Youth and Service
Visale, Solomon Islands—UPF volunteers and local villagers have joined forces on a service project that will bring water to rural areas of the Solomon Islands.
Kpando, Ghana — UPF-Ghana held a meeting of chiefs, elders and members of farming communities in the Volta Region to discuss the start of an organic farming project.
Kpando, Ghana - A German Ambassador for Peace prepared the ground for a UPF meeting with a Ghanaian community which may lead to an organic farming business.
Moscow, Russia - Jan. 12, 2015, was a day of unity, peace and goodness for Moscow children who normally face difficulties and deprivation.
Pokrovskoye, Russia - Tenth-graders in a Russian village discussed issues of tolerance in a special program supported by UPF.
Beirut, Lebanon - At least 50 families among the thousands of Syrian refugees in Lebanon have received aid from a special UPF program.
Sri Lanka - Fifty participants with a Religious Youth Service project renovated part of a Sri Lankan hospital from Dec. 6 to 12, 2014.
Washington DC, USA – A Christmas gathering for alumni of Religious Youth Service projects took place Dec. 13, 2014 at the Peace Embassy in Washington, DC.
Russia - Under the theme "We Support the Friendship of Nations!" sports activities took place in many cities of Russia on Nov. 16, 2014, the UN International Day for Tolerance.
Abuja, Nigeria - UPF-Nigeria launched a Health for Peace Initiative on Nov. 12, 2014, to help prevent further spread of Ebola and contribute to peacebuilding.
Brazzaville, Congo - The shipment of 45,000 books donated by UPF-France as part of its Books for Congo project was delivered on Nov. 10, 2014.
London, UK - At the UPF-UK headquarters, Lord Jack McConnell addressed the issue of peaceful, youthful idealism and the injustices in the world on Oct. 23, 2014.