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.
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Working in Unity: Religious Youth Service Clean-up
- Sunday, June 28, 2015
Auckland, New Zealand—A Religious Youth Service project in New Zealand gave a group of young people the chance to do hard work with their hands and also understand people of other faiths with their heart.
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Religious Youth Service Project Helps Rebuild Nepal
- Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Kathmandu, Nepal—More than 30 young people from around the world participated in a Religious Youth Service project in Nepal in June.
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Honduran and American Youth Pave “Pathways to Peace”
- Sunday, June 14, 2015
Nutley, USA—Honduran and American students participated in the “Pathways to Peace” cultural exchange project in New Jersey.
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UPF-Australia: RYS Project Includes Tree-planting
- Saturday, June 13, 2015
Riverwood, Australia—Young people from 16 nationalities and six faiths came together to plant trees in a project of the Religious Youth Service (RYS).
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Korean and Japanese Youth Connect with Ukraine through Service
- Sunday, May 10, 2015
Lviv, Ukraine—Several young people from Korea and Japan journeyed to the historic city of Lviv in western Ukraine to take part in Religious Youth Service projects.
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RYS-Built Community Center Opens in Sri Lanka
- Saturday, April 18, 2015
Kalpitiya, Sri Lanka—Members of Parliament and other dignitaries attended the opening ceremony for a village community center built by the Religious Youth Service, a UPF project.
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Religious Youth Service Alumni Reunion in Washington DC
- Saturday, December 13, 2014
Washington DC, USA – A Christmas gathering for alumni of Religious Youth Service projects took place Dec. 13, 2014 at the Peace Embassy in Washington, DC.
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Religious Youth Service Project in Sri Lanka
- Friday, December 12, 2014
Rajawaka, Sri Lanka - Young volunteers renovated a dispensary that serves disadvantaged people in the Ratnapura District of Sri Lanka Dec. 6-12, 2014.
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RYS Youth Restore Sri Lankan Hospital
- Saturday, December 6, 2014
Sri Lanka - Fifty participants with a Religious Youth Service project renovated part of a Sri Lankan hospital from Dec. 6 to 12, 2014.
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Religious Youth Service Project in Washington DC
- Thursday, July 24, 2014
Washington DC, USA - A Religious Youth Service project in the US capital July 21-24, 2014, introduced young leaders to the vision, spiritual heritage and teachings of various religions as the foundation for developing leadership and peacemaking skills. Participants also met with members of Congress and senior leaders of government during the program.
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Religious Youth Service Project Held in Washington DC
- Thursday, July 24, 2014
Washington DC, USA - A Religious Youth Service program in the US capital July 21-24, 2014, featured interfaith education, developing personal leadership and peacemaking skills, and planting trees at a Buddhist monastery.
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Service Project in Georgia Brings Together Youth Peace Activists
- Sunday, July 20, 2014
Zugdidi, Georgia - A Religious Youth Service project took place July 13-20, 2014 in western Georgia's historic province of Samegrelo.
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