Interfaith Prayer With Children In the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
22 April 2020
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A special message from Rev. Keishi Miyamoto, President of Arigatou International, on the COVID-19 Pandemic
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has now spread across the globe and the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it a pandemic. The world has been affected in unprecedented ways. We are all saddened by the report that an increasing number of people, mostly the elderly but also including children, are losing their lives to this virus.
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Faith in Action for Children:
Our Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Visit our new COVID-19 response section containing resources to support religious communities, parents, caregivers, and children.
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Arigatou International launches Global Campaign to Mobilize Religious Leaders to Respond to the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children
PRESS RELEASE Tokyo, 7 April 2020 Arigatou International launched today a global campaign titled “Faith in Action for Children” calling on religious leaders and religious communities to increase...
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Faith and Children’s Rights:
A Multi-religious Study on the Convention on the Rights of the Child
To mark the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and in partnership with UNICEF, Arigatou International has developed Faith and Children’s Rights: A Multi-religious Study on the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
This study examines the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) from the perspective of seven major religions, identifies the important role played by religious communities in advancing the rights and well-being of children over the past 30 years, seeks to identify the common values shared among different religions and the CRC and promotes continued action by religious communities to further implement the CRC in the future.
View Study and Executive Summary HereArigatou International is a global NGO which brings people of diverse cultural and religious backgrounds together to build a better world for children.
Whether it’s interfaith cooperation, ethics education, prayer and action, or putting an end to child poverty, Arigatou is "All for Children."
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Arigatou International - All for Children
All for Children sums up our hopes and dreams and the partnerships we seek to build. All that we do, we do for children… and we work at it with all of our heart, because children deserve nothing less. We believe that all people share in a universal calling to care for all the children of our world, so all of the tools and approaches we offer are designed to bring people together—in all their wonderous diversity—to build a better world for children.
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