Youth

URI celebrates the work and leadership of young people. Cooperation Circles work towards equity and fair age representation in all aspects of their work.

Examples of our work in this Action Area:

The URI Youth Connection Cafe is a monthly virtual meeting space for young people across the URI network to connect, learn together, and share their experiences as young interfaith peacebuilders. Each Cafe is hosted by a different youth Cooperation Circle who chooses the topic and facilitates the session. Read more here. Please contact URI if you would like to join these gatherings!
In MENA, Desert Bloom CC regularly hosts youth exchange programs offering young people the experience of meeting across cultures and participating in cultural activities together. Most recently, Desert Bloom participated in the Creating the Way Youth Exchange program in Romania.
In South India, Ecopeace Teen Cafe runs a transformative educational experience for 30 young high school learners. This five-month program covers four modules: community building, environment conservation, social justice, and peace. The learners engage weekly with different guest speakers and participate in activities together, facilitated by a team of youth volunteers. Read more here.

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The Circular Economy, A Virtuous Circle

José Mingo, member of the CC Red de Educadores Agrarios del Paraguay participated in the call URI's response to the climate crisis using the Drawdown solutions last Thursday, November 19, 2020. Here is his presentation:

Legal Status N ° 2216 of 05/23/2016.-

THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY, A VIRTUOUS CIRCLE.

Presentation of AREDAP - PARAGUAY.

The Weekly Shot: Virtual Interreligious Dialogue Training

Bridge Builders, a URI member group in Argentina, holds virtual training workshops for young people to learn about interreligious dialogue.

Teaching Peace through Cordel Literature

CC Guanabara's job is to spread interreligious dialogue through cordel literature. Self-persuasion: How to deal with our thoughts CORDEL EDUCATION

Virtual Training Workshops for Young People

With the financing of the KAICIID Fellow Program, the members of the CC Builders of Bridges designed and are developing three training workshops, with tools to work in the Interreligious Dialogue for young people between 14 and 25 years old.

Seed and Chick Delivery

On August 30, chicks, balanced and seeds were delivered to the IPA schools of Yaguarón through the Topa Ñembyahyi project, an agreement of the Municipality and the pedagogical and administrative supervision of Yaguarón. This delivery was attended by members of the CC Network of Agrarian Educators of Paraguay whose fundamental task is to promote family agriculture, herding, community development and other agricultural activities among children and young people in their localities.

International Day of Indigenous Women

Nileyn González is a 26-year-old girl, a member of CC Mukua, who develops an active work for equal rights for the albino population. She is currently part of the municipal servants and works as an administrative officer in the Directorate of Communication and Public Relations of the Mayor's Office of Panama.