On behalf RYS Nepal, I am
very glad to extend our formal invitation letter for you to attend the above
service project to be held in Nepal.
The Religious Youth
Service is a nonprofit organization founded in 1986 to give opportunities to
young religious people to live and work together as a community. The RYS has
done projects in North America and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and
Oceania.
RYS is an experiential, service-learning
project with a special focus on developing personal leadership and peacemaking
skills. Through living and providing altruistic service within a community, we
demonstrate that it is possible for our global human family to live together in
peace and co-prosperity.
We are glad to inform you
that RYS-Nepal is organizing RYS Service Project in Pokhara, Nepal from 8-14
November, 2013 with the theme “Peace through Service”. We had for the past few
years successfully hold the RYS Projects in Nepal and the similar projects are
going on worldwide.
During the RYS Nepal
Project, the participants will engaged in the community based volunteer works,
educational workshop, interfaith & community visits, interaction programs,
cultural learning experiences program and more exciting programs. And we
provide free lodging, food and domestic land transportation.
Look forward seeing you in
Kathmandu.
PiyaRatnaMaharjan
Mobile: 9841228264 /
9813676782
RYS Vision Statement
Young leaders of all faiths
serving together for Peace
RYS Mission
Our mission is to provide an
environment wherein youth can rise above doctrinal differences, unite in
activities of service and learning, and develop leadership abilities that
enable them to help create a culture of peace.
RYS History
The RYS was founded in 1986 and did its
first social service project with 120 youths between the ages of 20 – 30 for a
period of six weeks. By 1988, the program was transformed into an experiential,
social service-learning project. Since 1990, RYS has done many projects
annually in various countries around the world. By the late 1990s, RYS expanded
its educational program to include leadership components. The new millennium
saw an integration of the arts as service into our programs and projects.
In recent years, we have further expanded
our outreach, doing more projects locally, regionally and internationally,
drawing together people who historically have been enemies and providing them
with opportunities to work together in serving the whole community. Through
this, deep friendships have been formed and peace has been honored and
celebrated.RYS Education programs
The RYS provides intercultural,
experiential, social service-learning opportunities for youth to challenge
their limitations and thereby develop personal leadership abilities. We give
participants a chance to take initiative and build relationships of
cooperation, trust and friendship with people from diverse backgrounds.
Woven into the project schedules are a
variety of cultural events, educational seminars and recreational activities
that allow participants to experience the amazing cultures of the world
firsthand.
Through these opportunities, participants
can realize their potential, share their best qualities, and improve their
capacity for reconciliation. After completing the RYS programs, participants
can apply their enhanced leadership capabilities to develop sustainable, peace
promoting activities with diverse people.
It is also an opportunity for
people to express and further deepen their faith, as well as share their best
qualities. Through our program, many have expanded their understanding of
themselves and others and become true "Youth Ambassadors for Peace".
The RYS is in support of the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs)– which form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s
countries and all the world’s leading development institutions.
