Human Rights Day Observed by the Visakhapatnam Branch

On Saturday, December 10th 2022, the BV Foundation for Peace and Harmony and the India Chapter of the International Association for Religious Freedom Visakhapatnam Branch organized a special meeting to mark World Human Rights Day. The event was held at the SVVP VMC Degree and PG Courses seminar hall in MVP Colney, Visakhapatnam. The purpose […]

International Peace Day 2014 celebrated in India

21 September 2014 International Day of Peace   Visakhaptnam IARF member group Bala Vikas Foundation for Peace & Harmony  observed International  Peace Day at the Gandhi statue near GVMC. Students attended from A.P. Indian Student Parliament, Karuna International, New Trenz, Society for Good Governance, Indian Youth for Society, and Nirmal Jyothi Foundation, plus the social […]

Launch of Human Rights Education Resource Centre (HRERC)

6th November 2013Launch of Human Rights Education Resource Centre (HRERC)@Sri.Venkateshwara College of Engineering & Technology Tiruvallur District, TamilNadu   Following the launch of the HRRC at Hindupur in August this year, a second centre with the same objectives has been opened. Please see the report here (PDF 4 pages, illustrated)        

RFYN new News Bulletin

   In August, IARF’s India-based young adult network RFYN launched a new headquarters outside Bangalore. See the reports here. The first edition of their newsletter was released as a follow-up: RFYN July-Sep 2014 News Bulletin (PDF 38 pages, illustrated)      

SACC role in Kochi first

11 March 2013 The campaigning body of one of the world’s leading peace organizations, Mayors for Peace, known as the “2020 Vision Campaign“, has chosen the city of Kochi as its first Associate Member in South Asia. SACC chairman Thomas Mathew was instrumental in this choice being made, in reciprocation of the generous help given […]

HRE workshop in Mysore

27-28 June 2011, @Vidhyavardhaka Pre-University, Mysore.132 participants. Mr H P Sandesh, Principal District Session judge, inaugurated… See photos here (launches Flickr tab).

Peace Day 2011 observed in Chennai

On 8th August, 2011 between 03 & 05pm. @Ethiraj College for Women (Autonomous), Egmore, Chennai As per the direction of IARF (SACC), Kerala & IARF India Chapter), the Peace Day was observed in memory of Victims of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Japan on 6 & 9th August, 1945 The program started as per the Invitation schedule […]