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><span id="result_box" lang="it"><em>Nearly a decade after Hurricane Katrina, federal action means 19 lagging states will finally require plans at all child care centers</em><br /></span></p> <p>Fairfield, Connecticut, USA - Nearly a decade after Hurricane Katrina showed the nation how vulnerable children are to disaster, basic emergency planning standards for child-care providers will finally be required in every state. Unwilling to wait longer for lagging states to act, Congress included three child-care disaster planning standards tracked annually by Save the Children in the bipartisan Child Care Development Block Grant Re-authorization Act of 2014. Today, President Barack Obama signed the bill into law, instituting new educational, safety and health standards for child-care providers across the country.</p>
<p><em><span id="result_box" lang="it">Muslims in France and around the world banded together on Wednesday to strongly condemn the deadliest terror attack the country has seen in the past two decades.</span></em></p> <p><span lang="it"><span id="result_box" lang="it"><span id="result_box" lang="it">Three masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a notorious satirical magazine. One of the men reportedly shouted “Allahu akbar” as they unleashed a barrage of bullets that left at least twelve dead.</span></span></span></p> <p><span lang="it"><span lang="it"><span lang="it"><span id="result_box" lang="it">Muslim leaders and activists immediately denounced the terrorists actions, reiterating the verse in the Quran that tells Muslims when one kills just one innocent person, it is as if he has killed all of humanity.</span></span></span></span></p>
<p><em>"The Christian-Jewish dialogue, prospects of re-encounter between two faiths": a courageous title that drew Jews and Christians from various parts of the world for three days, in late November, to live together an experience of growth.</em></p> <p><strong>“It was not a conference, but an experience</strong> and, to be more precise and in-tune with the event, I would call it an experience of <em>tikkun</em>, reparation, as explained in the Jewish tradition,” writes Roberto Catalano, from the Focolare’s Centre for <a href="http://www.focolare.org/in-dialogo/grandi-religioni/ebraismo/">Interreligious Dialogue</a> on his return from Salerno.</p>
<p><em>"One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world." (Malala Yousafzai)</em></p> <p>Dear friends of the Living Peace Project, <br />Dear peacemakers,</p> <p>Time has come to prepare the Youth World Peace Forum (YWPF) to be held next year 2015, on May 4th – 6th in Cairo, Egypt. <br />This historical moment lived together, will give us new strength and conviction to build on and realize a more united and peaceful world.</p> <p>And for this we need the cooperation and support of all of you around in the world.</p>
<p><em><span id="result_box" lang="it">After the Sydney hostage crisis, acts of kindness to counteract the terrorism<br /></span></em></p> <p><span id="result_box" lang="it">From the horror that gripped the city of Sydney in the hostage crisis on December 16th that left two of the captives and the hostage-taker dead, seeds of compassion and solidarity have been sown with the Muslim community. To counter an escalation of anti-Muslim sentiments and fear of repercussions from the siege carried out by an Iranian immigrant brandishing a black flag with Arabic writing, Rachel Jacobs, a young Sydney resident, reached out to her Muslim neighbor.
<p><em>The largest global youth population in human history can create a better world for all</em></p> <p><em></em>Young people matter. They matter because an unprecedented 1.8 billion youth are alive today, and because they are the shapers and leaders of our global future. They matter because they have inherent human rights that must be fulfilled,’ according to the <strong>UN Population Fund</strong> (<a href="http://www.unfpa.org/">UNFPA</a>) report <a href="https://www.unitedworldproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/www.unfpa.org_sites_default_files_pub-pdf_EN-SWOP14-Report_FINAL-web.pdf">State of World Population 2014</a>.</p>
<p><em>From Argentina, the experience of a judicial official who tries to reconcile fraternity and justice by putting people first.</em></p> <p><strong>“I’ve been working in the criminal justice system</strong> of Santa Fe for twenty years. It’s not a good business card to be holding these days in Argentina, where officials and institutions are the subject of constant suspicion, whether justified or not.</p> <p>Ever since my first experience, the <a href="http://www.focolare.org/en/chiara-lubich/spiritualita-dellunita/">spirituality of unity</a> has given meaning to my presence in the environment where crime, violence and non-love are more evident than love, which is the fulfillment of the law, as St Paul says.</p>
Health, Sport & Ecology
United World Week
Discover Run4Unity 2026, a global race bringing thousands of young people together in the name of peace. From Italy to Uganda, Brazil to Hong Kong, the relay of solidarity and sport forms just one part of United World Week 2026.
Dialogue & Interculture
United World Week
Here’s the key: knowing that we do not know. No one possesses the absolute Truth, and by engaging in dialogue with everyone we can grasp aspects or fragments of truth that help us reassemble a shattered vase that we can restore only if we are “together”.
Economy & Work
Anna Granata, professor at the University of Milano-Bicocca, reminds us that teaching peace is not an abstract utopia. It is something that happens every day in Italian classrooms among children with diverse stories, languages, and backgrounds.
Art & Social Commitment
Celebrated Marvel and DC artist Gabriele Dell’Otto invites us to consider the people who are working to build peace as the real superheroes of our world. A profound discussion on responsibility, citizenship, and the challenge of doing the extraordinary in our everyday lives.
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