Seeds of Peace

Seeds of Peace is a peacebuilding and leadership development non-profit organization headquartered in New York City.

At a state dinner with politicians from Israel, Egypt, and the Palestinian Authority, Wallach proposed that they bring 15 youngsters from each of their respective countries to a new camp he was founding in Maine.

[2] The campers from 1993 were later present at the signing ceremony of the Declaration of Principles (better known as the Oslo Accords) in Washington, D.C. President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, and PLO Chairman Yasir Arafat were photographed holding Seeds of Peace T-shirts.

Children have attended from a wide variety of countries, with Seeds offices in Amman, Cairo, Gaza, Jerusalem, Kabul, Lahore, Mumbai, Otisfield, Ramallah, and Tel Aviv as of 2010.

Delegation Leaders are educators from the countries in conflict; they take part in the selection and orientation of Seeds at home.

The organization supports returning Seeds with year-round programming, including dialogue sessions, cross-cultural visits, educational and leadership development workshops, and outreach events.

[5] In 2001, Seeds of Peace expanded to South Asia, bringing together conflicting sides from Afghanistan, India and Pakistan.

"[7] Author John Wallach himself dedicated his book, The Enemy Has a Face: The Seeds of Peace Experience, to the organization.

[11] The pop artist released a statement to social media referencing her time in the camp in the wake of the Israel-Hamas War.

SOS Children's Village
2009 Spring Seminar meeting between Palestinian , Israeli Arab and Jewish Israeli Seeds
Asel Asleh at Seeds of Peace