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Betty Williams launches Not In The News Net

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

Rome, Italy. World Centers of Compassion for Children International (WCCCI) together with the Vodafone Foundation are launching “Not In The News Net” today, Monday 4th May, 2010.
Not In The News Net overcomes the rigid hierarchy of media coverage by creating a new vehicle where young people around the world have an opportunity to tell their [...]

Mario Frangoulis in Concert for Give Us Your Poor and The Greek Institute

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Mario Frangoulis, Ambassador for WCCCI is currently touring the US raising awareness for the organizations Give Us Your Poor and the Greek Institute.
Starting the tour in Chicago on April 18th, Mario was accompanied by up-and-coming French-Greek singer George Perris, who recently opened in Paris and Belgium for Lara Fabian’s European tour. Also at the concert [...]

Whoopee! Happy! Over the Moon! Yippee! Ecstatic! Wow!

Friday, April 2nd, 2010

Find out why Betty Williams is so excited. Check out her Blog for the answers.

Invitation delivered to His Holiness The Dalai Lama – February 22, 2010

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

His Holiness The Dalai Lama was visiting Florida Atlantic University (FAU) during their week long Peace Studies Program. His talk was aimed at explaining how Compassion can be a pillar in understanding World Peace.
When we last met His Holiness in Vancouver he had stated to Betty Williams that he wanted to visit our City of [...]

International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women of Burma - March 2nd, 2010

Sunday, February 28th, 2010

The Nobel Women’s Initiative and the Women’s League of Burma will be convening in New York City to hold an international tribunal which will be a women-directed and women-centered court of justice listening to the testimony from several women of Burma who will share their personal stories of surviving human rights violations and crimes under [...]

Thank you to all for your help with collecting for Haiti

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

A couple of weeks ago we made a request from one of our partners, Free The Children, to see if anyone could help with collecting supplies for Haiti and their schools.
We would like to thank all of those who answered our call to action, especially the parishioners at St. Philip Greek Orthodox church in Nashua, [...]

24/01/10 - Representative Maria Sachs on helping the Haitian population in Florida

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

“Bonjour”. Those were the words we kept hearing over and over again from the Haitian community as we entered a number of churches this warm Sunday morning in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Distance had become on obsolete word over the past 12 days. 753 miles may have separated those who were asked to reevaluate their faith [...]

WCCCI on Haiti – PLEASE HELP

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

We are deeply indebted to Craig Kielburger and the team from Free The Children on providing updates on Haiti.
By no means is the struggle over.
A week after the devastating earthquake, we ask you all to keep the spirit of humanity alive by continuing to help Haitians pull through the nightmare surrounding them. Although it may [...]

Heartland PeaceJam and Honorary Doctor of Law degree – November 2009

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

Betty Williams challenged about 150 teenagers and college students attending the Heartland PeaceJam Youth Conference at William Woods University Saturday and Sunday to get involved in humanitarian efforts around the world.
The conference brought together youth from across the Heartland region (Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and parts of Iowa) to share their experiences in service, attend workshops [...]

It’s All About The Basics… (from Mario Frangoulis - Sept 2009)

Monday, November 9th, 2009

I just returned from the Dalai Lama Center’s 2009 Peace Conference in Vancouver where I was there with our team for the World Centers of Compassion for Children International.
I participated in two sessions: One was called “Conversations for Change” where we were in a conversation, 120 of us, discussing our own life experiences and how [...]

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