Youth and Service
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - The President of UPF-Malaysia, Tan Sri Zaleha Ismail, has been seeking ways to connect the young people of her country with the world. This led to the "Power of 10 Sen" campaign, which is collecting donations of coins help the children in Gaza.
On January 21, 2009, a workshop about coordinating volunteer efforts for peace and development was held at the headquarters of the Universal Peace Federation in Tegucigalpa.
Bogotá, Colombia - A festival took place on January 17, 2009 in a small area of Bogotá called Usme in collaboration with the Seed of Life Christian community and the Hera singing group, which is composed of six girls from a Catholic school.
Various service activities and forums took place in northern Israel in December 2008.
La Paz, Honduras - On December 13-14, 60 young people participated in a weekend of intense sports and education in La Paz, or the City of Peace, the capital city of one of the largest of 18 departmental regions of Honduras, the department of La Paz.
Manila, Philippines - Various environmental clean-up projects in neighborhoods and beaches of the Manila area in December 2008 promoted a “culture of service” and greater civic involvement.
Manila, Philippines - “It completes me as a person and it helps the people to be aware of the great possibilities to realize peace in our country by doing these simple activities,” said Patrixia Santos, a pageant delegate from Bicol University. Delegates from the Mister and Miss University beauty pageant from 24 universities of the Philippines astonished residents of San Andres Barangay 704 as they offered a day of community service.
Tripura, India - Volunteers with a Religious Youth Service project worked with indigenous tribal people Dec. 2-8, 2008, to stage cultural programs and build a hall of friendship and goodwill.
Tripura, India - A Religious Youth Service participant speaks about their experience in Tripura, India.
New York, USA - The Supporting Success Scholarship Fund raised $11,000 through www.globalgiving.com in 2008 to help gifted students from poverty-stricken families in the community of Mackenzie, Zambia.
Philippines - There’s a saying, “beauty is skin deep.” Well, the Mister and Miss University (MMU) beauty pageant is a contest that’s more than skin deep. On December 6, in fact, the pageant began to look inside the human heart to uncover the character, moral values and the depth of public-mindedness in each of the 46 candidates representing 24 colleges and universities throughout the Philippines.
Marikina City, Philippines - Nearly 2,000 students cleaned, painted, fed children and the elderly, played games, and offered medical assistance on Dec. 6, 2008, in Marikina City.