The day was truly “A day where cleanliness was next to Godliness” exclaimed the host Mt Alfred Ironsides, a Director of communications of the Ford Foundation.
UNICEF and USAID sponsored a program for the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA) this …
Tuesday, September 24th
“A rights based approach is absolutely essential when trying to address and measure poverty…there needs to be additional benchmarks of wellbeing.” This made up part of the opening remarks by Ms Lakshmi Puri, Deputy Executive Director of …
Thursday, 19th September 2013
Today was my first DPI/NGO Youth Representatives meeting for 2013! The meeting was just a small gathering of around 7 youth representatives, 3 of them new (including me) from various NGOs, such as Peace Boat, World …
Carolin Diana Fraude
Being brought up by parents who were school teachers, values and education have always been a strong focus in my life. Socially and financially the family was a safe, comfortable space to grow up. As a scout, …
Love, laughter, conversation and connection; the essential ingredients to make a successful spiritual evening get together in New York City a night to remember. To celebrate the month of Raksha Bandhan (a ceremony of the tying of a holy thread …
Very rarely in one’s life do we get the opportunity to meet legitimately courageous people, and usually when we do, the first sense we get is of a deep honesty and humility and clarity of purpose. I was fortunate enough …
It is 9am, and despite New York’s unpredictable weather, the skies were blue and the sun was shining on the Rose Garden and on the gathering around the Peace Bell. In this gathering was UN Secretary-General Ban-Ki moon, President of …
“Charity and love are the same –with charity you give love, so don’t just give money but reach out your hand instead.” –Mother Teresa
“Charity and love are the same –with charity you give love, so don’t just give money …
“Peace in the world starts with our own private world,” said President of the General Assembly, Mr Vuk Jeremic, “building a culture of peace is the most important thing we can do for the world.” A fitting start to the …
The inventory of the world’s nuclear weapon arsenal remains very high, many on high alert and ready to be used at any given time. If even just 5% of the world’s arsenal were to be used, the entire planet can …
