The Global Peace Foundation and the Paraguay Ministry of Education and Culture established a strategic partnership of cooperation, seeking to improve the quality of education in [Paraguay]. Both institutions undertook to develop programs, projects and activities to foster a culture of peace.

The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Global Peace Foundation yesterday signed a cooperation agreement. The agreement aims to establish a strategic alliance in an attempt to improve the quality of education in Paraguay.

The Global Peace Festival set for October 22, 2010 was officially launched with the participation of more than 500 guests on August 12, 2010. In this event, various different aspects of the Festival were introduced to the audience. These areas include Social Service programs, Character Education, International Leadership Conference, and the Festival itself.

Among the main Social Service projects, GPF will be partnering with the NGO “A Todo Pulmon” to plant trees in more than 40 parks in the capital, in an effort to beautify and improve the environment of the city. To receive a ticket to enter the Festival, participants have to make non-perishable food donations to GPF which will be offered to the Catholic Social Ministry to distribute to those in need.

BANDUNG, 7-8 June 2010 -- The forty students who joined the Global Peace Volunteer Camp in Bandung last month will never look at the world in quite the same way. They came away with a different, more hopeful vision.

Lembang, the site of the camp, is a beautiful mountainous area, an escape from the bustle, noise, and grime typical of growing cities in the developing world. Living simply, without cell phones, TVs, I-Pods, or other entertainments, the students focused for two days (June 7-8) on inner essentials. They learned about and discussed the challenge of becoming young leaders who could live for the sake of others and give substance to the vision of One Family Under God.

A GPFF advance team, led by chairman Dr. Hyun Jin Moon, met last Tuesday 29 June with Kenyan Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka in Nairobi. The meeting was one of several with political and religious leaders, including President Kibaki, to make preparations for the upcoming Global Peace Festival and Convention in Nairobi this November.

At the meeting, Vice President Musyoka agreed to be chief guest at the International Youth Leadership Conference (IYLC), one of the three major events GPFF is holding in November. The Vice President is especially interested to encourage young Kenyan professionals to look beyond their own career success to contribute to a new Kenya. Kenyans will vote on August 4 in a referendum on a draft constitution that will have huge significance for the country’s future.

President Mwai Kibaki has commended the Global Peace Festival Foundation for promoting peace in the world.

Saying he welcomed the foundation's decision to choose Nairobi as the venue for the biennial global peace convention scheduled for 17 to 20 November this year, President Kibaki assured that the Government will provide all the necessary support to ensure the convention succeeds.

"My Government is pleased to partner with you in hosting this important conference aimed at spreading the message of peace to all humanity," the President said.