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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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RYS and Summerhill Community Development Joins Ongoing Programs
- Wednesday, June 21, 1995
Atlanta, United States— Working with Summerhill Community Development participants, joined their ongoing programs by painting rooms in private houses, gardening, and helping with basic carpentry.
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RYS Offers Services to Help Rebuild in Croatia
- Friday, March 17, 1995
Varasdin, Croatia— Participants helped restore a classroom, numerous refugee's apartments, painted a large dinning room and several hallways, fixed public toilets, and worked on local grounds upkeep.
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RYS Volunteers Paves Road to School in Bangladesh
- Thursday, January 19, 1995
Chittagong/Aburkhil, Bangladesh— Participants carried 3000 bricks to a school and begin constructing a paved road (Amity Road) to the school.
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RYS-Thailand Provides Needed Services in Bangkok
- Saturday, October 29, 1994
Bangkok, Thailand— The work of RYS was slowed down in Thailand on account of government persecution in 1992-3. This project in the North of Thailand was designed to rebuild the RYS and IRFF foundation while providing needed services for the region.
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RYS-India Constructs New Wing at a Boarding School
- Monday, October 3, 1994
Madurai, India— The participants worked on the construction of a new wing at a boarding school for Harijan children and help work on landscaping the area so it is safer for the children to play.
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RYS Renovates a School, Cultural Center, and Orphanage in Turkey
- Saturday, August 6, 1994
Republic of Turkey— Participants worked digging a foundation, building walls, landscaping the area and providing indoor construction and restoration for a school in Ankara. RYS provided a variety of service in Canakale under the guidance of the municipal office. One project included creating and improving the grounds for an outdoor Cultural center.
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Communities Serving Communities, RYS-USA Helps Housing Project
- Thursday, March 24, 1994
Atlanta, United States— In cooperation with the Summerhill Community Development Organization RYS volunteers worked at a housing project.
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RYS Clears Grounds and Restores Light at a School in India
- Sunday, January 9, 1994
Bangalore, India— The small and enthusiastic group of RYS volunteers cleared grounds and worked on light restoration at a school for Spastic Children.
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RYS Peace Festival in South India
- Tuesday, August 31, 1993
Madurai, South India— The RYS Peace Festival was a unique event for the RYS as it was a week full of local and community based events which involved the schools of the community in a variety of activities.
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RYS-Philippines Works on Local Hospitals
- Sunday, May 9, 1993
Aphalit, Philippines— RYS volunteer teams worked on the construction of part of a local hospital.
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RYS-Malaysia Builds Foundation for New Community Center
- Saturday, April 24, 1993
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.
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RYS Global Congress International Project
- Saturday, February 13, 1993
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).
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