Peace Education
UPF organizes seminars and conferences that present core values and universal principles of peacebuilding.
- Written by: UPF-Philippines
Manila, Philippines—UPF hosted an Asian Leadership Conference in the Philippines at which it inaugurated the national chapter of the IAPD.
- Written by: UPF-Austria
Vienna, Austria—UPF co-sponsored a cultural evening highlighting Bosnia and Herzegovina called “Encounter through Art and Music.”
- Written by: UPF-Austria
Parndorf, Austria—UPF-Austria has inaugurated a local branch in the eastern state of Burgenland.
- Written by: Sérgio Vieira, president, UPF-Portugal
Amadora, Portugal—The president of UPF took part in a debating session of a major Portuguese-language organization.
- Written by: Sérgio Vieira, president, UPF-Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal—UPF joined a delegation to the new leader of an organization of Portuguese-speaking nations.
- Written by: Rosemarie Leja, UPF-Giessen
Giessen, Germany—A refugee from Syria described escaping from his war-torn homeland and his new life in Germany.
- Written by: Jacques Marion, regional vice president, UPF-Europe
Bergen aan Zee, Netherlands—Thirty participants gathered at a beautiful North Sea resort town for a seminar on the “UPF Vision and Peace Principles.”
- Written by: Bilbil Zharri, UPF-Albania
Pristina, Kosovo—Local Peace Councils have been established in the cities of Ferizaj and Gjakova.
- Written by: UPF-Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal—UPF-Nepal held a conference on the family and building a nation of peace at the Peace Embassy in Kathmandu, the country’s capital.
- Written by: Dr. Robert S. Kittel, president, Youth and Students for Peace
Bangkok, Thailand—Ninety-one participants from 12 nations learned about UPF’s Principles of Peace at an Asian Leadership Conference held in April.
- Written by: Chiara Hagiwara, UPF-United States
New York, United States—More than 300 people of African descent attended an African Cultural Family Festival that was co-sponsored by UPF USA.
- Written by: UPF-Peru
Lima, Peru—Four hundred students and Ambassadors for Peace participated in the Peace Road 2019 event in Peru, a walk for “life, peace, and the practice of sports.”