South Sudan, AFRICA
Coalition of Civil Society Organizations of South Sudan
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: As a coalition of 45 civil society in South Sudan we work in different area from peace, climate change, to reproductive health, HIV/AIDS, social development, good government, human right and the highlights of our work is organizing our country independence day on July 9, 2011.We will contribute to the development of our new country building Peace and promoting social harmony given the tribal and religions diversity in South Sudan.
Ecuador, LATIN AMERICA
Samay
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: We are having meetings creating a space for conversation with families that are having addiction problems. We want to overcome the problems in Saraguro with the practice of love in action.
MULTI-REGION
Faiths Without Borders
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: In the near future, we will start an interfaith project regarding the Five Elements in order to promote sustainable lifestyle. The first couple of years of the project we will deal with the element of water. This part of the project is called “Holy Drop!”. The Interfaith Dialogue Network in Finland gives annually Golden Rule Award. Faiths Without Borders is a part of the network. We published a book called “Flikat maailman Turuilta” in cooperation with the Daisy Ladies . The book presents twenty interviews with women from different cultures who answer questions about things learnt within families, from older generations, and about how things they have learnt helped them through life. The family atmosphere, their (its) values and attitudes affect how a new immigrant adjust to living in their new country. The book is a part of the project called Learning all the time. It is a part of the working group of environmental NGOs that has a task to create a national Zero Draft for Rio +20.
Canada, NORTH AMERICA
Protecting and Restoring the Sacred
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: Whether or not all the nation states, multinational corporations or international development agencies that surround us are willing or able to participate with us at this time, our Indigenous Peoples and allies need to immediately move forward in rebuilding and reunifying the Americas and beyond, utilizing the Guiding Principles of The Fourth Way.
United States of America, NORTH AMERICA
Westside Interfaith Council For a Parliament of World’s Religions (WICPWR)
DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES: WICPWR (Westside Interfaith Council for a Parliament of World’s Religion) is an offshoot of the original SCCPWR (Southern CA Committee for a Parliament of World’s Religions - now an alliance organization only) which, in 2011 has decentralized into regional groups. Our current WICPWR membership is mostly comprised of board members of that previous entity. During it’s time (approx. 5 years) SCCPWR was involved in creating many local interfaith events and Pre-Parliament of the World’s Religions events. As a “new” group we are now developing different projects. Currently some of our committees are youth, the arts and a jail ministry. We also organized a most successful Sound of Peace Singing Bowls Concert earlier this year.