, from new participants
to seasoned alumni. It’s not always easy to bring everyone together, but it makes the
chance for face to face encounters all that more special. Just ask Nathan and Julia, two
Friendship Games alumni who were able to reconnect, in person, a few months after
the Friendship Games. “I met up with Julia in New York and that was purely based off
of [the in-person] Friendship Games. If we had had [just] a digital Friendship Games, that
wouldn’t have happened because we just got so close in real life, in person,” says Nathan,
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