WFWP, UK affirms that the family is the cornerstone for peace in the community and the world at large, and that mature couples are the foundation for strong and loving families. It places the true love relationship of husband and wife, parent and child as the wellspring of all human activity. WFWP, UK seeks to encourage every women to become a ‘woman of peace’ through cultivating her heart and with the mother’s heart to care for all the children of the world, the children of all the nations as well as  caring for her own children, by developing and expressing the qualities of empathy, forgiveness, service and unconditional love.
WFWP, UK was established in 1992, by Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon. WFWP, UK is a non-governmental organisation, NGO, and not for profit organisation under the Company Law, England, No…..open to all people regardless of race, nationality, religion and gender.

In the UK there are 12 regional chapters that work independently, uniquely interfacing with regional conditions/ environments. WFWP, UK is supported through its’ membership program, as well as donations and grants.
Programs and projects are continuously evolving and developing and are directed in the three areas of: education, healing and reconciliation and service projects.

WFWP Uk supporting

The Millennium Development Goals

Education for Peace

The ‘Dignity of Women’ project was launched at a meeting of WFWP Europe in the summer of 2007 in Vienna, Austria. As of today 12 national European chapters have joined in.

This project aims to highlight the often unjustified and pitiful position of women in our societies including the domestic scene. Through forums, capacity building training, seminars, exchange programs and networking with other women’s organisations the ‘Dignity of Women’ campaign offers the educational tools, resources and support to develop a positive image of women. The WFWP believes that the development and activities of the ‘Dignity’ campaign directly contributes to the fulfilment of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) #3, relating to gender equality.

WFWP UK has hosted several forums. The Watford local chapter in particular has taken on the campaign and brought women from the Christian, Muslim, Afro-Caribbean and Asian community together in a number of meetings. It offered an opportunity to understand and learn about views originating in different cultures. The preparation of the events brought a number of organisations together collaborating and together working for greater community cohesion.

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Peace-Building & Reconciliation: Bridge of Peace

The “Bridge of Peace Ceremony” has become the signature project of the WFWP. In using the “Bridge of Peace” the WFWP tends to some of the most obvious needs for reconciliation such as healing the wounds between peoples of nations that have fought one another in wars, and between people of different races, classes and cultures.

In 1994 the “Bridge of Peace” was introduced at a Women’s Friendship Conference held in London and hosted by the WFWP, UK. 200 women from Japan and the UK participated in this Friendship Conference. The event was an opportunity to bridge the gap between women representing their nations by initiating personal friendships among women from very different cultural  and racial backgrounds. Since then the WFWP UK organised and sponsored numerous events where the “Bridge of Peace” has become an integral part.

One of the more recent developments is the formation and subsequent growth of the WFWP chapter in Watford. At the outbreak of the war in Iraq in 2003 the Watford women hosted a “Bridge of Peace Ceremony” for women of the Christian and Muslim community in their shared concern for harmonious community relations. The women who participated in this special event became ‘sisters of peace’ transcending their faiths and cultures. Over the years their friendship and understanding grew, facilitated by various meetings and working together on community projects. In 2005 the WFWP Watford in partnership with the Watford Town Centre Chaplaincy initiated a multi faith, multi cultural festival at the Colosseum. This has become an annual event and it’s brand name is now known as ‘Celebration’. Through outreach and continuous investment of the women partnerships and networks with a number of community groups in Watford as well as with individuals have been formed. In our quest for peace we believe that these partnerships are contributing to build trust and can promote understanding about the deeper issues that consistently hamper human relationships and thus cause barriers to the accomplishment of real peace.

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Service & Outreach Projects

When the WFWP was established in 1992 one of the areas we felt needed our attention in accordance with the founding spirit to serve and renew society was to develop diverse service programs.

Several  projects have developed since the inception of WFWP, UK. The story of the Interfaith Children’s Home began in early 1998 when Patricia Earle,  representative for the Midlands region was invited to visit the state of Andhra Pradesh in Southern India. There she witnessed the desperate plight of some Dalit (‘untouchable’) communities, encountering a large number of orphaned children. Most of the orphaned children could not receive any education, due to their having to go out to work, or beg on the streets, or the lack of schools in remote rural areas.

On returning to Birmingham, Patricia put the idea of building a Children’s Home to care for some of the Dalit children to the ladies of her Women’s Peace Group These ladies embraced the idea and began raising money individually, as well as in their temples, mosques, churches and gurdhwaras, etc. WFWP groups in the UK joined supporting the new project by hosting fundraising events.

By December 1998, sufficient funds had been raised to begin building what was to become ‘The Interfaith Children’s Home of Hyderabad’. Young people from the international Religious Youth Service, representing all the world’s faith traditions joined together to lay the foundations for the Home. Additional support came from the International Relief Friendship Foundation.

Local builders completed work on the Home during the year 1999, and it was officially opened in 2000 by a member of the ruling Telegu Desam Party, Hon Vijaya Rama Rao, together with Mrs Della Godfrey MLA, nominated representative in the State Government of Andhra Pradesh for the Anglo-Indian community. More than thirty Dalit children have been cared for at the Home during the past eight years, enabling them to attend a local village school So far, 8 children have graduated from the Home and all have done well enough in state exams to continue their education at Intermediate Colleges.

Although the ultimate aim is to find support for the Children’s Home within India, rather than it being an Aid-type of project, the majority of funding to maintain the Home has so far come from the UK. The WFWP has made substantial contributions towards maintaining the Home during the years 2000 – 2007, both from specific fundraising events and through individual child sponsorship. In Birmingham, in addition to donations from numerous churches, temples and other places of worship, financial support has come from the Mother’s Union, Soroptimists International, Sikh Nari Manch, the Asian Women’s Network, the Hindu Women’s Club and the Indian Consulate. In April 2003, the wife of the Consul General of India in Birmingham brought together a number of voluntary organisations and NGO’s in a day of fundraising, raising £18,000 (US$ 35,000) of which £7,000 was donated to the Interfaith Children’s Home.

In India, the Children’s Home has become well recognised for its realistic contribution to Communal Harmony and good relations between people of different faiths, receiving the national Samaj Vikas Peace Award and, in January 2003, the international Hind Ratan (Jewel of India) Award, presented by Former President of India Shri K R Narayan. Currently the state government of Andhra Pradesh is in the process of granting new land for the project’s expansion and development. A new home is to be built separate facilities for boys and girls, staff and guest accommodation and a clinic to provide Mother and Baby Healthcare for the local community. The latter will be sponsored by a matched funding arrangement between Birmingham and Hyderabad Rotary Clubs.For further information contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it