URI Stories of Impact

As I read the paper this morning in Kerala, India, I was startled to read the following: “If we can have a United Nations Organization, can we not have a United Religions Organization?”

Rosalia Gutierrez, Of The Indigenous People of Argentina Cooperation Circle leader, received a great honor from Argentinean daily newspaper Cronica. 

In its early years URI embraced cooperation and collaboration. But we also found that “walking the talk” of collaboration – to develop ingrained organizational habits and practices of collaboration – didn’t come so easy.

Representatives of 11 indigenous Cooperation Circles from Latin America and the Caribbean took part in “Honoring the Spirit of Grandfather Fire," a forum on native spirituality.

URI Cooperation Circles across North America — and the world! — will be celebrating World Interfaith Harmony Week (WIHW) from February 1-7.  

A unique institution in Punjab, India, the school serves 225 handicapped children and is a pioneer in North India in the field of education for children with special needs. 

The Interfaith Council of Southern Nevada (ICSV) meets monthly for discussions. Last month, they addressed issues of social justice.

It was indeed a noble beginning for PEACE CC this year, as it extended valuable help to handicapped students. The brain behind this was Maitri, the dynamic youth of our CC.

Last month, during our meeting, Maitri Tanna, an active youth member of PEACE CC (Multiregion) came up with an innovative idea of mass collection of old newspapers, old paper boxes and selling them to earn some money and use the money to help two handicapped students attending school. She wanted to begin the New Year with a noble cause. As the old papers goes for recycling in a way this also helps towards environment cause, she said.