Youth UPF
UPF offers young people the opportunity to develop their capacity as leaders and peacebuilders and work together for the greater good, alongside people of many nations, cultures and religions. Student clubs and other programs empower youth to create positive change in their communities, nations and world. For information about Youth UPF activities in Europe, click here.
- Written by: David Stout and Margaret Ali, UPF-United Kingdom
London, United Kingdom—Fourteen young achievers received the 2018 UPF Youth Achievement Award in a ceremony in the Houses of Parliament.
- Written by: UPF-Luxembourg
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg—On July 16, 2017, a “Peace Road 2017” event was held in Luxembourg, to support the call for the United Nations to establish a fifth office on the Korean peninsula.
- Written by: Marya Nazarova, secretary general, UPF-Russia
Novosibirsk, Russia—Siberia and its place in Russia and the world were the theme of a youth film festival partly organized by the Siberian chapter of UPF.
- Written by: Elisabeth Cook, UPF-Austria
Vienna, Austria—“Walls or Bridges? Populism, Integration and the Future of Europe” was the title of a panel discussion organized by the Youth Committee of UPF-Austria.
- Written by: Ermir Hoxha, secretary general, UPF- Korça
Korça, Albania—About 100 students took part in a competition in which they wrote essays inspired by the autobiography of UPF founder Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon.
- Written by: Samat Zinullin, UPF-Kazakhstan
Almaty, Kazakhstan—The international "Peace Road" project was interpreted by UPF-Kazakhstan as a hike up the mountains overlooking the capital.
- Written by: Dmitry Samko, secretary general, UPF-Moscow
Moscow, Russia—Immersion in ice water was one of the challenges of Moscow’s first-ever “Winter Peace Road.”
- Written by: UPF-Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia—UPF held a week-long leadership training program for Indonesian youth in June.
- Written by: Simon Amare Tekeba, secretary general, UPF-Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia—Eighteen Youth Ambassadors for Peace attended a seminar on human rights and peace.
- Written by: Dr. Mrs. Helen M. Osei, secretary general, UPF-Ghana
Kpando, Ghana—UPF-Ghana celebrated UN International Youth Day with a program teaching young people how to live public lives
- Written by: Tatiana Krasnosumova, secretary general, UPF-Northwest Russia
Petrozavodsk, Russia—UPF, together with the organization Islamic Education, organized a unique summer camp for children and teens in Russia’s far northwest Karelia region.
- Written by: Dmitry Samko, secretary general, UPF-Moscow
Moscow, Russia—Young people from Austria and Germany joined Russian Youth Ambassadors for Peace in volunteer projects during the annual Spring Week of Goodness.