Volunteer
in India with Global PeaceWorks. Live and work with people
of other
cultures
- creating
a model of peace among religions in India and the world. This
is an interfaith service project for people interested in creating
peace through active service
and spiritual understanding.
Global PeaceWorks is actively seeking organizational
partners to plan our next program. If you represent an organization
and would like to work with us, please
contact us. 
If
you have ever dreamed about Peace on Earth, Global PeaceWorks
will help you realize that your dream is possible! Join our
program and be part of a group of Hindu,
Muslim,
Sikh,
Baha'i,
Christian, and other volunteers.
Share, learn and serve together. Visit sacred
sites and explore the common themes of all religions. Be
part of a model world community living in peace! (You
can also read about the people who did this in before!)
The
project will involve volunteers
of many faiths serving
with a local NGO charity in the greater Delhi
area and include visits to religious sites and meetings and
discussions with religious leaders of
several faiths.
Candidates
interested in world religions and creating peace among
religions are encouraged to apply. If
you are interested, complete our on-line
application and we will contact you with more
information.
Cooperating organizations for this project
will include Chetanalaya (a
social action organization of the Delhi Catholic Archdiocese);
the Muslim Youth League; the Indian
Bahá'í Community; Gobind
Sadan; and The
Religious Youth Service (RYS).
The
project includes
- shared living (participants will share a room
with someone of a different cultural / religious tradition)
- group activities (learning cooperative processes
among different cultures)
- cultural programs (song, poetry, art and
dance)
- religious practices (experiential
learning of each other's religious traditions through visits
to sacred sites and prayer and meditation exercises)
- charitable service work (this
will involve some manual labor like carrying bricks or
painting for a community in need)
Note:
This event is NOT a conference but an active learning experience
which includes charitable service
work and cooperative
experiential educational programs.
"I
never thought that a day will come when I will meet
so many people from different religions and countries
and we all will work together to have Peace in the
World. Global PeaceWorks has totally changed my life..."
- Harkirat Singh
Global
PeaceWorks 2003
Read
more from Harkirat Singh
and others
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The
project will include visits to sacred sites in the Delhi
area including the Baha'i House of Worship (the
famous "Lotus Temple"); Sis Ganj Gurudwara -
a place of pilgrimage for Sikhs which commemorates
the martyrdom
of the ninth Sikh guru, Sri Guru Teg Bahadur; Fatehpuri
Masjid, one of the major mosques in the center
of New Delhi; Gobind Sadan, a unique
comminuty honoring all religions [and possible visits
to the Jama
Masjid
(one
of the
largest
mosques in Asia) or the shrine
of sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya
often noted in Islamic history].
Upon completion of the
project, participants may take optional tours of temples
in Vrindaban,
a holy city for honoring Lord Krishna;Dharamsala,
the Indian residence of His Holiness Dalai
Lama; or Amritsar, the home of the Sikh's
magnificent Golden Temple.
The
key to peace lies in the spiritual traditions and thus we
emphasize
the role of religion and spirituality
in solving global problems. Our program made possible
by volunteers like you who contribute their time and share
in the costs of the program.
Upon
acceptance, qualified applicants (university students,
NGO staff or
active volunteers) from the sub-continent may receive
a partial scholarship covering program costs to attend
the program (each individual is responsible for his or her
travel
costs).
