by Main | Jun 1, 2013 | 2013, Africa, Global Peace Youth Corps, Universal Principles and Values
This year, on June 1, Madaraka Day, Kenya celebrates fifty years since it established internal self-rule. An editorial in The Standard Digital News reflected that as Kenya looks back on 50 years of successes and mistakes and moves towards the next 20 years, it is a...
by Main | May 21, 2013 | 2013, Asia, Global Peace Foundation, National Transformation
Malaysia’s most recent elections brought to the surface ethnic tensions that have been simmering over the past decade. It is an opportunity for Malaysians to regroup and reaffirm the values and aspirations that they share as one nation, while addressing the...
by Main | May 20, 2013 | 2013, Americas, Global Peace Foundation, National Transformation
GPF joined 35 NGOs from around Paraguay for the 3rd National Volunteer Festival at Costanera, Asuncion, Paraguay. Over 6,000 people participated in the Festival. Service is one of the three pillars of Global Peace Foundation’s activities. Service is much more than...
by Main | Apr 30, 2013 | 2013, Americas, Global Peace Foundation, National Transformation, Vision in Action
Instituto de Desarrollo del Pensamiento Patria Soñada (IDPPS) is an initiative of Global Peace Foundation –Paraguay. It is a think tank that brings together heads of state, academics, social scientists and civil society to consider the pressing issue of the day and...
by Main | Apr 25, 2013 | 2013, Europe, Human Rights and Freedoms
People who were old enough will recall powerful images of November 9, 1989, the collapse of the Berlin Wall. East and West Germans scaling the wall to embrace on ramparts that used to be laced with barbed wire. The concrete wall being torn down by any and all means:...
by Main | Apr 24, 2013 | 2013, Americas, Global Peace Foundation, National Transformation
The annual “Living for the Sake of Others” awards ceremony will be held April 25th in Paraguay. Last year, Dr. Moon and Mrs. Jun Sook Moon attended the “Living for the Sake of Others” awards. Mrs. Moon delivered the keynote address where she noted: Women have...
