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  • Welcome!
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  • Atlantic Bridge stands for building bridges of friendship and faith, and breaking down walls between youth from different cultural, denominational and ethnic backgrounds. We are in the process of upgrading the website, so not all links and information may be available yet.


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  • Seven Bridgebuilders from Gouda, NL are visiting New Jersey and New York starting May 18 until May 28, 2012. Keep up to date on this group's experiences as they become available.

Latest News

  • Europe Week 2012

    Europe Week 2012

    A multilteral exchange project in Bergen op Zoom that brings small groups of young people from different countries together for 8 days.

  • Nacht van de Wacht

    Nacht van de Wacht

    "De Nacht van de Wacht" (lit. Night of the Watch) is an Easter wake organized by churches in Kapelle and Atlantic Bridge.

  • Welcome Back Tour Steve Apirana

    Welcome Back Tour Steve Apirana

    After several years the Maori Music Man from down under is back in Europe.

  • New Jersey visits the Netherlands

    New Jersey visits the Netherlands

    After months of preparation, time arrived for a group of eager young Bridgebuilders from Ringwood, NJ to visit Kapelle and Gouda (NL).

  • Circuit Riders Tour 2011

    Circuit Riders Tour 2011

    Circuit Riders travel to schools in Europe to teach cultural lessons to young people and promote the work of Atlantic Bridge. In November 2011, five Circuit Riders toured Germany and the Czech Republic.

Latest Posts

  • Artistic Expression - Our Common Language

    “You have treated the arts as the cherry on the cake. It needs to be the yeast.” (Mallika Sarabhai)

     

    The saying that “the arts may be the most powerful way to effect change, whether political, social or personal” could be one of the most important “bricks” that we have to consider when we are trying to discover our common heritage.

    Dancing is one of the most powerful tool that we all have for communication. The artistic expression is such a powerful instrument that can break down every wall of indifference, intolerance or prejudice, and it is the only language that can break every communication barrier.

  • Belgium Training Weekend

    Anke: Even if we all have different culture and language backgrounds, ages and personalities, we all work well as a team at work as well as in free time!:)

    Daciana: that we are the best team!

  • Learn by giving

    Social work is a good way to break all those physical and emociotional walls that sometimes hold us back.  

  • Skiing in the Netherlands

    It was the 20th of February, when we went to the Terneuzen together with Bridgebuilders and youth from Kapelle. In this city, there is indoor skiing.

Events 2012

Exchanges

2012 & 2013

Circuit Riders

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Youth in Action

Internships through EVS