OTISFIELD — The 18th season of the Seeds of Peace camp is under way in western Maine.
More than 150 youths from Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the U.S. are on hand for Thursday’s opening in Otisfield.
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Mary-Kate Johnson, a counselor from New York, raises the Jordanian flag during opening ceremonies at the Seeds of Peace camp in Otisfield. There are 160 campers participating in this first session, which runs for 21 days. Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer
More than 4,000 campers have attended Seeds of Peace since it was founded in 1993. Its aim is to bring together teenagers from countries at conflict in hopes of moving them beyond deep-rooted hatreds.
For the opening, each delegation sings its national anthem and the Seeds of Peace anthem before holding a flag-raising ceremony.
The camp is holding two sessions this summer.
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