RSVP: December Concert for Peace
To our dear friends,
Concert for Peace
Thursday, 4 December, 2025
Hôtel des Trois Couronnes - Vevey, Switzerland
Please Join us for a special evening of music and hope as the Middle East Children’s Institute (MECI) celebrates 20 years of transforming the lives of children and women in the Middle East.
The concert will feature gifted young musicians from Palestine and Seville performing alongside Simón Ibáñez, Executive and Artistic Director of the Barenboim-Said Center for Music in Ramallah.
As a new school year begins, the needs in the West Bank are greater than ever. MECI is determined to reach more children with safe spaces to learn, psychosocial support to heal, and opportunities to imagine a brighter future.
Payment by bank transfer or QR code. Confirmation will be sent by email.
Our Fundraising Goal is CHF 200,000
To expand MECI’s programs across the West Bank and reach more children and women with education and hope.
About MECI
The Middle East Children’s Institute (MECI) has been transforming the lives of children and women for 20 years through education, psychosocial support, women’s employment, and community development. What began in one school has grown into programs across several villages in the West Bank and is now expanding north to reach displaced children and women. In today’s difficult context, MECI’s work is needed more than ever.
About the Barenboim-Said Center for Music
Founded on the belief that music can be a bridge for peace, the Barenboim-Said Center for Music in Ramallah and the Barenboim-Said Akademie in Berlin train young Palestinian musicians and foster cultural exchange. Their commitment to excellence and dialogue has inspired generations of musicians.
Our Partnership
Since 2009, MECI has proudly partnered with the Barenboim-Said Center for Music to bring advanced music education to our students. Through choirs, youth symphonies, and music programs, this collaboration has enriched MECI’s holistic model and offered children the chance to heal, learn, and express themselves through the universal language of music.