Youth and Service
Sungal Batu/ Teluk Kumbar, Malaysia— The participants demolished an old community hall and laid the foundation for a new community center for the fishing community and painted and refurnished another community center. The project was in part a response to needs of the Ministry of the Fisheries.
New Delhi, India—The RYS Global Congress (RYSGF) centered on ten unique week long seminars. The ten workshops were led by the most experienced and qualified advisors and graduates from the RYS and its sister project, The Youth Seminar for the World Religion's (YSWR).
Asia—In preparation for the RYSGF it was decided to prepare youth audiences throughout South Asia by holding frequent seminars on the workshop themes.
Chittagong, Bangladesh—The RYS alumni in Bangladesh began an RYS club and started to hold meeting on campus and at other NGO locations. They worked to create and organize a second national project and could invite some of the neighboring nations to get involved. The theme of the project was "Green Project" and helped organizers to highlight issues that would serve to raise environmental conscience.
Ratnapura, Sri Lanka—RYS volunteers worked in a poor religiously diverse community providing health surveys for the Ministry of Health.
Brno Prague, Czechoslovakia—The work project was designed to be in line with the educational theme: "Caring for the environment." All seventy participants and staff helped on various tasks at a large nursery/greenhouse where thousands of seedlings were cared for and large areas were weeded.
Prague, Czechoslovakia—This seminar had three different workshops and was held on the last full day of the RYS project. The workshops involved 120 local participants plus the RYS participants.
Kodzi, Ghana—RYS participants worked on the renovation of a local school with ten classrooms. Much of the work consisted of moving earth and bricks, laying bricks, clearing grounds, landscaping and other light construction work.
Vrindaban, India—The RYS participants worked to restore and paint old Hindu temple and spent much time excavating sacred monuments at a burial site that were covered by the passage over hundreds of years.
Vrindaban, India—The RYS participants worked to restore and paint old Hindu temple and spent much time excavating sacred monuments at a burial site that were covered by the passage over hundreds of years.
Dhaka, Bangladesh—Participants did light construction and restoration work on a school. This first national project was served to pull in a large number of good students into the RYS vision.
Cochin, Kerela, India—This project had a powerful impact on the Kochin and India interfaith community because of its linkage to the WFIRC interfaith meeting. Several interfaith leaders in the Kerala area were moved by the RYS and they helped make a foundation for further activities in that state.