Rev. Rebecca Dunn

The Season for Humane Service is the third season in the Peace Cycle, following the Season for Peace and Nonviolence and the Season for the Earth. By dedicating ourselves in service to all living things, we participate in the healing of the world.

The following programs are recommended by The Association for Global New Thought for 2009:

Ripples International
Meru, Kenya

Sarvodaya Sustainable Development
Sri Lanka
After the destruction brought by the 2004 tsunamis, the Sarvodaya Grassroots movement, founded by Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne, sought to rebuild the country from a foudation of peace, education, and sustainability. The Vishva Niketan community programmes in the villages and institutions of selected districts operate in five stages: Mind-body centred personality development, Development of life skills, Education for life, Sustainable social development, and Spiritual development. (More)

Ravi Foundation Response Program
Pakistan
On April 28th the government of Pakistan began military operations against the Taliban in the Malakand Division. According to the UN over three million people have been already been displaced. Ravi Foundation has local contacts in the Sawabi and Mardan districts where these displaced people have been setlled. A team has been set up to launch relief collection camps. (More)

Noah's Wish
USA
Noah's Wish came into existence in 2002, not to duplicate existing efforts to help animals during disasters, but to expand on what was already in place. Too often, efforts to help animals during life threatening situations have been gravely inadequate. How animals are managed during disasters is to implement well thought out, field tested policies and procedures that are practiced in all disasters. Relief efforts for people are managed this way and we feel they should be for animals too. (More)
 

Tibetan Youth Excellence College Fund
The very first Tibetans to arrive in the United States came in the early 1950's and were followed by a very small trickle who came on an individual basis.  In 1990, the U.S. Congress set aside 1,000 visas for Tibetan refugees from India and Nepal. Within the next year the first Tibetan immigrants started to arrive, and since they were not officially designated "refugees" by the State Department, had no access to any governmental support. The children of these new immigrants and the second generation of Tibetan-Americans have now started to graduate from high school and are attending colleges and universities. (More)

Durban University Peace Chair
South Africa                              
Ela Gandhi and the Gandhi Development Trust are working to establish a Peace Chair and programs at the International Centre On Nonviolence(ICON) at the Durban University of Technology. ICON will establish a Knowledge Centre where local and international  scholars will have access to a rich collection of books, articles and information on a variety of subjects. (More)

I encourage you to become active with one of these worthy organizations or something else of your own choosing.

Here are some additional resources that can assist you:

Network for Good

AmeriCorps

Global Giving

JustGive.org

1800Volunteer.org

SERVEnet

StargazerNET.net's Voluntarium

United Nations Volunteers

United Service Organization

VolunteerMatch

We are One.

"The greatest commandment is the first: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, and strength. The second is like the first: Love your neighbor as your self."

Love your self.

Love your neighbor.

Love God.

                 All ways of saying                   the same thing.