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: Enrique Ledesma, UPF-Australia
Sydney, Australia - This year’s Living for Others Awards was a special evening to remember. Dignitaries, religious and community leaders, representatives of different NGOs, and many others from a range of nationalities, ethnicities, and faiths filled the room, bringing instant color, variety, and fun to an otherwise formal event.
- Written by: UPF - Taiwan
Taipei, Taiwan - Since August 25, 2009, UPF-Taiwan has been mobilizing Ambassadors for Peace and other volunteers to clean up after Typhoon Morakot and deliver supplies to people in hard-hit areas.
- Written by: Dr. Chung Sik Yong, Chairman, UPF-Asia
Taipei, Taiwan - UPF-Taiwan is seeking donations to provide immediate relief for people in areas devastated by typhoon Morakot, which struck on August 9 and dumped 83 inches of rain (over 2.1 m) on parts of the island. This unleashed the worst flooding there in half a century.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Slyudyanka, Russia - A joint ecological and tourism project, “Baikal 2009,” involved constructing and reconstructing four pedestrian bridges along the tourist path between the town of Slyudyanka and Chersky Peak July 2-August 6, 2009.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Pokrovskoye, Urals, Russia - During a summer camp for children Aug. 1-16, 2009, volunteers from Yekaterinburg and Kurgan reconstructed two playgrounds, and women from Yekaterinburg met with elderly people in the village.
- Written by: Evelyne Drake, Women's Federation for World Peace
Our service project in Les Cayes, Haiti June 15-29 focused on building a culture of heart and service. We focused our energies on developing relationships between Haitian students and American students for the purpose of learning each other's cultures, traditions, and lifestyles. This journey that was foreign to all of us was embarked upon by 30 people from both countries. The vision for the service project was to promote one family under God.
- Written by: UPF - Russia
Yekaterinburg, Russia - UPF Urals organized a student work day at a sensory garden in Yekaterinburg to mark the International Environment Day, June 5, 2009.
- Written by: Marty Miller
Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Students from the Southeast Asia Children Charity Community “Together We Share” program raised funds to send a team of students to Cambodia May 14-21, 2009, to help less fortunate children there.
- Written by: UPF - Japan
Mie, Japan - Nearly 180 Japanese and international people living in Japan participated in a cleaning project and music concert in Ishigaki-ike Park in Suzuka City in the Mie Prefecture May 17, 2009.
- Written by: Dena Parfait, UPF-Mali
Bamako, Mali - The Global Peace Tour made an impact on Mali on April 20, 2009, by cleaning the stagnant polluted waters of the Diafaranako Canal that runs through the capital city and an International Leadership Conference the following day.
- Written by: UPF - Zambia
Lusaka, Zambia - The UPF Global Peace Tour in Zambia, April 9-11, 2009, featured a market clean-up, International Leadership Conference and festival.
- Written by: The Star Online
Malayasia - By Donating a mere 10 sen, you can change a child's future. That is the thrust of the Power of 10 Sen campaign. Organised by the Universal Peace Federation of Malaysia and the Malaysian Red Crescent Society (MRCS), the campaign, dubbed "Now Everyone Can Give", aims to raise RM300,000 by putting up 7,000 special Power of 10 Sen collection boxes in 340 schools throughout Malaysia until May 12.
The complete article can be read at The Star Online