Cooperation Circles

A URI Cooperation Circle is a self-organizing group of at least seven members who follow three or more faith traditions - including atheists agnostics and humanists - taking any kind of action to create cultures of peace, justice, and healing

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259 Results

Community Initiative for Social Enhancement

"Our purpose is to address issues of poverty, unemployment, climate change and environmental protection, as well as to provide support to people infected and affected by AIDS. We plan to do this through social behavioral change, communication and advocacy, strengthening community care services and life skills and promoting peace and human rights with particular reference to children and women's rights."

CRECCAP

"Our purpose is to expand the promotion of an enduring daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence and create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings."

Entrepreneurship Initiative for African Youth

"Our purpose: to promote youth entrepreneurship development in Nigeria and Africa at large; to provide diverse African young people with entrepreneurial learning opportunities; and to stimulate entrepreneurship development by engaging the youth from different ethnic, religious and social backgrounds to participate actively in transforming Africa's 21st century economy."

Faces of Peace Kenya

"Our purpose is to promote peace, sustainable community development, and environmental protection. Our mission is to bring together and unify people of different backgrounds to a common ground, creating an understanding and appreciation for socio-economic development and prosperity."

Faiths Together Uganda

"Our purpose: to promote inter-spiritual values; harmonize the different minority faiths; advocate for respect, transparency, and fairness; and eliminate corrupt and compromised practices that create indifferences among the different faiths in the world. In addition to the above, we promote equal and significant opportunities for all, while encouraging worthwhile participation of different communities as key players in numerous activities and initiatives that have a bearing on their wellbeing as people of faith thus fostering sustainable development."

Family Peace to Family Association

"Our purpose: to assist and support the family unit by helping parents realize the impact of family on their children's character; to teach the youth to value the benefits of a good marriage; to build the capacity of married couples to appreciate and respect the institution of marriage; and to build the capacity of the already existing institutions dealing with the issues arising in the family in Ethiopia."

Great Lakes Peace Foundation

"Our purpose: to serve the needs of the most vulnerable - particularly women and children, victims of rape and civil conflict, and the poor - with a specific focus on neglected groups and cases; to empower communities by building capacity and by maximizing local resources in program design and implementation; and to promote self-reliance, peaceful coexistence, and reintegration of marginalized communities with the main focus to bring peace among people in the Great lakes regions reaching to all existing religions."