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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA •
The Church of Scientology of Melbourne organized a human rights education workshop for leaders of the Australian Oromo Community.
Leaders of the African Oromo Community in Melbourne attended a human rights seminar July 7, 2013, as the first step of a program to bring change and hope to the Oromo people. The training session, organized by the Church of Scientology of Melbourne, introduced community leaders to the human rights education program of Youth for Human Rights, an initiative supported by the Church of Scientology.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA •
The Church of Scientology of Los Angeles carries out a community cleanup in East Hollywood.
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA •
Scientology Churches provide tools anyone can use to help in the face of the drug overdose crisis.
NIZHNY NOVGOROD, RUSSIA •
Volunteers from the Church of Scientology of Nizhny Novgorod help launch a different kind of Winter Olympics: the Anti-Drug Olympiad 2014.
Nine hundred miles north of Sochi, a second “Winter Olympics” has just begun: Drug education and prevention volunteers from the Church of Scientology Mission of Nizhny Novgorod helped launch the Anti-Drug Olympiad of 2014, an initiative aimed at helping youth live healthy, productive, drug-free lives.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA •
The Right to Education was the focus of a fundraiser hosted by the Church of Scientology January 13 at the Fort Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, Florida.
The Church of Scientology hosted a benefit concert on behalf of Men of Vision, an organization of some 100 young men in the Hillsborough County school system grades 6-12.
PADUA, ITALY •
Organized by the Church of Scientology of Padova, the fifth annual “Say No to Drugs” soccer tournament promotes drug-free living to the youth of the region.
The Church of Scientology Padova held its fifth annual “Dico No alla Droga” (Say No to Drugs) soccer championship June 23 in observance of the United Nations International Day against Drug-Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.
Twelve teams comprising 120 youth competed for the trophy, the Say No to Drugs Cup, which was presented to the winning team by last year’s winners.
MEXICO •
Mexican Scientologists, active in drug prevention for more than 25 years, are gearing up for 2013, creating public- and private-sector alliances through the Truth About Drugs program to raise the bar on drug education.
In 2012, Scientologists joined forces with law enforcement, educational institutions and community leaders in Mexico to make inroads against the scourge of drug abuse and drug-related violence that has claimed the lives of more than 60,000 in the past six years.
VIENNA, AUSTRIA •
Austrian Scientologists reach out with their drug prevention program. While drug education is often aimed at preventing youth from experimenting with drugs, it can also help substance abusers step back, take stock of what’s happening in their lives, and decide to quit or get help.
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA •
Human rights conference organized by Ogaden Youth and Student Union and Youth for Human Rights November 27 at the Chapel of the Church of Scientology of Pretoria to raise awareness of humanitarian issues affecting the Ogaden people of Ethiopia.
The Church of Scientology of Pretoria hosted a human rights conference November 28 to look into claims of human rights violations and their remedy. Participants included refugees who fled their homeland and have settled in South Africa.
VIENNA, AUSTRIA •
Vienna families received an unusual gift to help bring them joy throughout the year.