Building Walls -Breaking Walls

The anniversary book is here!

10 years of intercultural dry stone wall building with young people from Switzerland, Israel, Palestine, Ireland and Northern Ireland.

What becomes possible when people who hardly ever meet in their home countries meet in the seclusion of the Swiss mountains? What skills and insights do they gain?

In the book, it is primarily the young adults themselves who have their say. They disclose their experiences and tell how working with the stones affects them. The dry stone walls built remain as a strong testimony to their collaboration over centuries.

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Voices from the community

"The Building Walls - Breaking Walls project has thought me a lot about solidarity and friendship with other people from various countries."

"The Building Walls - Breaking Walls project has thought me a lot about solidarity and friendship with other people from various countries."

Alex from Ireland

"The things that I like the most about this project would be the friendships being built, to learn about different cultures, different ways of life and my highlight of the project was sleeping in the desert under the stars."

"The things that I like the most about this project would be the friendships being built, to learn about different cultures, different ways of life and my highlight of the project was sleeping in the desert under the stars."

Daryl from Northern Ireland

Upcoming projects

Six times a year in three different countries

The project takes place every year in Israel, Ireland and Switzerland. In addition to the three Swiss locations in Jura, Ticino and Graubünden, a new location was added in 2021!

Building Walls - Breakting Walls is now also taking place in French-speaking Switzerland.

We are very pleased! This is how we achieve our goal of bringing the project to all speaking regions in Switzerland.