URI Stories of Impact

URI’s Regional Coordinator for Africa and chair of the Interfaith Peace-building Initiative (IPI) CC in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia honored as one of the world’s top 73 most talented people.

There is massive destruction because of the heavy floods in Pakistan. Action Against Poverty (AAP CC) is responding to this humanitarian crises in Punjab Province.

We’re proud to partner with Odyssey Networks in the “Million Minutes for Peace Campaign.”  Together we're working to collect one million pledges to pray for peace, for one...

Rev. Canon Sally Bingham is an Episcopal priest who preaches energy conservation to people of all faiths. She is also the Executive Director for Interfaith Power and Light, a Cooperation Circle in the...

Youth from Jordan, Algeria and the United States talk about their struggles with identity.

With Ramadan upon us, Muslims across the world prepare for a month of fasting from sunrise to sunset. 

The search is on for the most innovative, groundbreaking and sustainable grassroots environmental initiatives in emerging and developing countries! Nominations for the UNEP Sasakawa Prize 2011 are now...

My oldest son came to me one night 16 years ago and said, “Dad, I’m going to Japan.” He was 16 years old at the time. And I said, “Oh, are you? And who’s paying for it?” He said, “The American Friends Service Committee. I’m going with a group of American teenagers and we’re going to interview survivors.” So he went, and spent the summer in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.