Service Programs
To cultivate the spirit of one family under God, UPF offers disaster relief and organizes service projects such as caring for public spaces, supporting access to education, promoting good health, and providing medical supplies.
- Written by: Olga Chuprakova, UPF - Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan - In cooperation with the African Union in Kazakhstan, UPF showed a film in Almaty about humanitarian work in Africa and Kazakhstan on World Humanitarian Day, Aug. 20, 2011.
- Written by: Moruti Ledwaba, UPF-South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa - August is Women's month in South Africa and on August 9, the Women's Federation for World Peace, in partnership with the Family Federation for World Peace, undertook an educational and cleaning campaign in Alexandra. Alexandra is a township on the outskirts of Johannesburg and it was recently in the news for being infested with rats.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Slyudyanka, Russia - Volunteers built a pedestrian bridge and explored the beauties of the coast of Lake Baikal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, July 9-22, 2011.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Slyudyanka, Russia - On the southern tip of Lake Baikal, a volunteer forum and environmental service projects from June 26 to July 3, 2011, drew attention to ways volunteers can enhance the attraction of this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- Written by: UPF - Australia
Sydney, Australia - The bi-monthly Ambassadors for Peace Meeting on June 6 featured an introduction and explanation of the new Community Connections Project being instigated in Sydney by the Universal Peace Federation.
- Written by: Ermir Hoxha, UPF-Albania
Prespa Lake, Albania - As the summer recreation season approached, UPF organized a beach clean-up at Prespa Lake in eastern Albania on June 6, 2011, in honor of World Environment Day.
- Written by: Evelyne Drake, Chair, Women's Federation for World Peace-Tampa, Florida
Cap-Haitian, Haiti - A dozen nurses and students from the US spent a week in northern Haiti offering health education and care to people in impoverished sections of Cap-Haitian from May 28 to June 4.
- Written by: UPF - Japan
Ishinomaki, Japan - Youth Ambassadors for Peace have been removing rubble and mud from homes in Ishinomaki in the Miyagi Prefecture that were devastated by the March 11, 2011, tsunami.
- Written by: UPF - Solomon Islands
Honiara, Solomon Islands - A donation from UPF-Solomon Islands to assist victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami was delivered to a representative of the Japanese government at the office of the Parliament House on May 27.
- Written by: Anila Haziraj, UPF-Albania
Korca, Albania - On the National Day of Orphans, May 21, young people worked with UPF and “Orphans in Focus,” an NGO in Korça, to bring food and a warm family atmosphere to orphans in the city.
- Written by: Alejandro de Souza, UPF-Uruguay
Punta del Este, Uruguay - The government of Maldonado had 1,200 spare lunch boxes from an international students meeting in Punta del Esta and gave them to UPF-Uruguay to distribute in poor neighborhoods May 15, 2011.
- Written by: Dr. Robert S. Kittel, Director of Education, UPF-Asia; Photo-journalist, Segye-Ilbo
Kathmandu, Nepal – Thirsty pilgrims and visitors at the Swayambhu Stupa in Kathmandu quenched their thirst on the occasion of Buddha’s 2555th birthday at a Juice Distribution Program on May 10, 2011.