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[HWPL] HWPL's 'Eco Ten Minute' Campaign Across India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan
Chairman ManHee Lee is the head representative of the global peace organization HWPL (Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light), which is striving for the enactment and implementation of the international peace law 'Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW)'. The DPCW is a legal instrument comprised of 10 articles and 38 clauses that can end wars and hostilities throughout the world. HWPL is also spreading a culture of peace and implementing peace education.
Chairman ManHee Lee experienced the cruelty and tragedy of war as a veteran of the Korean War. This is one of the reasons why he founded a global peace campaign as the head of HWPL. He has traveled the globe more than 35 times to meet and persuade politicians, legal experts, journalists, professors, peace activists, civil organization leaders, heads of tribes and others to unite them for the work of peace. The significant fruits borne out of his hard work are the World Alliance of Religions' Peace (WARP) Summit and HWPL Peace Committee. The DPCW was drafted and finalised by the HWPL Peace Committee.
How, you may wonder, do I know this? About 10 years ago, when I had just been discharged from military service, I came to know HWPL and Chairman ManHee Lee while researching the topic of civil conflicts to satisfy my curiosity in ongoing global issues. At that time, the island of Mindanao in the Philippines was suffering from a major civil conflict that lasted more than 40 years, and Chairman ManHee Lee and HWPL resolved this conflict through non-violent means.
Chairman Lee brought an end to the conflict in Mindanao by holding a peace talk between the warring Catholic and Islamic groups. Before the talk, HWPL and Chairman ManHee Lee held a Peace Walk to spread the culture of peace in Mindanao with the many locals who had gathered out of a desire for peace.
Chairman ManHee Lee's pressing appeal today is that humanity unites for sustainable peace in order to pass on the legacy of peace to future generations worldwide. He doesn't just talk peace, but has worked tirelessly for it through practical peace campaigns for over a decade.
I decided to become a supporter of HWPL and Chairman ManHee Lee's peace initiatives because I also desire a world of peace for all posterity.
Today I'd like to introduce an article regarding HWPL's 'Eco Ten Minute' Campaign Across India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan :)
[𝙅𝙪𝙣𝙚 5 – 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙀𝙣𝙫𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝘿𝙖𝙮 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡]
“𝙏𝙚𝙣 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙥 𝙏𝙤𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙚”
𝙃𝙒𝙋𝙇 𝘾𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙊𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 '𝙀𝙘𝙤 𝙏𝙚𝙣 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚' 𝘾𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝘼𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨 𝙄𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙖, 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙝, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙛𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣
To mark World Environment Day on June 5th, HWPL conducted over 30 sessions of its 'Eco Ten Minute' campaign from February to May 2025 across India, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan. Under the slogan “Ten minutes to clean our community, ten minutes to restore the Earth,” the campaign mobilised approximately 3000 participants and promoted both environmental awareness and peace consciousness.
The Eco Ten Minute project was designed based on India’s Karnataka State “Vision 2030” policy and the core values of HWPL’s Peace Education curriculum (Lessons 1, 4, and 10). It aims to encourage youth and local citizens to engage in accessible, 10-minute clean-up efforts to improve their surroundings while fostering a culture of peace within communities.
In Karnataka’s Gadag district, HWPL collaborated with the Panchayat Raj University’s National Service Scheme (NSS) to conduct activities across 10 villages over a three-week span. Cleanup efforts, campus maintenance, and tree planting took place in areas such as Magadi, Mevundi, Nagavi, Itagai, Hosalli, Hulakoti, and Kalasapur. On May 24th, a large-scale event commemorated the 12th anniversary of HWPL’s Declaration of World Peace, featuring a peace pledge and environmental action.
In Delhi, Arwachin Public School held two events in alignment with World Heritage Day (April 17) and Earth Day (April 22), while KHMS (Kulachi Hansraj Model School) engaged its entire student body -around 1800 participants - in campus-wide clean-up activities, led by the school’s HWPL Peace Club.
In Maharashtra, schools including MS Naik High School (Ratnagiri), Savarkar Gurukul (Talegaon), and Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Coaching Center (Pune) organised clean-up efforts around temples and urban slum areas. Notably, the eTechnocrats organisation and local religious leaders worked alongside students, demonstrating a community-based approach to environmental action.
Following a terrorist attack targeting tourists in Pahalgam on April 22nd 2025, tensions between India and Pakistan escalated once again, intensifying military activity in the Kashmir region. Despite the unstable situation, local youth groups such as the Lal Ded Youth Foundation and the EK Qadam Welfare Society continued to lead clean-up and tree-planting initiatives. Their efforts provided a meaningful example of civic engagement aimed at restoring daily life and fostering peace in a region often marked by conflict.
Mini R, a teacher at KLE Society’s School, stated, “Caring for the local environment is the first step toward caring for the community and achieving peace,” adding that “Eco Ten Minute is not just about cleaning - it is a meaningful movement to practice and share peace.”
According to the United Nations, the number of climate refugees people forced to flee due to environmental factors - has surged in recent years, blurring the lines between climate and conflict-driven displacement. Climate-related challenges such as droughts, floods, and food shortages are increasingly contributing to regional instability and conflict. In response, HWPL’s Eco Ten Minute project encourages youth and citizens to actively participate in improving their local environment, thereby helping to reduce the impact of the climate crisis and strengthening community resilience for peace. The campaign’s collaborative model involving youth, educators, and faith-based organisations has emerged as a noteworthy example of grassroots peacebuilding.
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