URI Stories of Impact

This month, URI welcomes CCs from Togo and Djibouti - two African countries that are new to the URI community - thus bringing the number of countries in which URI operates to 86.

Wasatia CC and its founder, Dr. Mohammed Dajani, were recently featured in Haaretz, a widely-read Israeli newspaper.

Recently, the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations hosted their 3rd annual networking lunch on interfaith cooperation for peace. 

Lejla Hasandedic, URI Youth Ambassador, helps design a project to bring together a young population divided by a violent past and differences.

Three members of the URI Cooperation Circle Euro-Asia travelled to Novosibirsk, Russia, to participate in a regional conference to honor the UN’s International Family Day.

URI Africa’s continuous advocacy for peace education in Africa finally makes headway with URI Africa’s participation at the International Expert Meeting.

With self-effacing humor Charles Gibbs laughs about his singing voice.  We, his friends, go along and beg him not to sing Happy Birthday or the National Anthem.