- Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Religious Youth Service Helps Promote a Caring Community in St. Lucia
Anse la Raye, St. Lucia - International volunteers joined with 14 St. Lucians Aug. 7-17, 2010, in a Friendship Americas project that included rebuilding homes of senior citizens.
- Sunday, August 29, 2010
Religious Youth Service Supports Summer Camp for Displaced Haitian Children
Cache Cache Douge, Haiti - Expressing a vision emerging from the rubble of the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, several NGOs, including Religious Youth Service, offered a joy-filled, educationally creative, character building memorable week to Haitian girls in an encampment near Port-au-Prince Aug. 19-29.
- Tuesday, August 31, 2010
UPF Chairman Visits UPF Chapters in Europe
London, UK - UPF Chairman, Rev. Hyung Jin Moon, traveled to several nations in Europe in August 2010 visiting UPF volunteers, Ambassadors for Peace, and members of the Unification faith community in Italy, France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
- Tuesday, August 24, 2010
A Week for Peace in the Holy Land
Jerusalem, Israel - UPF-Israel recently hosted the latest in the series of more than 40 Middle East Peace Initiative trips that began back in 2003, bringing together religious and community leaders from throughout the Holy Land and as far away as Europe, the United States, and Korea.
- Monday, July 19, 2010
Youth Help Children and the Elderly in Costa Rica
Tejarcillos, Costa Rica - Volunteers renovated facilities of the Light for the Nations Foundation and apartments for the elderly in an impoverished community on the outskirts of Costa Rica's capital city of San Jose July 7-19, 2010.
- Sunday, August 15, 2010
International Youth Day Celebrated in Nigeria
Lagos, Nigeria - In celebration of the UN International Youth Day, Aug. 12, 2010, UPF and the Youth Federation for World Peace-Nigeria held programs in three states on the theme of "Healing Our World: Vision-Mission-Passion."
- Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Young Politicians Seek to Mend Ties Between Israel and Turkey
Jerusalem, Israel - In the tense climate between Israel and Turkey after the May 31 attack on the Gaza-bound flotilla that left nine Turks dead, two young politicians are seeking to bypass political bickering and promote moderate voices in the two countries.
- Sunday, August 1, 2010
UPF Chair Makes a Pilgrimage to Nepal
Kathmandu, Nepal - On his first visit to Nepal the International Chairman of UPF, Rev. Hyung Jin Moon, was charmed by its people, culture, religions, and food. He and his wife Yeon Ah spent time with government leaders, Ambassadors for Peace, youth, and families, ending with a visit to the birthplace of Buddha in Lumbini.
- Sunday, August 8, 2010
Sharing Music and Gifts with the Elderly in Tajikistan
Tursunzoda, Tajikistan - Ambassadors for Peace of Tajikistan held their quarterly meeting at a home for elderly and handicapped people in the town of Tursunzoda on August 8. Along with caring hearts, they brought gifts of music, food, and humanitarian goods.
- Saturday, July 24, 2010
World Assembly Envisions the Dawn of New Era
New York, USA - It was a day of song, prophecy, and proclamation, as the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, surrounded by thousands of people from around the world, made bold predictions at a festive gathering in New York on July 24.
- Tuesday, August 17, 2010
St. Lucia Hosts a Religious Youth Service Project
Castries, St. Lucia - A Religious Youth Service project is taking place August 7 to 17 in the verdant Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia, noted for its green mountains, white sand beaches, and friendly residents. RYS volunteers are staying in fishing village in Anse-la-Raye just ten miles from the capital city of Castries.
- Thursday, August 5, 2010
Europeans Take Fact-Finding Trip to Japan
Tokyo, Japan - "Japan's Role in Securing Peace, Stability, and Human Rights in North-East Asia" was the theme of a European Leadership Conference and Fact-Finding Tour to Japan August 1-5.