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Poland in solidarity

More than 2 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the borders into neighbouring countries since the beginning of the war. More than 1,200,000 of them have been welcomed in Poland. They are mainly women and children from every part of...

#DARETOCARE: United World Week 2022

In the very delicate international context we are living, the theme of “care” is increasingly pertinent, once again the focus of the next United World Week, from 1 to 7 May 2022. Here we go! We are very close to...

Ukraine emergency – updates

The following updates come to us from Mira, a Slovenian focolarina who lives in Ukraine and has been working with Caritas-Spes Ukraine for a long time. Donate Now 04 March – Ukraine, the commitment of Caritas-Spes continues The first trucks...

Stop the war in Ukraine and rebuild a forum for dialogue and political negotiation

We share the appeal of the Politics for Unity Movement to stop the war in Ukraine and to reopen a space for dialogue and political negotiation. “If you want peace, prepare for peace” are the words of Igino Giordani, a...

Action for rural India: the new A Vaccine for All campaign project

Nine months into the campaign, the fundraiser to promote the purchase of vaccines against Covid-19 in poorer countries continues. After providing aid to Brazil’s Amazon region, the project is preparing to assist a number of villages in rural India. It...

A diplomacy of small gestures

What does life look like in Kiev (Kyiv) as tensions rise over a possible war? We asked Mira Milavec, who has been living in Ukraine for nearly three years. In the last few weeks, winds of war have been blowing...

“Instruments of peace for a broken heart”

By Giovanna Pieroni We share the story of Trésor, a young man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo whose life was transformed thanks to the ‘Petite Flamme’ project. Trésor was born in a village on the outskirts of Kinshasa,...

In Burundi “It’s possible!”

Edited by AMU – Action for a United World NGO The project “It’s possible!”, promoted by AMU and CASOBU aims to create community microcredit groups whose members can self-sustain each other for the creation of business activities and, in the...

United World Project: a dream of fraternity is born

On the International Day of Human Fraternity, we want to start celebrating the UWP’s 10th anniversary, since the project’s aim is to promote a culture of fraternity around the world. Its anniversary will be on 1st September 2022, ten years...

A bridge between Italy and Lebanon

From thinking about how to share came a great deal of solidarity: an airlift to Beirut to transport both medicines for the chronically ill, and powdered milk for new-born babies. This action, in response to an appeal by the Latin...

Integral ecology as a common commitment for the Christian Churches and the different religions

BY ANTONINO PUGLISI INTRODUCTION Just over fifty years ago, we set foot on the moon. The moon landing of 20th July 1969 will forever remain an extraordinary and unique moment in the history of humanity. Since then, mankind has experienced...

“Hope and dreams made me survive the Holocaust”

By Maddalena Maltese Evi Blaikie was one of Hungary’s hidden children. She continues to speak up in favor of peace and caring. An adorable great granddaughter is both the greatest joy — and a sort of revenge — for Evi...

The Ecuadorian Amazon and the problem of gas flaring

In this territory full of natural riches and biodiversity, oil companies burn natural gas “waste” (actually useful), polluting and causing serious damage to the health of those who live in the area. Forests, rivers, lagoons, waterfalls, thousands of animal species,...

Zero Waste: a ‘Dare to Care’ lifestyle

An interview with Fátima Langeck, ambassador for the Brazilian Zero Waste Institute, who tells us about the concept of ‘Zero Waste’. This year, the Dare to Care campaign invites us to take a difficult but necessary step: our ecological conversion....

The value of water

By Alessandra Smerilli We cannot live without water and, in most cases, we cannot eat or work either. Today, 2.2 billion people in the world still lack everyday access to water resources and drinking water. Climate change is making the...

Thank you, President Sassoli!

David Sassoli, the Italian President of the European Parliament, died in the early hours of Tuesday at the age of 65, due to a serious dysfunction of his immune system. In 2021, he had taken part in the ‘DareToCare’ International...

A helping hand for the Philippines

A fundraising campaign has been launched to help the populations hit by typhoon Rai/Odette in the Philippines. An opportunity for much-needed solidarity. 846,000. This staggering figure should be enough to say it all: it is the number of children affected...

Peace, the Pope and an appeal to start the new year

On 1st January every year, the Catholic Church celebrates World Day of Peace. It was established by Pope Paul VI on 8th December 1967, with the hope that “Peace with its just and beneficent equilibrium may dominate the development of...

The best of our 2021 stories

Another year is coming to an end and, to say goodbye together, the authors of the UWP editorial staff have selected for you the stories, the interviews, the news from the world they have dealt with and that have most...

Words matter

A few weeks ago, the release of the draft of the document proposing guidelines for inclusive communication in the European Commission generated, in Italy and in Europe, a series of controversies for an alleged attempt to “cancel” Christmas. The document...

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