URI Stories of Impact

In 2013, the range of URI activities celebrating International Day of Peace was as diverse as the communities that make up URI its

On October 31, I represented the TRUST WIN CC at a discussion on the publication of "A Middle East without Weapons of Mass Destruction" at Notre Dame Center in Jerusalem.

A PCSW&HR’s delegation headed by Mr. Muhammad Ijaz Noori Chairman Pakistan Council for Social Welfare & Human Rights called on Mr. Masood Khan Permanent Representative of Pakistan at United Nation at Pakistan Mission New York on 1^stNovember 2013. 

Since 1991 Bauchi continues experiencing ethno-religious crises with hundreds of people massacred and many churches, mosques, and family homes burned down. All major ethno-religious crises in Bauchi State emanate from the two local government areas, Bogoro and Tafawa Balewa, in the extreme south of Bauchi. Both Local Government Areas (LGAs) share boundaries with Jos, Plateau State, which is yet another flash point of unrest and brutality in Nigeria.

The Seeds for Peace Seminar was meant to (1) bring citizens of different religions, tribes, and cultures in tensed areas, to sit at the same table for learning to listen to one another, share their stories, and discover that “an enemy is one whose story we have not heard.” And the women and men were to (2) serve as the beginning of the new movement in GROW BIO-INTENSIVE Agriculture which will ultimately help people to have organic (healthful) food on

Our help camp for the Phailin (cyclone) affected many families in recent days.

United Religions Initiative’s Pakistan coordinators and staff joined together recently for a national conference in Lahore to discuss the year’s events and share resources.

For the month of December, the Tony Blair Faith Foundation (TBFF) will feature URI's "Talking Back to Hate" campaign.

The story of the ANT-Hiroshima CC (ANT standing for “Asian Network of Trust), a global relief and peacebuilding NGO based in Hiroshima, Japan, is also a story of how one’s personal passions can spread to the thousands, if not millions, of others..