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- Sunday, September 19, 2010
In Memoriam: Pradit Chareonthaitawee
Bangkok, Thailand: UPF-Thailand announces with regret the passing of Professor Pradit Chareonthaitawee (1932-2010), Ambassador for Peace, President of UPF-Thailand, and one of the nation’s most prominent public citizens, after a lengthy illness.
- Thursday, September 16, 2010
UPF-Eurasia Announces Baltic Dialogue Projects
Moscow, Russia - UPF-Eurasia's Baltic Dialogue project includes plans for sports and cultural programs to build neighborly relations among the youth of northwest Russia and the neighboring nations of Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Finland, and Sweden.
- Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Tajik Refugee Children Make Peace Drawings
Dushanbe, Tajikistan - The Universal Peace Federation and the Tajikistan Peace Foundation participated in a September 8 independence celebration at the Protection Center for Children, Refugees and Socially Vulnerable Citizens. The event was organized by refugee children, who created drawings on the theme of peace and prepared a performance.
- Saturday, September 11, 2010
UPF-Netherlands Proposes an Interreligious Center in NY
Amsterdam, Netherlands - At a meeting on Sept. 11, 2010, UPF-Netherlands proposed that there be an interreligious centre at or as near as possible to 9/11 Ground Zero, New York.
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- Thursday, August 26, 2010
Colors of Peace Festival in Western Canada
Richmond, Canada - Music, contests, and family themes drew 3,000 people to UPF-Canada's second annual "Colors of Peace Festival" at the Richmond Night Market near Vancouver on August 28.
- Saturday, July 31, 2010
Towards a Youth of Russia Interreligious Council
Dombai, Russia - The first Caucasus Forum for the Youth of Russia took place July 23-31 in Dombai in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic of the Russian Federation. Forum participants proposed creating a Youth of Russia Interreligious Council to counter the xenophobia among young people of the various religious communities in the Caucasus region.
- Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Religious Youth Service Helps Promote a Caring Community in St. Lucia
Anse la Raye, St. Lucia - International volunteers joined with 14 St. Lucians Aug. 7-17, 2010, in a Friendship Americas project that included rebuilding homes of senior citizens.
- Sunday, August 29, 2010
Religious Youth Service Supports Summer Camp for Displaced Haitian Children
Cache Cache Douge, Haiti - Expressing a vision emerging from the rubble of the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, several NGOs, including Religious Youth Service, offered a joy-filled, educationally creative, character building memorable week to Haitian girls in an encampment near Port-au-Prince Aug. 19-29.
- Tuesday, August 31, 2010
UPF Chairman Visits UPF Chapters in Europe
London, UK - UPF Chairman, Rev. Hyung Jin Moon, traveled to several nations in Europe in August 2010 visiting UPF volunteers, Ambassadors for Peace, and members of the Unification faith community in Italy, France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
- Tuesday, August 24, 2010
A Week for Peace in the Holy Land
Jerusalem, Israel - UPF-Israel recently hosted the latest in the series of more than 40 Middle East Peace Initiative trips that began back in 2003, bringing together religious and community leaders from throughout the Holy Land and as far away as Europe, the United States, and Korea.
- Monday, July 19, 2010
Youth Help Children and the Elderly in Costa Rica
Tejarcillos, Costa Rica - Volunteers renovated facilities of the Light for the Nations Foundation and apartments for the elderly in an impoverished community on the outskirts of Costa Rica's capital city of San Jose July 7-19, 2010.
- Sunday, August 15, 2010
International Youth Day Celebrated in Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria - In celebration of the UN International Youth Day, Aug. 12, 2010, UPF and the Youth Federation for World Peace-Nigeria held programs in three states on the theme of "Healing Our World: Vision-Mission-Passion."