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>Bertola srl, a story through the eyes of an entrepreneur from Piedmont...</em></p> <p><strong>Livio Bertola is the owner of an engineering company</strong>, which employs thirty workers in Marene, in the province of Cuneo, in northern Italy. In 1995, Livio met the ideal of fraternity, he embraced and made it a way of living, not only at home but also in the factory, with truly amazing results, impacting the surrounding area. Livio has recently told his story on the Italian television channel Raidue, during the program "On the road to Damascus".</p> <p><strong>To us, he told some facts of his life</strong>, related to his company, witnessing the construction of a healthy social fabric, that goes beyond the walls of the factory.</p>
<p><em>On September 21, 2013 in Rome, Italy, Youth for a United World meet 1987 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and ex-president of Costa Rica, Óscar Arias Sánchez who adheres to the United World Project.</em></p> <p><strong>Shared commitment to peace.</strong> This triggered an immediate understanding between the delegation from Youth for a United World (YUW) and Nobel 1987 Peace Prize recipient and the then president of Costa Rica. Arias had been visiting Rome to attend a Community of St. Egidio conference on the United Nation’s Arms Trade Treaty, and an audience with Pope Francis.</p> <p><strong>The purpose of the meeting was to find forms of collaboration with the Arias Foundation</strong> for peace and human development , since the YUW already work for peace and brotherhood.</p>
<p><em>How migration is an invitation to imagine a different future, in which we glimpse the creation of a 'better world'<br /></em></p> <p><strong>Vatican City, September 24, 2013 (Zenit.org)</strong> - The president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, Cardinal Antonio Maria Veglio met with journalists today to present Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The event will be celebrated on January 19th, 2014 and will reflect on the theme: “Migrants and Refugees: Towards a better world."(...)</p> <p><strong>While explaining the context of the Holy Father’s message</strong>, Cardinal Veglio stated that the “phenomenon of human mobility” is fast growing with UN statistics saying that 232 million people live outside their country of origin.</p>
<p><em>A chain of events in a virtuous circle of giving and receiving</em></p> <p><strong>Like many families they were having economic problems.</strong> Back wages and finally layoffs at work. With three young children the future seemed threatening. What were they to do? Measuring their own needs against those of others could seem foolish, but in this case it turned out to be successful. The facts recounted by a mother prove it.
<p><em>From 2002, in the whole world, the twenty first of September has become an entire day of activities and prayers for the promotion and commitment towards this ideal.</em></p> <p style="font-size: 13px;"><strong>This year, 2013, the International Day of Peace is on a Saturday, September 21st</strong>, and special activities and celebrations will take place all across the world over the 2013 Peace Day Weekend, including festivals, concerts, a global Peace Wave with moments of silence at noon in every time zone, and much more.The International Day of Peace, a.k.a. "Peace Day" provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace on a shared date.</p>
<p><em>The experience of Gaffar from Afghanistan, as he and his family take refuge in Holland. He did not refuse someone who asked him for what he had.</em></p> <p><strong>Gaffar from Afghanistan</strong> had to seek asylum in Holland for him and his family. Life in the refugee camp was not easy with one room for the whole family. The children had to play outdoors when they were bored and disturbing to others.</p> <p><strong>Every day Gaffar attempted</strong> to invent something new that would keep them busy in a positive way.
<p><em>Our appeal for peace on our website goes to war stricken Syria and all the other countries undergoing forgotten conflicts. This is a space for dialogue, for sharing our thoughts and for taking actions that promote peace</em></p> <p><strong>Syria, Egypt, Afghanistan and Congo</strong> are just a few of the war stricken countries that fill up the news headlines. However, there are many other countries undergoing war, of which, we hardly ever hear about and yet they are equally cruel in terms of broken lives, widespread hate and misery that adds upon misery.</p>
<p><em>The clashes of the last days in Israel and other conflicts in the world. On the site of the UWP, our appeal for reconciliation, is a wall: <em style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a space for dialogue, for sharing our thoughts and for taking actions that promote peace.</em></em><em> </em></p> <p><strong>Salt counts of victims in Israel. </strong>But we will not forget this or any other conflicts around the world through a call to reconciliation, this is the "Wall for Peace": open space to converse and share thoughts and actions on peace on the website of the UWP.<strong><br /></strong></p>
Dialogue & Interculture
United World Week
Every year, from May 1st to 7th, the United World Project support, together with the Focolare Movement and Youth for a United World (Y4UW), the United World Week, a global action where many people promote events and initiatives worldwide to foster dialogue, unity, and peace.
Dialogue & Interculture
Dialogue & Interculture
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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