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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Sirajuddin Horaginamani Delivers Global Climate Change Talk

Sirajuddin M. Horaginamani, an active environmentalist and member of PEACE CC, was invited as guest and resource person for a seminar on Global Climate Change at District Science centre.

Fé no Clima – Faith in the Climate

Rio Inter-Religious Movement Cooperation Circle (MIR) in Rio de Janeiro is currently holding a Faith in the Climate Initiative October 1st to 3^rd, with the participation of URI Brasilia and other Cooperation Circles in Brazil.

Karen Hernandez: Reflections at the Parliament

As I walked through the Salt Palace on the first day of Parliament, I was reminded of how I felt the very first time I attended Parliament in Melbourne in 2009.

AFCOPB to host the 2nd Africa Peace Conference in October 2015

The 2nd Africa Peace Conference is being organized by the Africa Center for Peace Building, Ghana in collaboration with the Universal Peace Federation (UPF), an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and supported by Teachers Without Borders, Global Educators for All Initiative, Passion House International and Senyo Global Group.

World Kindness Liberia Cooperation Circle Activities Report

Learn about recent activities of World Kindness Liberia, which include caring for children left without parents after Ebola outbreaks.

Empowering the Girl Child

URI Welcomes 13 New Cooperation Circles in August

It is our great honor to introduce 13 new Cooperation Circles accepted as United Religions Initiative members on August 12, 2015.

Lunzu CC: The Problem with Water

Father John Ng’oma and Lunzu Cooperation Circle are helping subsistence farmers whose dwellings, land and crops were devastated by floods.

The Weekly Shot: International Day of the World's Indigenous People

The United Nations International Day of the World's Indigenous People is observed on August 9 each year as a way of protecting the rights of the world’s indigenous population.

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