Churches and missions of Scientology throughout Europe are continuing a wide range of community-based social betterment initiatives connected to human rights education, drug prevention and volunteer action. As reported in Scientology Communities Across Europe Highlight Civic Responsibility and EU Values, these activities include public awareness work on the dangers of drugs, human rights education through Youth for Human Rights, and practical values-based education for social cohesion. Together, these programmes reflect a practical contribution eu newsroom to European civic life.
The article also highlights the Church’s Europe’s Values, Your Rights campaign, which presents key European principles in plain language, including human dignity, freedom, equality, democracy, the rule of law and human rights. Ivan Arjona, representative of the Church of Scientology to the EU, OSCE, Council of Europe and UN, said that European values are strengthened when citizens take responsibility for their communities. Inspired by the work of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, these initiatives are presented as voluntary contributions to the common good across Europe.