IRFF is charting a new course, steered by a vision of world peace through compassion and action, focusing on youth, service and inter-action programs.

Educational Programs

To provide education for disadvantaged and illiterate children suffering from poverty is to give them the tools to build a productive, self-reliant life. Education is a long-term effort, an unconditional service that will enable people to contribute meaningfully to the progress of their community. IRFF has supported and initiated schools and projects in different parts of the world. Several IRFF Europe chapters are investing in this field through Long Distance Adoption Programs (LDAP).

Development Assistance

Severe famine and hunger-related problems worldwide are the primary cause of death and poor health among children in the developing nations. External assistance in the form of food aid will never solve the recurring cycle of poverty. IRFF fosters long-term development through sustainable efforts in agricultural education. These training programs instruct young persons in appropriate technologies and methods that fit the local situation and resources. Some good work in this field is being done by the Agricultural Development activities of the IRFF chapters in Ghana, Uganda and Cameroon.

Medical Programs

IRFF medical teams are mobilized to work in emergency situations, to alleviate immediate suffering and to lay a foundation of preventive health education. Although IRFF did work in the refugee camps and famine areas that attracted media major attention, IRFF's main focus is on improving the standard of health care through educating local groups on nutrition, hygiene and sanitation. These low-profile activities have a great impact in improving health conditions of the people year after year. The IRFF chapter in Cote d'Ivoire provides the best example of this work.

Volunteers and Youth Camps

The hope for a peaceful world can be realized if humanity can overcome conflicts between religions, race and cultures.

The Religious Youth Service (RYS) addresses these problems in a unique and creative way. IRFF has been cooperating with the RYS since 1986, by sponsoring and co-participating in 35 of the 100 international, local and regional projects done by the RYS. On this foundation, IRFF has started to organize Youth Volunteer Camps under the theme of "The Culture of Peace". and most recently Family and Service project on the theme "Culture of Peace through a Culture of Heart".