NEWS

| NEPAL |

From Disaster to Hope

For Rishiram Gautam, a Volunteer Minister from Nepal, helping others rise again has become his life’s calling.

| NEPAL |

A devastating natural disaster struck Nepal April 25, 2015—a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, followed in the ensuing days and weeks by 304 aftershocks, including one of 7.3 and another 6.7.

| FIJI |

The name “Fiji” typically instills visions of a vacation paradise, picturesque South Pacific islands renowned for a thriving luxury tourism industry. But the sad truth is that a third of Fiji’s population in rural villages lives in abject poverty and illiteracy.

| TUZLA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA |

Two decades after the end of the Bosnian War in 1995, the specter of violence and despair again hangs heavy over the people of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

| MEXICO |
Anyone, anywhere in the world, may enroll on one or more of the Scientology Handbook—Tools for Life Courses that are the heart and soul of the Volunteer Ministers program.
| PHILIPPINES |
Volunteer Ministers (VMs) embody the true spirit of Scientology. Their help knows no boundaries. When all seems bleak or lost, the VMs rekindle hope, purpose and spiritual values in a sometimes harsh and materialistic world—as most illustrated in times of disaster.
| AMAZON |
Volunteer Ministers bring their unique form of help not only in times of natural disasters that devastate whole countries, but also to the challenges experienced in everyday life.
| INDIA |
Providing high-quality education to the nation of India is urgent. A third of the 1.2 billion population lives below the poverty line and 25% cannot read. Only 15% of Indian students reach high school and just 7% graduate.
| INTERNATIONAL |
The Volunteer Minister story since 9/11 is told in many ways: in the words of those helped in their time of greatest need; by rescue workers seeking help to carry on; by media reporting on natural and man-made disasters; and by Volunteer Ministers themselves.
| TEXAS, UNITED STATES |
A miracle story continues—Scientology Volunteer Minister Ayal Lindeman proudly looked on as Ralph Mary Gedeon graduated community college May 18, 2014.
| SERBIA |
Volunteer Ministers currently on a Good Will Tour in Belgrade, on 25 May 2014, started helping on disaster response due to the floods in Serbia.