Religious Youth Service
UPF chapters organize Religious Youth Service projects that offer service-learning opportunities with a special focus on developing personal leadership and peacemaking skills. Through living together and providing altruistic service in a community, participants demonstrate that it is possible for our global human family to come together in peace for our mutual well being.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: Religious Youth Service
Villupuram, India—The Religious Youth Service (RYS) co-organized the Rural Drinking Water Project to provide safe drinking water to a village in South India.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: UPF-Sri Lanka
Abhayapura, Sri Lanka—The Island Friendship Project brought together 58 young people who helped build the supporting infrastructure for a water well for a community of over 200 families.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: UPF staff
New York, United States—John W. Gehring, former executive director of the Religious Youth Service, recently published a book.
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- Written by: John Gehring and Carol Pobanz
United States—The successful programs of the Religious Youth Service and the Interreligious Peace Sports Festival visibly demonstrate the power of cooperation and service.
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- Written by: Carol D. Pobanz, Advisor, Religious Youth Service, with Mario Salinas, Secretary General, UPF-Honduras
Tela, Honduras—Experiences of Religious Youth Service advisor and UPF representative with citizens of this city caused them to reflect, “We came here to inspire them, but they inspired us.”
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: UPF-Sri Lanka
Colombo, Sri Lanka—Ten people participated in a program to train them to become assistant trainers for future Religious Youth Service (RYS) projects.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: UPF-Sri Lanka
Monaragala, Sri Lanka—Volunteers from 10 countries helped construct an extension of a community center as part of the Religious Youth Service’s 2018 Island Friendship Project.
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- Written by: UPF-Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal—A Religious Youth Service (RYS) project will be held in Dhulikhel, a town located 18 miles southeast of Kathmandu, from July 11 to 15, 2017.
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- Written by: Tomiko Duggan, executive director, UPF-USA Office of Public Affairs
Washington, D.C., United States—For the second year, the Religious Youth Service welcomed participants of a youth leadership program to take part in its summer project.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: RYS-Sri Lanka
Galle, Sri Lanka—Religious Youth Service International has announced it will hold its 30th anniversary celebration project in Sri Lanka from August 11 to 18, and invites international volunteers to participate.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: RYS-India
Lucknow, India—The Religious Youth Service-India held its 2016 service project in Lucknow city, where participants helped restore parts of a primary school.
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- Written by: UPF-Bangladesh
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh—UPF-Bangladesh held its first-ever Religious Youth Service project in Cox’s Bazar, a town and fishing port located on the Bay of Bengal, from October 22 to 26.