In this powerful episode of Circle Up! Campfire Chats with Frost Valley Podcast, hosts Riel and Eliza speak with Dorina Lluka Davies, CEO of YMCA Kosovo, about her lived experience growing up during the Kosovo conflict and how it shaped her lifelong commitment to youth development and peacebuilding.

Dorina shares her journey from living through war and displacement to rebuilding youth programs in a post-conflict society, eventually leading the creation of one of the region’s first youth camps, inspired in part by her visit to Frost Valley YMCA. Together, they explore how camp can create space for young people from divided communities to connect, heal, and rebuild trust.

The conversation highlights the importance of intentional preparation, cultural understanding, and “pre-bridge building” before bringing groups together, and  ...