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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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Tales of Love and Service: Stories from the Heart, by John W. Gehring
- Saturday, September 18, 2021
New York, United States—John W. Gehring, former executive director of the Religious Youth Service, recently published a book.
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Religious Youth Service (RYS): The Power of Cooperation
- Saturday, March 20, 2021
United States—The successful programs of the Religious Youth Service and the Interreligious Peace Sports Festival visibly demonstrate the power of cooperation and service.
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RYS and UPF-Honduras Peace Park Project
- Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Tela, Honduras—Experiences of Religious Youth Service advisor and UPF representative with citizens of this city caused them to reflect, “We came here to inspire them, but they inspired us.”
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RYS-Sri Lanka Trains Future Leaders
- Thursday, December 13, 2018
Colombo, Sri Lanka—Ten people participated in a program to train them to become assistant trainers for future Religious Youth Service (RYS) projects.
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RYS Island Friendship Project in Sri Lanka
- Friday, August 17, 2018
Monaragala, Sri Lanka—Volunteers from 10 countries helped construct an extension of a community center as part of the Religious Youth Service’s 2018 Island Friendship Project.
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Nepal to Host RYS Project in July
- Thursday, June 15, 2017
Kathmandu, Nepal—A Religious Youth Service (RYS) project will be held in Dhulikhel, a town located 18 miles southeast of Kathmandu, from July 11 to 15, 2017.
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RYS Gives U.S. Youth a Capital Training
- Saturday, May 27, 2017
Washington, D.C., United States—For the second year, the Religious Youth Service welcomed participants of a youth leadership program to take part in its summer project.
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RYS Announces 30th Anniversary Project in Sri Lanka
- Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Galle, Sri Lanka—Religious Youth Service International has announced it will hold its 30th anniversary celebration project in Sri Lanka from August 11 to 18, and invites international volunteers to participate.
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RYS Volunteers Help Restore School in Lucknow, India
- Sunday, November 27, 2016
Lucknow, India—The Religious Youth Service-India held its 2016 service project in Lucknow city, where participants helped restore parts of a primary school.
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UPF-Bangladesh Holds RYS Project Near Bay of Bengal
- Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh—UPF-Bangladesh held its first-ever Religious Youth Service project in Cox’s Bazar, a town and fishing port located on the Bay of Bengal, from October 22 to 26.
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RYS-India Announces 2016 Project
- Monday, October 24, 2016
Lucknow, India—The Religious Youth Service of India will hold its 2016 service project in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India from November 25 to 29 and invites international volunteers to participate.
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Pakistan Hosts Fifth RYS Project
- Thursday, October 6, 2016
Lahore, Pakistan—Twenty-five young people helped rebuild a church building in Lahore in a Religious Youth Service project that took place in the city from October 2 to 6.
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