URI Stories of Impact

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United Religions Initiative (URI) - Africa presented its Prestigious Africa Peace Award to the African Union Economic, Social and Cultural Council (AU-ECOSOCC) during the commemoration of  the 20th anniversary of AU-ECOSOCC.

New Year message from Eric Roux, URI Global Council Chair 

United Religions Initiative Australia, the South Australian CC Multifaith Association and Religions for Peace Australia collaborated to present a powerful online Interfaith Prayer Vigil that focused directly on preventing domestic/communal violence.

URI honors indigenous wisdom and leadership in helping people learn how to prevent violence and create peace. Two stories, then (1999) and now (2024),

URI invites people everywhere to value their own urge to do good: see a need, reach out, cooperate and create ways to help.

In the heart of Wadi Rum, a breathtaking desert landscape in southern Jordan known for its vast red sands, towering cliffs, and ancient petroglyphs, lies the small village of Al-Disah. It is here that Qutnah, also known as Umm Laith (mother of Laith), a remarkable Bedouin woman. 

Corrina shares an uplifting story of Wejdan Aljazi, a 39-year-old Bedouin woman living in Al-Husseiniyah, a village near Ma’an in southern Jordan who emerged from her despair stronger than before and laid the foundations for her artistic career.