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URI Asia is our network’s fastest growing region. With 191 Cooperation Circles in India, Pakistan and Korean, URI Asia connects interfaith organizations and helps mobilize thousands of local civilians to address large issues of poverty, the rights of women and children, violence, infanticide and caste discrimination.
Current initiatives include empowering the role of women in both India and Pakistan, economic justice for indigenous populations, and youth programs in Pakistan, South Korea, and India. URI Asia has formed an Executive Committee and legal entity, called URI Asia Trust, to formalize their work together as a team.
- James Channan, OP, Coordinator for Pakistan - Fr. James is the head of the Dominican Order in Pakistan. At present, he serves as Director of the Pastoral Institute, a Catholic establishment and also works with the Vatican’s Commission for Religious Relations with Islam.
- Biswadeb Chakraborty, Coordinator for East Zone, India - Mr. Chakraborty is an accomplished musician and community organizer. He leads Ektaan, a URI Cooperation Circle that focuses on using music to counter caste discrimination. Recently, he has been organizing Cooperation Circles in the Tribal lands of West Bengal.
- Hira Paul Gangnegi, Ph.D, Coordinator for North Zone, India - Dr. Gangnegi was born in a remote tribal village, Kanam, on the border of Tibet. He is the first educated member of his family. Currently, he is a senior lecturer and teaches the Tibetan language and Tibetan Buddhism at the University of Delhi.
- Abraham Karickam, Ph.D, Coordinator for South Zone, India - Dr. Karickam holds a PhD in English and Inter-religious Studies. He is the retired Director of Comparative Literature at Mar Thoma College in Kerala. He is the author of 15 books including, most recently: Concept of Salvation in the Upanishads, the Bible and the Qur’an; and Intertextuality of the Holy Books.
- Qutub Kidwai, Coordinator for India, West Zone - University educated, Ms. Kidwai is an advocate for the advancement of women, particularly in the rural areas outside of Mumbai where girl infanticide is still widely practiced.
- Jinwol Young Lee, PhD., Coordinator for South Korea - Dr. Jinwol Lee is a Buddhist Monk and Zen Master, who teaches Buddhist meditation and culture at Dongguk University.
May peace prevail on Earth.
September 8, 2010 2:12 PM
Open for Worship
Day 2: Two sects of the Syrian Christian Church in Kerala India reopened their churches and resumed peaceful worship this year after leaders of several Cooperation Circles in southern India helped negotiate a truce in a century-old conflict that was threatening to break out in a new round of violence.
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September 8, 2010 10:15 AM
Women and children most at risk in flood-hit areas of Pakistan
“Criminal negligence” of government and the super-rich Poor women and children are suffering the most in the flood-affected areas of Pakistan . Starvation, water-borne diseases, lack of... Read more...
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September 8, 2010 10:05 AM
Medical camps in Rahim Yar Khan District, Pakistan
Action Against Poverty (AAP CC) Multan has started series of medical camps in District Rahim Yar Khan. The first free medical camp was organized in "Bhong" District Rahim Yar Khan, where 470... Read more...
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August 31, 2010 10:32 AM
An Observance of Raksha Bandhan
The Krishnanagar Aikyo Sammilani Cooperation Circle of West Bengal observed "Raksha Bandhan," a festival known by the tying of a sacred thread of protection. Embellished with the love and... Read more...
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August 29, 2010 5:51 PM
International Interfaith Conference on Holy Books and People of Other Faiths
4th International Intertextuality conference on Holy Books will be held at Kottarakkara, Kerala, India during August,2011. The theme will be "HOLY BOOKS AND PEOPLE OF OTHER FAITHS"
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August 26, 2010 3:35 PM
Update from Asia (26-8)
Sri Lanka inaugurated its first Traveling Peace Academy training program this week with participants from the Sarvodaya CC, the women’s movement, university students, clergy and civil servants.... Read more...
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August 26, 2010 11:26 AM
Roots CC Distributes Aid to Flood Victims in Pakistan
Roots CC members are actively distributing aid to the displaced victims of the Pakistan floods in the Internally Displaced People's camps in Quetta, Balochistan.
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August 20, 2010 12:36 PM
Action Against Poverty opens medical camps in Pakistan
Action Against Poverty (AAP CC) Multan has started series of medical camps in District Rahim Yar Khan, first free medical camp was organized in "Bhong" District Rahim Yar Khan, where 470... Read more...
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August 20, 2010 12:19 PM
Traveling Peace Academy opens in Sri Lanka
Dear All, In the tenth anniversary year, on the Sri Lankan soil we are making history. The unique session of the first official training program under the URI Travelling Peace Academy was formally... Read more...
August 16, 2010 11:36 PM
UN Secretary General visits flood zone
Dear URI friends, Here is an other prominent news about the visit of the Secretary General on UN Mr. Ban Ki- Moon to Pakistan. He saw the sufferings of millions of our... Read more...
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