Africa

On 26 June 2024, over 80 people from across the world, all continents represented, gathered to mark the 25 years of URI!
 

Highlights of CC efforts toward environmental restoration to mark World Environment Day.

Cooperation Circles worldwide have embarked passionately to restore the environment in their communities. One of the ways is through tree planting. 

Message from Amb. Mussie Hailu, Regional Director of URI for Africa and Representative of URI to the African Union and UN Office in Africa on the occasion of the 2024 Golden Rule Day  

URI and the Center for Earth Ethics, are collaborating on a series of grassroots dialogues in communities around the world most affected by the impacts of climate change and environmental devastation.

Celebrating International Women's Day 

The Women's Interfaith Council Cooperation Circle in Nigeria organized interreligious prayers in Kaduna to mark World Interfaith Harmony Week. 

Wildlife and Natural Resources Conservation and Rehabilitation Trust (WNRCRT), a United Religious Initiatives Cooperation Circle planted 6000 local tree seedlings along the Lilongwe-Lingadzi River catchment in Lilongwe City as one way of restoring the ecosystem and mitigating the impacts of climate change under the Greening Lilongwe City Campaign.

Eight Cooperation Circles to benefit from URI Youth Seed Grants awarded for 2023/24! 

May 2024 be a year in which we all be guided by the principle of the Golden Rule which says “ Treat others the way you want to be treated” and be the change we want to see in the world. May it also be a year for us to be the manifestation of the spirit of Ubuntu “ I am because you are”