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1988 (In the year) 198- |
Hand of the Cause of God William Sears and his wife Marguerite Reimer Sears initiated the first Desert Rose Bahá'í School with the assistance of a core group of dedicated friends. This became an annual event for the Southern Arizona Bahá'í's each Thanksgiving weekend and was held in a rented hall in Tucson, Arizona. in 1992, after the passing of her husband, Mrs Sears was encouraged by the Universal House of Justice to expand the four-day Desert Rose Bahá'í school to a permanent institute. In 1996 Mrs Sears, with the help of many friends, purchased land near Eloy, Arizona for the development of the Desert Rose Bahá'í Institute, which she envisioned as an Institute for education in the arts and agriculture. When the land was purchased, the Round House was the only building on the property. A cottage was constructed for Mrs. Sears that provided both comfortable living space and room where she could work with partners on cataloguing and publishing some of Bill Sears' remaining works while building a library. The following year the Desert Rose Bahá'í Institute was incorporated with Not-for-Profit status. Since that time a Meeting and Dining Hall was built and a Guest House was constructed near the Sears Cottage was built by David Hadden for use by him and his family. In 2018 this Guest House was converted into and Art Gallery. In 2001 a 16 rental apartment was built to help offset the operating costs. In 2004 the William Sears Pavilion was dedicated. It was designed as a place were people could go to reflect, pray, meditate, or celebrate. More accommodations were built in 2005 in the name of the Guffey Center, honouring two volunteers, Ray and Gloria Guffey. In 2017 the DRBI was granted a licence to operate a low power (LP) radio station for Eloy Arizona to serve the community. Radio station KURE was licensed to operate on 106.1 FM as part of the Institute. In 2019 DRBI Board member Dwight Cox initiated an agricultural project to grow organic produce. [DRBI website; Desert Rose Bahá'í Institute - History] |
Bahá'í Radio; Bahá'í-owned radio; Institutes; Tucson, AZ; USA | |
1988 (In the year) 198- |
The publication of La terre n'est qu'un seul pays! by Andre Brugiroux. Brugiroux, a French traveller, set out in 1955 at the age of 17 with 10 Francs in his pocket to fulfill his dream of travelling to every country in the world. He did so purely by hitchhiking and spent no more than a dollar a day on his journey. He travelled a total of 240,000 miles and ended his journey in South Sudan in 2011, having visited 251 countries and territories. He went on to write several books, this being the first. It was published in English as One People, One Planet: The Adventures of a World Citizen. [Wikipedia]
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Andre Brugiroux | |
1988 (In the year) 198- |
The Bahá'í International Community became a founding member of 'Advocates for African Food Security: Lessening the Burden for Women, a coalition of agencies and organizations formed to act on behalf of farm women in Africa, and is convener for 1988–92. | Bahá'í International Community; Rural development; Social and economic development; Women; - Africa | |
1988 (In the year) 198- |
More than a thousand people became Bahá'ís in Taiwan as a result of the Muhájir Teaching Project. [BINS187:4] | Muhajir Teaching Project; Taiwan | |
1988 (In the year) 198- |
'Arts for Nature', a fund-raising programme held to benefit the work of the World Wide Fund for Nature, was held in London with the collaboration of the Bahá'í International Community. [AWH61; VV106] | Bahá'í International Community; * Arts and crafts; Nature; World Wide Fund for Nature; Environment; London, England; United Kingdom | |
1988 (In the year) 198- |
Branches of the Bahá'í International Community's Office of Public Information were established in Paris and London. [VV54] | Bahá'í International Community; Paris, France; London, England | |
1988 (In the year) 198- |
The first Caribbean Bahá'í Women's conference took place in Antigua. | Caribbean; Conferences, Bahá'í; Conferences, Women; - First conferences; Antigua | first Caribbean Bahá’í Women’s conference |
1988 (In the year) 198- |
The government of Niger authorized the resumption of Bahá'í activities and Bahá'í administration under an administrative committee. | Recognition (legal); Niger | |
1988 (In the year) 198- |
The opening of the School of the Nations in Taipa, Macau with 5 students enrolled in kindergarten and operated out of an apartment. The teachers outnumbered the students.
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School of the Nations, Macau; - Bahá'í inspired schools; Bahá'í World News Service (BWNS); Taipa, Macau; Macau |
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