Prometra, a URI Cooperation Circle as of this past April, was formed in 2000 to respond to the poor health conditions and inadequate modern health services in Kampala, Uganda.
“We realized we were not alone and must do this work together - being a global indigenous family is needed now. A great wave of change for peace has begun to roll over the face of Mother Earth."
United Religions Initiative (URI) Africa Regional Coordinator Mussie Hailu announced that Ethiopian Olympian and record breaking long distance runner Haile Gebrselassie has accepted an invitation to become a Goodwill Ambassador for URI.
For four years, URI has run a Global Youth Ambassadors Program to give young people around the world the opportunity to develop as leaders who run their own interfaith projects.
Inspired by the call of Pope Francis and his friend, Rabbi Avraham Skorka, to unite in peace, Julio Avruj of Buenos Aires, Argentina helped to organize one of URI’s newest Cooperation Circles.
Vikas Pota, founder of Sewa Day, recently visited URI Great Lakes’ office in Kampala, Uganda to present the Sewa Pioneers Award for a series of coordinated voluntary service events.
As our united prayers continue for the peoples of the Central African Republic, Nigeria, and Kenya, we now mourn the lives lost through escalating acts of violence throughout the continent.
