URI Stories of Impact

“Our mission is to deepen the connection between ecology and faith, emphasizing that alleviating climate change is a moral responsibility,” explains founder Rev. Sally Bingham.

Listening happens for 30% with our ears and for 70% with our heart. The correct words at the right moment can do wonders, because they can comfort, heal and help liberate. 

Founded in 2006, the Euphrates Institute works to promote sustainability and peace in the Middle East by uniting cultures that would otherwise be divided by lack of understanding each other.

Musaique grew out of a URI Assembly in 2008 in Jordan, when Arab Jordanian Jamil Sarraj and Jewish Israeli Lee Ziv, along with Amir, an Iranian musician, met and played music together for the first time. 

Please enjoy reading the following reports, sent in by URI Cooperation Circles around the world, of celebrations for World Interfaith Harmony Week 2015.

Last month marked the fourth African Union Summit, where leaders and visionaries from around the African Union collaborated on the best methods of achieving economic and political growth in harmony with fostering peace and understanding between cultures and religions. 

Like a green tree, ANT-Hiroshima has grown from the sprout of an idea to a far-branching global relief and peacebuilding NGO in Hiroshima, Japan today.

The final report of the silent stand “Forgiveness and peace are the most nominal humanitarian value”  The supporters: URI.