URI Stories of Impact

International Day of Peace (IDP) 2014 brought together people from all over the URI network to honor the work of peacebuilding, community, education, and "The Right of Peoples to Peace."

The URI MENA office in Amman, Jordan, in celebrating the International Day of Peace this year, organized “Sport for Peace,” an event for 30 children from Baqa’a Palestinian refugee camp.

Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, although the real name for this Feast of the Lord is called Yom Teruah (Hebrew: literally "day [of] shouting/raising a noise") or the Feast of Trumpets according to the correct biblical calendar of the 1st and 2nd temple period, not Rosh Hashanah.

This year, Bokaro Peace Circle organized an International Day of Peace celebration on Sunday, September 21st. The event was attended by students, teachers and social workers. The theme was "Why is there war between all religions?"

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URI Europe Cooperation Circles from Bulgaria continue to support the collective work for peace with IDP celebrations through education, community service and so much more.

URI in Latin America & The Caribbean held several exciting celebrations for this year’s International Day of Peace.