Estonia

Tallinn, Estonia - The UN International Day of Families was celebrated in the Kehra Gymnasium in Tallinn on May 15; 34 8th-grade students participated, together with three teachers. The lecture was on the topic "The Family as the School of Love."

Tallinn, Estonia - UPF-Estonia held an event on the occasion of the International Women's Day on March 8. The total number of attendees was 15, most of them women Ambassadors for Peace.

Kose, Estonia - A presentation about the UN International Day of Tolerance took place on November 16 in Kose, a small town about 40 km from Tallinn. One of the English language teachers invited UPF representatives to participate as partners on the occasion, and most of the pupils from the 10th through the 12th grades assembled in the gymnasium for the program. Including and students, more 80 people participated.

Tallinn, Estonia - International Day of Peace programs took place in schools in Väike-Maarja and Toila, Estonia. Students participated actively in the program, asking questions and offering their ideas and suggestions about peacemaking.

Twenty-eight youth from 13 nations assembled in Pilistvere, Estonia, Aug. 13-22, 2012, where they renovated a monument to the victims of communist repression and made improvements at the Lutheran church's summer café.

Parnu, Estonia- The tenth International Youth Football Tournament, June 28 – July 1, drew a great number of sports teams from Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Russia, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine, and Belarus to compete and make new friends under the theme "Play Football for Peace."

Tallinn, Estonia - UPF-Estonia convened a leadership conference on the theme of "Peace Building in Multicultural Societies - The Baltic Dialogue Initiative" in Tallinn on June 2.

Tallinn, Estonia - On International Women’s Day, March 8, UPF-Estonia organized a program that included entertainment by dancers of different ethnic backgrounds living in Tallinn and presentations by two women, each a mother of three children, on How to Combine Family and Social Activity and the Heart of a Mother.

Narva, Estonia - In January UPF-Estonia organized a project with International Relief Friendship Foundation of Norway and an Orthodox church community in Narva, Estonia. UPF-Estonia received about 60 individually packed gifts from the children of a school in Norway. These gifts were distributed among the children at an Orthodox school in Narva.

Tallinn, Estonia - UPF-Estonia organized a concert at a nursing home in Tartu city on December 17. Musicians performed 14 songs in five languages: Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian, English, and Dutch.

Tallinn, Estonia - Grandparents, parents and children attended a Universal Children's Day program at the Peace Embassy in Tallinn on Nov. 20, 2011.

Torva, Estonia - UPF-Estonia organized an International Day of Peace event at a school in southern Estonia on September 21.

Parnu, Estonia - On the Baltic seacoast in Parnu, Estonia, the annual Parnu Summer Cup youth football tournament took place from June 30 to July 3 under the slogan of "Play Football Make Peace." During the period of several days, more than 100 football players from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Sweden, Ukraine, and Russia competed with the desire to become the best of the best.

Tallinn, Estonia - A meeting of Ambassadors for Peace was held in Tallinn on July 2. The program was about the dialogue between Russia and Baltic States. The guests representing NGOs, businesses, and governmental organizations, discussed the basics of the dialogue within the post-Soviet territories.

Tallinn, Estonia - UPF-Estonia held an event on the occasion of the UN International Day of Families in the Peace Embassy in Tallinn on May 15. In total 35 people participated, including guests and Ambassadors for Peace.

On the occasion of World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, 2010, UPF-Estonia organized an event in a rural high school.

Tallinn, Estonia -On the International Day of Peace, UPF-Estonia Secretary General Johann Hinterleitner gave a presentation about a proposed interreligious council at the UN at the UPF Peace Embassy in Tallinn.

Parnu, Estonia- As global attention focused on the FIFA World Cup in July, youth from six nations converged on Estonia for theParnu Summer Cup in the spirit of "Play Football Make Peace."

Tallinn, Estonia- Estonian peace activists and Young Ambassadors for Peace organized a Christmas performance on Dec. 19, 2009, for residents of the city home for elderly people in Tallinn.

Tallinn, Estonia- On World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, 2009, UPF-Estonia held an event in support of the efforts made by the United Nations to raise awareness of the suffering caused by this disease.