Pakistan Chapter – Hiroshima & Nagasaki Peace Exhibition 2012
For Hiroshima Day 2012 (6 August)
Sargodha, Pakistan
As a contribution to awareness-raising on nuclear issues in the 2012 approach to the annual international remembrance day for the atomic holocaust, our Pakistan chapter launched an awareness-raising exhibition in its home city of Sargodha, titled ‘Never again Hiroshima, Nagasaki never again‘.
Guests at the opening, which took place during Ramadan, included Muslims as well as Christians & Bahais. For brief comments from guests (in Urdu), see these videos (YouTube link).
Exhibition opening photos (Facebook)
This event was made possible by support from our member group the Hiyoshi Shrine, Nagoya, Japan.
Rakhi festival at Tirunelveli branch
HRET Program, Erode, TamilNadu
Human Rights Education & Training (HRET)
@Infant Jesus School, Budapadi, Erode, TamilNadu, India
21 – 22 June 2012
Facilitators: Bro. Albert Xaviour and Bro. Britto
Report (PDF 2 pages, illustrated)
Human Rights trainings, India – January to April 2012
1. Ravi Junior College, Nagpur, Maharashtra (January 12‐14, 2012)
2. KLE Society’s Law College, Bangalore (February 21‐22, 2012)
3. Banipure Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Banipure, West Bengal (April 21‐22, 2012)
4. Govt. Zirtiri Residential Science College, Aizawl, Mizoram (April 24‐25, 2012)
HRE Program report, June 2012 (PDF illustrated, 23 pages)
Pakistan Chapter: Interfaith in Youth IARF Cricket Gala 2012
Interfaith Cricket Match
Eid-Ghah grounds, Sargodha
8 June 2012
This was a floodlit night match with young Muslim, Baha’i and Christians participants, reported in the Daily Aftab and its Sunday magazine. As a boundary wall, banners were hung that carried texts about peace and harmony between religions.
Please see photos here (link to Picasa)
Interfaith in Youth is a program of IARF Pakistan that promotes peace and harmony between youth of different faith traditions.
HRE training Indore January 2009
@Gujarati Science College, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
16-17 January 2009
facilitator: Bro. Albert Xaviour
Report: HRE training at Gujarati Science College, Indore – 16 & 17 Jan 2009 (PDF, 9 pages)
IARF Day
IARF (Foundation) Day, May 25th 2012
@Angelo ITI, Hindupur (Andhra Pradesh, India)
The program was organised by RFYN-Hindupur, with Mr. Mohanlal and Br. M.Sengole invited as guests along with students from Angelo ITI & nearby schools.
The students performed many cultural programs, and Br. Albert Xaviour presented a PowerPoint about the history of IARF & its activities in India today.
Finally, Sounderya of RFYN-Hindupur thanked all.
IARF-SACC interfaith activities 2011-12
Please download this presentation on the non-project activities in our South Asia region from 2011 to date (May 2012).
IARF-SACC interfaith activities 2011-12 (presentation, .ppsx format)
RFYN Madurai meets US Chapter tour
18th May 2012
Madurai, India
An encounter of the young adults of RFYN from Madurai, Tamil Nadu, with a group of graduate students from the University of South Carolina, led by Prof. Hal French, chair of the US Chapter.
Report: US Chapter student tour meets RFYN Madurai (PDF illustrated, 4 pages)
London Conference on plight of Sabian Mandaeans of Iraq
26th April 2012
House of Lords, London
IARF was contacted on 20 March 2012 by Dr Layla Alroomi, the spokesperson of the Mandaean Human Rights Group (MHRG), with a request to attend a conference regarding:
The plight of the Sabian Mandaeans of Iraq as a Religious, Ethnic and Linguistic minority …getting more serious. Since 2003 this small community has been exposed to a hate campaign by extremists. These continued acts of violence have forced 85% of these indigenous people of Iraqto leave mainly to neighbouring countries. Moreover due to the recent critical developments in Syria, the situation of the Mandaean refugees is getting very worrying with regard to their safety and survival.
Pejman Khojasteh from our British Chapter represented IARF at this conference, giving a presentation on the assistance that IARF can provide in terms of our consultative status with the UN’s ECOSOC.
- Report on 2012 Conference on Sabian Mandaeans (PDF, 2 pages)
- Mandaeans tell their stories (8-minute video)
- Mandaean human rights in Iraq (website of Mandaean Associations Union)
- Mandaean Human Rights Group (MHRG) Annual Report 2011 (PDF, 58 pages)