NEW YORK | Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was honored with the 2012 John P. Wallach Peacemaker Award for her decades of service at the annual Seeds of Peace Spring Dinner on May 16. She was joined by Google Ideas Director Jared Cohen, who received the Young Peacemaker Award. Over 380 people attended the dinner, held at the Conrad New York Hotel, which raised $1.36M in support of Seeds of Peace programs worldwide. Secretary Albright first welcomed Seeds … FULL STORY

Dear Friends, Thank you for supporting Seeds of Peace through yesterday’s 2012 Spring Dinner. We are grateful to Secretary Albright and Google Idea’s Jared Cohen for affirming so vividly the essential role Seeds of Peace plays in regions in conflict. As Madeleine Albright said, our Seeds “liberate themselves from the past through the simple process of talking to one another, sharing their doubts and fears, participating side by side in everyday tasks and discovering the aspirations and values that they … FULL STORY

MUMBAI | On May 11, nine Indian Seeds along with four adults participated in Habitat for Humanity’s day-long Asian Youth Build held in Karjat, a city just outside of Mumbai. The Seeds joined nearly 5,000 young volunteers from across India, China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand in laying bricks, mixing cement and wielding hammers as part of an effort to provide shelter for over 500 families. In India, over 500 youth volunteers came together to repair 45 homes across four … FULL STORY