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Youth and Service
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How Much Is Britain Really Helping Africa?
- Monday, April 26, 2010
London, UK - 'Globalisation has impoverished resource-rich developing African nations' was a recurring theme during an early Africa Day 2010 event to coincide with the UK election campaign.
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Cleaning the Shore of Ohrid Lake in Albania
- Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Pogradec, Albania - The southern shore of Ohrid Lake, a Unesco World Heritage Site, is a bit cleaner thanks to an April 27, 2010, project organized by UPF-Korca, the local government, the Department of Education, and an NGO that recycles plastic garbage.
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Sports Build Bonds among Youth in Jordan
- Monday, May 3, 2010
Amman, Jordan - Sponsors are invited to help underwrite a four-day tournament and character-education program for teams of Jordanian youth as well as Iraqi, Palestinian, Syrian, and Lebanese living in or near Amman.
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Religious Youth Service Helps Expand Networks of Caring in Miami
- Saturday, May 1, 2010
Miami, USA - Approximately 35 community leaders attended a symposium in Miami about plans for a youth enrichment camp near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, sponsored in party by Religious Youth Service Aug. 15-29, 2010.
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UPF-Eurasia Website Wins Moscow Prize
- Sunday, April 25, 2010
Moscow, Russia - The Moscow City Hall Department on Family and Youth gave a special award to UPF-Eurasia's Internet site, www.eurasia.upf.org. It received first prize in a contest of Internet sites with resources for preventing extremism and xenophobia among youth.
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Women Organize a Summer of Hope for Haiti's Children
- Saturday, April 3, 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti - Volunteers, supplies, and funds are needed for a summer camp that will offer sports, arts, music, dance, field trips, life skills, and personal growth and team-building activities for 200 Haitian youth Aug. 15-29, 2010.
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Passing the Baton in Religious Youth Service
- Friday, March 19, 2010
Tarrytown, NY, USA - The Universal Peace Federation announces that Rev. John W. Gehring has been appointed as the International Director of the Religious Youth Service.
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Appeal for Support after Earthquake Chile
- Friday, February 5, 2010
The Universal Peace Federation invites all Ambassadors for Peace to help in relief efforts in Chile following the February 27 earthquake that has devastated parts of the country and left hundreds dead. UPF will work with other relief partners in an effort to maximize the benefit to the people of Chile. Your help is needed urgently.
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Literacy Classes for Iraqis in Jordan
- Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Sahab, Jordan - Young Iraqi men in Jordan want to be able to communicate by computer with their families back home, but some are illiterate. A new project is teaching them to read and write Arabic.
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UPF-Argentina Distingue a Poeta Brasileña
- Thursday, November 12, 2015
Buenos Aires, Argentina—El poeta Donato Perrone, integrante del Consejo de Paz de UPF-Argentina, hizo entrega de un diploma de reconocimiento a la escritora de Florianópolis (Santa Catarina - Brasil) Sueli Rodrigues Bittencourt.
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Appeal for Aid in Nepal
- Monday, April 27, 2015
At this time when the Nepalese people are facing a disaster of monumental proportions, our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families. The destructive nature of the earthquake leaves us speechless and deeply saddened.
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Service-Learning Project Announced in Paraguay
- Monday, April 13, 2015
A "Pathways to a Sustainable Future" service-learning project will take place in Paraguay July 6-21, 2015. Following orientation, participants will travel by bus to communities in the Chaco and Puerto Leda on the Paraguay River to learn about and participate in a variety of rural sustainable development projects.