Community Building

URI encourages people to help each other by reaching across religious, ethnic, and cultural lines, creating a culture of respect and safety that fosters peace even during difficult times.

Examples of our work in this Action Area:

In Pakistan, the URI MCC Islamabad office works for inter-religious peace by addressing local Muslims' and Christians' joint need for necessities like roads, sewage systems, gas and water
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Youth for Peace CC's summer school brought together young people from different backgrounds to serve their community through volunteering efforts like helping disadvantaged families, painting houses, and repairing old cemeteries
After a Helsinki mosque was vandalized, URI members from the URI Multiregion formed an interfaith group to clean it, sending a strong message that they would not allow their community to be divided

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CARAVAN CC's AMEN — A Prayer for the World exhibit opens in Cairo

CARAVAN is an interfaith arts non-profit founded by Reverend Paul-Gordon Chandler.

PEACE CC member organizes FDP on Renewable Energy and Alternative Fuels at DTU, Delhi

A Faculty Development Programme on Renewable Energy and Alternative Fuels (REAF 2014) was conducted from June 16 to June 20, 2014 at Delhi Technological University (DTU), Delhi by Dr J.P. Kesari, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department and an active member of PEACE CC. Prof. Kesari, a former director at AICTE, is specialized in solar energy having obtained his PhD in the same field and is currently faculty adviser on solar projects at DTU, Delhi.

Sherif Rizq: “My religion is not a threat to you” says Rita Semel

We meet a lot of people in life—some may leave an impact, others may go unnoticed. The influence could be positive or negative.

Environment Day

Environment Awarness march by Buddha Education Foundation CC of URI North zone on 5th june(Environment Day)

Report on Launching Ceremony of Economic Empowerment of Women Project and Certificate Awarding Ceremony organized by Pakistan Council for Social Welfare & Human Rights (PCSW&HR)

Pakistani Council for Social Welfare & Human Rights (PCSW&HR) organized a launching ceremony of its project “Economic Empowerment of Women through Vocational, Life Skills, Cultivation training for kitchen gardening and Computer literacy” at Rawalakot on 1^st June 2014. This project is being executed by PCSW&HR with the collaboration of OBOS “The One Body One Spirit Movement” Korea since January 2014 but this project was officially launched on 1^st June 2014. President Azad Government State of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan was the chief guest of this project launching and certificate awarding ceremony whereas Mr. Muhammad Ijaz Noori Chairman PCSW&HR presided over the ceremony.