The Alllights Village project brings inexpensive, environmentally friendly solar lanterns to remote communities with limited access to electrical power, providing nighttime illumination for children’s studies and other household needs. GPF Korea previously supported All Lights Villages in the Philippines as part of a joint Global Peace Leadership Exchange initiative between GPF Korea and the GPF Philippines.…
Since April 2011, the GPLE has brought together two countries for this unique purpose. Leaders from various sectors of Korean and Malaysian society participated in the programme which was held six times in Malaysia and once in Korea. The program drew a great response from each visiting Korean delegation, expressing their high admiration for the…
One of the most vibrant cities in the United States, Atlanta, Georgia, will host the 2012 Global Peace Convention, engaging government and civil society leaders in a unique, collaborative exchange on innovative approaches to promoting sustainable peace, social cohesion and compassionate development. The 2012 Global Peace Convention is the fourth such international gathering, following assemblies in Manila, Nairobi,…
Date: Year 2012 | Venue: Kg. Sosopon & Kg. Terian, Penampang, Sabah, East Malaysia In conjunction with GPLE Malaysia, the GPF Korea decided to extend their ‘Alllights Village’ projects to several areas in East Malaysia, following the programme’s success in Philippines during the Global Peace Leadership Exchange initiative between GPF Korea and the GPF Philippines.…
Government can play a key role in fostering social cohesion in religiously and ethnically diverse societies according to leaders from Malaysia and Indonesia who presented studies of the two nations at the June 2, 2012 Global Peace Leadership Conference in Tokyo. Finding strength and enrichment in diversity, rather than challenge and threat, they said is…
GPF Korea President Dr. David Yoo announced the expansion of GPFF’s All Lights Village Project to serve rural residents of the Malaysian state of Sabah in Borneo on May 28, 2012. The All Lights Village project brings inexpensive, environmentally friendly solar lanterns to remote communities with limited access to electrical power, providing nighttime illumination for children’s…
GPF Malaysia in partnership with Asia Football Confederation and Department of National Unity of Malaysia brought to a close an eight-month Midnight Football program for at-risk youth in Kuala Lumpur in April 2012. The social impact program encourages youth to get ‘Off the Street, On the Ball’ and uses the social power of football to guide…
Malaysian child welfare advocate Tan Sri Zaleha Ismail choked back tears as she accepted the first Global Peace Award for the Family. “I never expected to receive such an award,” she said. “I never thought I was doing anything remarkable. I have spent my life doing the things I believed I ought to do.” Her…