The Quakers believe that compassion for others and the desire to help them must form the basis for lasting peace.
The Friends Service Council (The Quakers) was established in 1927. Their work involved three things - missionary activity, international service, and relief work abroad. Missionary activity focused on organizing and maintaining schools and hospitals, as well as on forming and sustaining new Quakers groups. The second thing was international service. Quakers undertook what projects they could to promote international peace and understanding. Relief work abroad is the third thing that the Friends Service Council did. The red and black star was the badge of the Quaker relief worker and it means "no discrimination". They won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947.
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