UPF.org Redesign

Dear valued viewers of UPF.org, we are undergoing a redesign of the website. The E-Newsletter and updates are on hold until further notice. We thank you for your patience during this time.

READ MORE

Russian Peace Road Follows Poet’s Footsteps

A small group of dedicated bicyclists traveled 120 kilometers in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan as a Peace Road event.

READ MORE

UPF-Belarus Hosts River-Rafting as ‘Peace Road’ Event

UPF volunteers went river rafting for four days as a Peace Road event.

READ MORE

UPF-France and WFWP Discuss "UPF's Vision and Principles of Peace"

A diverse group from all over France gathered to study the UPF Principles of Peace.

READ MORE

UPF-UK Event Celebrates ‘One Human Family’

A diverse audience of 150 attended an interfaith service co-sponsored by UPF.

READ MORE

UPF-Estonia Co-Sponsors ‘One Korea’ Event

The fourth One Korea event combined football with a Peace Road walk.

READ MORE

FOLLOW US

FacebookInstagramYoutubeLinkedinFlickr

Click here to learn more about the Think Tank 2022 and UPF's effort in the Peaceful Reunification of the Korean Peninsula.

Think Tank 2022

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

December 2024
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31 1 2 3 4
Our areas of work

FEATURED REPORTSView More

Youth and Service

UPF-Switzerland Sponsors Alpine ‘Peace Hike’

Switzerland-2021-08-07-Swiss, Old and Young, Enjoy Alpine ‘Peace Hike’

Bern, Switzerland—UPF supporters joined members of an affiliated youth organization in a "Peace Road" event in the Swiss Alps.

The International Association of Youth and Students for Peace (IAYSP) organized a “Peace Hike” on August 7, 2021, partly in honor of the United Nations’ International Youth Day, which takes place every year on August 12.

The 15 participants met in the village of Lauterbrunnen in Bern Canton and took the cable car to Grütschalp to start the hike. The intergenerational group walked 5.1 kilometers (more than 3 miles), with an incline of about 500 meters, from Grütschalp to Mürren.

It was a very motivated group of diverse people, from the French and German parts of Switzerland, and even from the neighboring nation of Liechtenstein, with some young adolescents and adults, and older relatives. Two of the participants were UPF Ambassadors for Peace.

Connecting to each other in the nature—after being apart for many months due to the global pandemic—was a great opportunity to open our hearts to each other and build bridges, seeing old friends and meeting new ones. It was also the occasion to continue the "Peace Road" project (https://peaceroadusa.com/).

An IAYSP supporter who wished to stay anonymous organized a contest with five train day-passes as the prizes. The winners were picked randomly among those who applied to the contest and thus joined the hike without any transport charge.

The participants enjoyed the gifts of nature: the beautiful landscape of the Swiss Alps with colorful flowers along our paths; picking mushrooms and wild blueberries; and crossing streams near grazing cows and goats.

After the first steep part of the hike through the forest, the participants took a break for lunch. Some groundhogs could be heard from afar. In Mürren, the end point of the hike, the participants took a cable car to return to the valley with a grateful heart, just as a pouring rain started.

Chapter Reports View All Chapters

UPF-Turkey Program Discusses UPF Vision

Istanbul, Turkey—Mr. Jacques Marion presented the UPF vision and key areas of focus.

UPF-Sweden Program Features UPF's Principles of Peace

Stockholm, Sweden—UPF’s Principles of Peace were at the center of the third Nordic Peace Seminar.

IAYSP-DR Congo Observes UN International Day of Peace

DR Congo—IAYSP-Democratic Republic of Congo observed UN International Day of Peace 2023 and appointed a Youth Ambassador for Peace.