Karambi Group of People with Disabilities, a URI member group in Kasese, Uganda, is implementing an Agribusiness project to train women with disabilities in modern agriculture methods and business management.
Fifteen women, representing 10 Cooperation Circles in different countries, met from September 29-October 3 in Temuco, Chile for a gathering focused on Indigenous women.
For the first time, thanks to Grammy-nominated music legend Pato Banton and the generosity of URI musical artists from across the globe, URI's incredible diversity is being celebrated in the form of an album of 30 songs.
Every year on September 21st, URI members around the world join fellow peacebuilders in celebrating the United Nations International Day of Peace (IDP) .
The participants were Muslim, Druze, Christian, and Jewish women who had lost sons and husbands to religiously-motivated violence. Most had never celebrated the holiday before and were thrilled by the new experience.
When people of different cultures, and beliefs unite to share the uniqueness of their dance traditions with each other, it forms human-to-human connections on a deep level.
