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.

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.

Asuncion, Paraguay – Dr. Hyun Jin Moon challenged a group of Paraguayan legislators to take the lead in promoting a Latin American union in a meeting Wednesday.

The meeting was held in the VIP Deputy Delegate Hall at the legislature in Asuncion, with a striking view of the morning sun glinting on the waters of the Paraguay River. The meeting was hosted by Dr Ariel Oviedo, president of the Chamber of Deputies, the equivalent of the U.S. Speaker of the House. Deputies from the three main parties, Colorado, Liberado, and Unace, took part.

Asuncion, Paraguay - On March 25, 2009, the recently established Global Peace Foundation of Paraguay sponsored Cultural Peace Festival under the theme, One Family Under God in Asuncion, Paraguay.  Organized by several key peace ambassadors from the Congressional Office of International Affairs and the Ministry of Education, the exciting festival surpassed everyone’s expectation.

ASUNCIóN, PARAGUAY - The day after the July 5 grand event at Club Olimpia Stadium in Asunción, the major Paraguayan newspapers carried detailed reports of the six-hour program. ABC’s story entitled “Thousands of Voices Sound Out for Peace” carried five full-color photos of the events on stage. It showed the packed stadium and the closure of the major street in front of the stadium, Avenida Mariscal López, to handle the overflow crowd. It referred to speakers on the stage, including Julio Maria Sanguinetti, former president of Uruguay; Paraguayan soccer star José Luis Chilavert; and the Global Peace Festival Chair, Dr. Hyun Jin Moon.

Asunción, Paraguay - An energetic crowd of 25,000 packed into Asunción’s historic Club Olimpia Stadium burst into rowdy and prolonged cheers at the Global Peace Festival (GPF) Saturday night as Founder Dr. Hyun Jin Moon told them “Paraguay would play a leading role in building One Family Under God.” The Paraguay GPF is the first of 17 planned throughout the world in 2008.

“Before we are Paraguayans, or Americans, or Koreans; before we are Christian, Muslim or Jew, we must understand our fundamental identity as the sons and daughters of God,” Moon said. “We must look beyond our differences to the things that unite us and can bind us together.

Speech delivered by Miram Parel, Vice President for Strategic Partnerships, Points of Light and Hands On Network, USA, to the International Leadership Conference, Asunción, Paraguay, July 2-6, 2008

In this conference we have delved deeply into the vision and the ideals of service. We have created a nurturing environment for our common values and hopefully a safe environment do discuss our disagreements.
In my brief talk today I want to tell how this vision and ideals come to fruition through the Points of Light partnership with UPF, and I ‘m going to challenge everyone of you to participate.
But first, let me briefly tell you about Points of Light and Hands On Network. Points of Light was created by President Bush, the father, as a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonreligious organization to promote volunteering and service. Last year, Points of Light merged with the Hands On Network, and it now has 370 affiliates in the US and nearly 30 abroad.