URI Stories of Impact

Abhigyane Foundation runs on the motto ‘extending support for education and health care of disabled, orphans and underprivileged’.

A collection of community anecdotes and stories by URI - North India and Afghanistan

In Pakistan, a group of Christians from different denominations has joined forces to sustain a historic hospital serving the Lahore community.

Under the pandemic, WEDO GLOBAL (a URI member group in Hong Kong) and South Asian Sewing Ambassadors are co-creating culturally vibrant mask covers.

As part of our #COVID19 project, we are making sure that various of our Justice Schools have access to the personal protective equipment (PPE) they need.

Pakigdait Inc. (a URI member group in the Philippines) once again proved that even a pandemic could not stop empowerment and peace from reaching the places where people need them.

War and conflict, among other social, political and economic impacts - leads to devastation of historical sites, cultural assets and folklore. 

Qutub Kidwai, Regional Coordinator for URI West India, shared her appreciation for the URI members who have been helping throughout the coronavirus crisis.

We will never be able to build what we have not first cherished in our hearts.

Every August 9 is celebrated the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations (UN). On that date, the first meeting held by the Working Group on Multiple Populations of Indigenous Peoples of the Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, in 1982, is commemorated.