Youth and Service
Sydney, Australia— A program was hosted by the Sikh community and brought together 40 youth from various religious traditions for service and understanding.
Korat, Thailand—Work focused on repairing and improving the structure of a medical clinic and the local grounds.
Province of Cavite, Philippines—RYS repaired and painted a school, built and donated bookshelves, and landscaped a school.
Red Fern, Sydney, Australia—This program gathered seventy young adults from various faiths to have some interreligious programs and offer service to the Aboriginal community.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras—The RYS worked in cooperation with Service for Peace dedicated this day in order to commemorate the UN International Day of Peace through offering a day of service and reflection at in doing service at the School of Midwifery in Rivers State.
River State, Nigeria—The RYS worked in cooperation with Service for Peace dedicated this day in order to commemorate the UN International Day of Peace through offering a day of service and reflection at in doing service at the School of Midwifery in Rivers State.
Puerto Diana, Paraguay—Participants worked in the Native Indian village of Deena on the Paraguay River in the Pantanal. There they helped build the foundation and walls for a new community school. Participant spent a day of service at a school in the poorer ‘Las Chacaritas’ district of the capital.
Trinidad & Tobago—RYS works on environment cleaning with Bocco Reef Foundation at Aripo Heights. During this project participants also constructed a room to train disabled youth and paint the Charis School, peace mural in the inner city.
Jaffna, Sri Lanka—RYS finished constructing and painting walls, building a small room, and laying a roof of a preschool. In addition, we donated furniture and play equipment for the school and repaired a fence and planted trees and a garden.
Seoul, Korea - Peace Cup, an eight-club tournament that includes the champions of five different nations, kicked off July 15 when Korean champion Seongnam Ilhwa faced Turkish champion Besiktas at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.
Cheonan, Korea - On July 13, 2003 three Jordanian men won three of four top spots in a race for peace organized by the Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace in the sleepy town of Cheonan, South Korea.
Jogjakarta, Indonesia—To help heal the past animosity between the Chinese Indonesian and the Malay Indonesian communities the Indonesian Confucius Society helped organize RYS work at an old Islamic School.