Photo: Lily (left) with her summer school colleagues.

‘Very quickly, I realised how wrong I was.’

From history to hope: Lily Barker-Whyatt attends QUNO summer school

‘Very quickly, I realised how wrong I was.’

by Lily Barker-Whyatt 21st August 2026

At the end of June, I embarked on a trip to Geneva to spend two weeks with the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO). I shan’t lie: I was sceptical.