KINGNEWSWIRE // PRESS RELEASE // Scientology-related European Community Initiatives mark final quarter of 2025 with clean-up operations, drug prevention actions and human rights education programs
The report highlights the local activities of volunteers in Italy, France, the Czech Republic, Denmark and Switzerland between October and December 2025.
BRUSSELS, Belgium — December 17, 2025 — During the last quarter of 2025, volunteer groups linked to the Church of Scientology and its long-standing initiatives for social betterment reported on a series of community projects across Europeranging from environmental cleanup to awareness-raising on evidence-based drug prevention to human rights education activities aimed at fostering civic participation and social cohesion.
Community cleaning and hands-on civic service
In the Czech Republic, Volunteer Ministers associated with the Church of Scientology reported on more than 40 community activities during the month of October in Prague, Brno, Plzeň and Pelhřimov, combining the restoration of public spaces and support for local charities. Reported efforts included weekly volunteer shifts and a larger-scale cleanup in Brno that organizers said helpedeliminate a significant amount of waste and restore green spaces neglected; volunteers also described collecting and delivering clothing donations to a Catholic charity in a practical cooperation meeting local needs.
In Turin, Italy, organizers described the weekly Sunday cleanups around the former Dora station as a sustainable neighborhood initiative that has spread to several northern neighborhoods (including Borgo Vittoria and Barriera di Milano). The activity was coordinated by the civic association Procivicos and presented as combining environmental action and community values, with reference to The Way to Happinessa secular moral code written by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
Switzerland also features in the quarter’s activity reports, notably with community initiatives linked to the campaign The Way to Happiness and at related local events, where volunteers reported promoting civic responsibility and respectful behavior as part of everyday community improvement.
Drug prevention education and local awareness
In France, Drug-Free World volunteers reported an intensification of their awareness-raising activities during the month of October, describing their engagement with parents, educators, traders and healthcare professionals in several regions. Reported activities include the distribution of more than a thousand educational brochures through local businesses in Brittany, broader outreach in the west of France (including among pharmacists and municipal workers), and additional activities in the Loire and Rhône-Alpes regions. The organizers also describedsignificant distribution efforts in Reims, as well as awareness-raising actions in Paris, Bordeaux, Agen, Toulouse, Nice, Belfort and Marseille, often using displays in store windows and conversations in the street in order to make prevention materials accessible to the public.
In Denmark, a youth-led awareness initiative said it had mobilized more than 500 traders in Copenhagen to display and distribute drug education leaflets, with teams of volunteers aged 10 to 20 years old. The same report linked these efforts to broader trends identified in a 2025 publication from the Danish Drug Research Center, which found a decline in the proportion of young people aged 15 to 25 who had used cannabis (from 44.0% in 2014 to 31.6% in 2025), as well as other reductions in reported substance use over time.
In Lugano, Switzerland, organizers also reported public visibility in drug prevention linked to a major local running event in October, taking the opportunity to raise awareness among families and participants about prevention and informed choices.
Education and dialogue on human rights
In Milan, a gathering on human rights organized by the association Diritti Umani and Tolleranza at the Church of Scientology in Milan brought together representatives of the community, including members of the communities Latin American and African from northern Italyfor training and dialogue around the Universal Declaration of human rights (DUDH). Organizers said participants completed a structured course based on the United for Human Rights educational program, intended for use in schools, youth settings and neighborhood initiatives.
At the international level, the Palais des Nations in Geneva hosted the conference “Human Rights and Peace – Better Together”, promoted by theOrganized by the Directors of the Society and the Tolleranza (an NGO which has had consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council since 2017) and organized around the Human Rights Day. The program highlighted the role of education and cross-sectoral cooperation in strengthening social inclusion and preventing discrimination, with sessions dedicated to freedom of thought, conscience and belief, as well as the practical application of human rights instruments in public life.
More broadly, across Europe, Scientology-related human rights initiatives have described the continued dissemination of educational materials on the UDHR through partner programs such as Youth for Human Rights, positioning human rights knowledge as a tool for prevention against discrimination and fragmentation social.
Ivan Arjona-Pelado, Representative of the Church of Scientology to the EU, OSCE, Council of Europe and UN, offered the following commentary for use in this quarterly summary:
“European values are strengthened when citizens choose to take responsibility in concrete ways, by keeping public spaces clean, sharing evidence-based prevention tools and teaching the next generation that rights and dignity apply to all. Social cohesion is strengthened through coherent local action. »
Context: the social programs behind the activities
The initiatives mentioned in this quarterly summary build on long-standing campaigns supported by Scientologists and partner associations, including: drug prevention education (using the material “The Truth About Drugs”), human rights education based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through United for Human Rights And Youth for Human RightsScientology Volunteer Ministers during natural disasters, and community civic and ethical initiatives related to The Way to Happiness. These programs are presented by organizers as secular educational tools used in public settings (schools, community groups and neighborhood initiatives), alongside local volunteering and dialogue efforts.
The Church of Scientology, its missions, groups and members are present throughout the European continent, and its recognition as a charitable and authentic religion continues to grow. Throughout Europe, Scientologists and their associated civic partners participate in education, prevention and community improvement efforts, including through drug prevention information, human rights education, values andservice activities local activities led by volunteers.
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