In
1986, during the United Nations International Year of Peace, the University
launched The Million Minutes of Peace project. It reached 88 countries,
involving millions of people and winning the support of hundreds of
companies and organizations. With the purpose of emphasising that peace
begins within each individual, the project gathered over 1 billion minutes
of peace in the form of prayer, meditation and positive thoughts.
Global Co-operation for a Better World
As
a result of the Million Minutes of Peace project, the Brahma Kumaris
received from the United Nations seven Peace Messenger Awards. This
inspired the first International Peace Messenger Initiative dedicated
to the United Nations, Global Co-operation for a Better World, which
was launched from the Houses of Parliament in London in April, 1988.
The project sought to increase co-operation and understanding between
nations, communities and individuals; gathering the hopes and visions
for a better world of hundreds of thousands of people in 129 countries.
Sharing our Values For A Better World
In September 1994, the University launched its third international
project, Sharing Our Values for a Better World, which adopted as its
central focus the tenet in the Preamble of the UN Charter, "To reaffirm
faith in the fundamental rights, in the dignity and worth of the human
person". The Project aimed to raise awareness of core spiritual values
and the development of those values at both an individual and collective
level.
Living Values: An Educational Programme
Sharing
our Values For A Better World identified 12 universal core values which
were the central focus in the publication "Living Values: A Guidebook".
The purpose of Living Values: An Educational Programme is to provide
guiding principles and tools for the development of the whole person,
recognizing that the individual is comprised of physical, intellectual,
emotional, and spiritual dimensions; and to encourage educators and
caregivers to look at education as providing students with a philosophy
of living, thereby facilitating their overall growth, development, and
choices so that they may integrate themselves into the community with
respect, confidence, and purpose.
Living Values: An Educational Programme is a partnership among educators
around the world. This project is supported by UNESCO, sponsored by
the Spanish Committee of UNICEF, the Planet Society, and the Brahma
Kumaris, in consultation with the Education Cluster of UNICEF (New York).
The
year 2000 has been proclaimed as the 'International Year for the Culture
of Peace'. UNESCO, as co-ordinators for the year, aim to collect one
hundred million signatures by the end of the project. The six principles
of Manifesto 2000, drafted by Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, constitute
a global change in values, attitudes and behaviour, from a culture of
war and violence to a culture of peace and non-violence. Having been
designated 'Messenger for Manifesto 2000' by UNESCO, the University's
aim is to help people live a culture of peace in their lives by offering
workshops and other educational activities, as well as bringing communities
together in events that celebrate the richness of the world's cultural
diversity.
In
1986, during the United Nations International Year of Peace, the University
launched The Million Minutes of Peace project. It reached 88 countries,
involving millions of people and winning the support of hundreds of
companies and organizations. With the purpose of emphasising that peace
begins within each individual, the project gathered over 1 billion minutes
of peace in the form of prayer, meditation and positive thoughts. 
As
a result of the Million Minutes of Peace project, the Brahma Kumaris
received from the United Nations seven Peace Messenger Awards. This
inspired the first International Peace Messenger Initiative dedicated
to the United Nations, Global Co-operation for a Better World, which
was launched from the Houses of Parliament in London in April, 1988.
The project sought to increase co-operation and understanding between
nations, communities and individuals; gathering the hopes and visions
for a better world of hundreds of thousands of people in 129 countries.
The
year 2000 has been proclaimed as the 'International Year for the Culture
of Peace'. UNESCO, as co-ordinators for the year, aim to collect one
hundred million signatures by the end of the project. The six principles
of Manifesto 2000, drafted by Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, constitute
a global change in values, attitudes and behaviour, from a culture of
war and violence to a culture of peace and non-violence. Having been
designated 'Messenger for Manifesto 2000' by UNESCO, the University's
aim is to help people live a culture of peace in their lives by offering
workshops and other educational activities, as well as bringing communities
together in events that celebrate the richness of the world's cultural
diversity. 