Health and Social Services

URI Cooperation Circles work to improve the health of people all over the world, giving them the chance to lead meaningful and full lives.

Examples of our work in this Action Area:

A Better Community for All Pakistan organizes free medical care for rural families who can’t afford doctors, distributing medicine and connecting patients with free hospital stays when necessary.
Blantyre CC wanted to restore sanitary conditions to Bangwe township in Southern Malawi. Together, 50 young people removed waste and cleaned pollution so the population could live in healthier surroundings.
Members of URI Brasilia CC in Brazil offered health, hygiene, cultural and citizenship services to the inmates of the SalveaSi - Institution for Treatment of Chemical Dependents, in observance of the National Day to Combat Religious Intolerance.

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National Day to Combat Religious Intolerance

Several human rights bodies in the Federal District, Brazil, together with religious leaders and interreligious and ecumenical organizations, jointly built an agenda for the week of "National Day to Combat Religious Intolerance - January 21th".

Walking We Understand Each Other: Goiás Walks for Peace

The 2^nd Walk for Peace took place in Parque Areião, in Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, on January 21, 2017 as a celebration of the National Day to Combat Religious Intolerance and the World Interfaith Harmony Week.

When women thrive, the world thrives

As we honor and celebrate the women in our lives and the women of this world, we are also painfully aware that the majority of violence in the world directly and indirectly affects women and girls.

URI and UNAIDS to Join Hands in the Fight Against AIDS

The United Religions Initiative (URI) and UNAIDS are going to work together in partnership against HIV and AIDS.UR

Seminar

Pakistan Council for Social Welfare & Human Rights organized the Seminar with the title of “Peace for All” and Interfaith Peace Prayer at its secretariat.

Women’s Interfaith Harmony Gathering for World lnterfaith Harmony Week

Forty Israeli and Palestinian women -- Druze, Jewish, and Muslim members of the Mada CC and Women Reborn CC's -- joined the TRUST WIN CC women. We began by reflecting on the difficult times in the world and in our region with hatred, racism, and religiophobia on the rise.

Bringing Together Children of Different Religions

COPE Pakistan CC celebrated World Interfaith Harmony Week on 5th February, 2017 at Anwar Shaheed Colony Renala Khurd, with children from different religions, including Muslims and Christians.

Uttarakhand Women Take Action, Build Toilets for Sanitation Crisis

GIWA's Women for WASH Initiative and World Toilet College's Toilet Building 101 Class begins!

Feeding the Homeless in Los Angeles

“Under the Bridges and in the Streets,” a program run by the Kashi Los Angeles ashram, spent New Year's Eve feeding and clothing the homeless in Los Angeles.

Checking on the Status of Healthcare in Somalia

SOMESHA visited the Community Concern Organization (COCO) offices, including the Medical Center Hospital (MCH) in Hamar-jajab district in Mogadishu, to observe their health services, including those for HIV/AIDS patients and sexual violence survivors.

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