Stories from around the globe show how a united world is already in motion. This platform highlights experiences, initiatives, and projects from people and communities working for unity and peace. Explore what’s happening and get inspired.
<p><em>The 3rd Christians Amongst Muslims Day is held on May 29, 2015, at the Doha Centre for Dialogue and Culture: “Isa bin Marjam/Jesus Christ – Brother of each one of us.” Focolare president and co-president, Maria Voce and Jesús Morán were also amongst the invited guests.</em></p> <p><strong></strong><strong>In Poland, with its population of 38 million, 90% of whom are Christian, the Muslims are a religious minority. </strong>They number 25 thousand, 0.08% of the population. Their presence presence back to the Tartars of the 14th century; then there was the immigration of the second half of the 20th century and the years after the Berlin wall. The recent day of dialogue is inserted amongst three major events in the ongoing dialogue amongst Christians and Muslims in Poland.
<p><em>"He needs something on his head because he's bleeding. That's my job - to help. And I think anyone else would have done the same as me."</em></p> <p>New Zealand Sikh man is being hailed a hero after removing his turban to help a child who had been hit by a car. <a href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11449538" target="_hplink">Harman Singh heard screeching wheels</a> near his home in Auckland and ran outside to find that Daejon Pahia had been hit by a car, according to The New Zealand Herald.</p> <p>"I saw a child down on the ground and a lady was holding him. His head was bleeding, so I unveiled my turban and put it under his head," the 22-year-old said. "I wasn't thinking about the turban. I was thinking about the accident and I just thought, 'He needs something on his head because he's bleeding.' That's my job - to help. And I think anyone else would have done the same as me."</p>
<p><em>Like every year, in early May the Youth for a United World all over the world have made a lot of activities and initiatives within the United World Week. Below you find some fragments:<br /></em></p> <p><strong>Chaco, Argentina.</strong> "Change the face". In the main square, the activity had the young people in a leaing role, thay participated with different games. The idea was to promote the smile, realizing that it's the first individual action that you can do for peace. Also they made a collective mural, and took pictures with the tag "I work for peace". They finally talked to the youth of Washington, in the United States, to pass them the baton.</p> <p><strong>Curitiba, Brazil.</strong> In the activities the imprint was the relationship between young people and adolescents:
<p><em>The first international and pan-African EoC school is underway: involving the dynamism of a young population with high aspirations and dreams amid the great challenges facing the continent.</em></p> <p><strong></strong><strong>«We are a new generation that wants to take the helm of </strong>the <a href="http://www.edc-online.org">Ec</a><a href="http://www.edc-online.org" target="_blank">onomy of Communion. </a>We are well aware of our inexperience and immaturity but we are also glad to feel that this is precisely our strong point, and we do not want to stop dreaming.» Liliane Mugombozi, a journalist in Kenya, picked up the voice of a young Cameroonese among the participants of the international Economy of Communion (EoC) school, underway from 22 to 26 May at Mariapolis Piero, the Focolare town close to Nairobi, Kenya.</p>
<p><em>Udisha is a Sanskrit word which indicates the “first rays of the sun” and symbolizes the hope we want to give to the children of our project (<a href="http://www.umanitanuova.org/en/pdf/italiano/223-udisha-2015.html">see the PPT</a>).<br /></em></p> <p><strong><strong></strong></strong>Mumbai, called Bombay till a few years ago, is a megalopolis with a population of over 14 million. It’s India’s commercial capital generating 5% of the country’s GDP, 25% of the industrial production, and 70% of capital transactions of the Indian economy.</p> <p>Its population has significantly increased and the worrying fact is that the numbers of people who live in the poorer quarters have increased by an alarming 50% within a decade.<strong> The numbers of people who live in the slums and shantytowns have incredibly increased by 3 million.</strong></p>
<p><em>Providing school meals, improving health and nutritional awareness<br /></em></p> <p>The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in collaboration with the Royal Health Awareness Society and the Ministry of Education, has started a pilot project to provide school meals to around 2,300 students in 10 public schools in Madaba governorate in central Jordan.</p>
<p><em>1300 students and professors of Egyptian schools and universities witness their commitment to peace</em></p> <p>“The Peace Forum was a unique experience. I enjoyed every moment of the programme. Such a meeting (. . .) makes one hope that better days are coming and that one day poverty, hunger discrimination and violence will see their end.”</p> <p>This is how Rasha, an English teacher at Rowad American College, describes <a href="http://living-peace.blogspot.it/p/italiano.html">Living Peace 2015</a> which was held in Cairo on May 4-6, 2015, following a three-day congress in Alexandria, Egypt that provided the young people with the necessary background knowledge.</p>
<p><em>A ten-day worldwide initiative aims at creating awareness about the daily effort to build peace. Some flash from the Holy Land, Syria, Congo, Argentina, Hong Kong, Macau, Germany, Slovakia and Portugal.</em></p> <p><strong>Focolare <strong>Youth and children and their many friends.</strong></strong> Signs of persistent commitment towards peace in the whole world. A focus on some initiatives, not amongst the most crowded or those held in well-known cities, but very significant because they show that everyone, anywhere can contribute towards peace.<strong><strong><br /> </strong></strong></p>
<p><em>Eradicate hunger and malnutrition. Halt the rise in obesity by promoting a culture of prevention.</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.expo2015.org/en">Expo Milano 2015</a> is the Universal Exhibition that Milan, Italy, will host from May 1 to October 31, 2015. Over this six-month period, Milan will become a global showcase where more than 140 participating countries will show the best of their technology that offers a concrete answer to a vital need: being able to guarantee healthy, safe and sufficient food for everyone, while respecting the Planet and its equilibrium. In addition to the exhibitor nations, the Expo also involves international organizations, and expects to welcome over 20 million visitors to its 1.1 million square meters of exhibition area.</p>
From Nairobi, at the heart of Africa—a continent of 54 rapidly growing nations, where people under 30 account for about 70% of the population—comes a comprehensive proposal for global engagement. It positions younger generations to lead transformative processes, guided by a humanistic, community-oriented vision grounded in reciprocity and shared responsibility.
Communication & Media
In a context where the media can easily be turned into weapons, peace journalism—rooted in the ideas of Johan Galtung—emerges as an essential practice. It does not overlook conflict; rather, it examines its underlying causes and highlights non-violent responses as a path toward building lasting "positive peace".
The story of the Med25 Bel Espoir’s journey around the Mediterranean between spring and autumn 2025. Among the stories shared is that of Carlos Palma, the founder of Living Peace, and Ikram, an ambassador for peace in Algeria.
Interview with Majdi Abdallah, a youth from Palestine travelling on the school ship of peace, Med25 Bel Espoir. An emotional story based on the dialogue in the Mediterranean, the relations and of hope born aboard.
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