URI Stories of Impact

Today marks the 100-day countdown until the United Nations International Day of Peace 2017. Every September 21^st, the URI community joins peacebuilders around the world in celebrating this occasion.

Following an increase in hate crimes in the European Union, URI-Europe helped organize a conference for youth called "Words Matter (Stop Hate)".

CARAVAN partners with a girls' school in Jordan, offering an introduction to gender equality, cultural diversity, intercultural and interreligious understanding, and the need for peace. 

The new URI MCC Islamabad, Pakistan office will work for inter-religious peace by serving local Muslims and Christians who are currently deprived of necessities like roads, sewage systems, gas and water.

Witnessing innocent lives dashed by profound evil, spurred people to gravitate to a place where good was celebrated. Ultimate forces were then in play. Solace and hope were sought above all else.

In URI, we are learning what it means to be a community that thrives on diversity.

As Sri Lanka struggles with the worst flood in a decade, with homes destroyed and the death toll rising, Sarvodaya Shanthi Sena Cooperation Circle is providing First Aid and relief to victims

the Drishti Foundation Trust is a Cooperation Circle from New Delhi that “provides easy access to dental awareness and dental treatment to the helpless."