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: RYS - Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is one of the places where Religious Youth Service has invested heavily since 1992. Having embarked on peacebuilding initiatives during the civil war period, we could not attract any youth from the North or East for the first project because of the fierce fighting that had been going on between Tamil militant groups and the government forces for almost two decades.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: RYS-Thailand
Klongtomtai, Krabi, Thailand—Seven RYS alumni organized a 3-day local RYS project in Klongtomtai, Krabi on March 21-24, 2004. The main project was Tree Planting co-hosted by Klongtomtai Sub District Local Government in Krabi Province and WFWP-Thailand.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: Religious Youth Service-Ghana
The Religious Youth Service has been active in Ghana since 1992, so during the January 13 –25, 2004 project the focus was on participants from Accra, the capital. Thirty-five participants from four nations id cleaning and offered personal care to hospital patients.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: RYS-Ghana
Accra, Ghana—This interreligious youth community bonded during their daily experiences of eating together, serving the needs of patients at the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital Adecta, cleaning the environment and meeting with patients.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: Religious Youth Service
RYS Annual Report 2004—The Religious Youth Service (RYS) in its nearly 20-year history has built strong bonds of cooperation between young adults of each religion and culture, many of whom are presently working in fields of ecumenical and interreligious cooperation today. In 2004, RYS was able to educate youth through 15 service projects worldwide, including its first project in the Middle East and its 2nd annual Interreligious Peace Sports Festival.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: RYS-India
New Delhi, India—Hosted by Chetanalaya, a social action NGO of the Catholic Diocese of New Delhi, RYS volunteers offered their labor in building a community center which served both the Muslim and Hindu Residents of Janta Colony in Jaffarabad. The efforts drew the cooperation from both communities in laying the foundation stones and stimulated further work together for community improvements.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: RYS-Australia
Sydney, Australia— A program was hosted by the Sikh community and brought together 40 youth from various religious traditions for service and understanding.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: RYS-Thailand
Korat, Thailand—Work focused on repairing and improving the structure of a medical clinic and the local grounds.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: RYS-Philippines
Province of Cavite, Philippines—RYS repaired and painted a school, built and donated bookshelves, and landscaped a school.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: RYS-Australia
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.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: RYS-Honduras
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.
- Religious Youth Service
- Written by: RYS-Nigeria
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.