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Working to protect human rights

The story of Prisque Dipinda Diavovua, a young lawyer from Makala (DR Congo) using his professional expertise to protect the human rights of his people. Prisque Dipinda Diavovua is a 25-year-old lawyer, living in Makala, an area of Kinshasa, capital...

Behind the scenes of “The Economy of Francesco”

Let’s discover the work of the team that is preparing The Economy of Francesco*, the event that, from 26 to 28 March 2020, will gather in Assisi, invited by Pope Francis, about 2000 young economists, entrepreneurs and change makers from...

United Kingdom: not only Brexit

In the aftermath of Brexit (the UK’s exit from the European Union), part of the staff of the Collegamento CH went to England to try to understand how they arrived to this step and what can be expected for the future...

Loving beyond the border

By Alexander Simoen An experience lived by a group of young people from Scotland, Italy, Colombia, Algeria, Belgium, China, and Argentina representing the NGO New Humanity who visited Turkey and spent time with locals and refugees. We are Danila, Yang...

Working like the bees: together and sustainably

This year, in the fifth “Holidays with a difference” at El Espinal, Argentina, a group of “sustainable tourists” visited a new honey extraction and filter unit created in collaboration with an association of local women, working to boost artisan honey...

A “different” outlook on the crisis in Ecuador

By Catalina Hinojosa An account of the recent crisis in Ecuador from a peace-building perspective. In March 2019 the Ecuadorian government signed an agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a loan of $4,200million. The conditions imposed on the country...

A social action to promote peace in Uruguay

By Stefania Tanesini During the past 15 years, the Focolare Centre ”Nueva Vida” has carried out a very important social action, that supports young people and their families in an area on the outskirts of Montevideo,Uruguay. Luis Mayobre, director of...

Time to dare, time to give

A 24-hour ‘Hackathon’ in Caserta, Italy, targeted the creation of a digital platform fusing technology with social and environmental sustainability, plus the capacity to promote the concept of “gift”, “circular economy” and other values. It was sparked off by the...

Migration from the southern shore of the Mediterranean

By Claudia Di Lorenzi What is the vision from North Africa of the migration towards Europe phenomenon? How is it possible to make it person centred, thus moving from a purely economic to a human vision of migration? Interview with...

“Dialogue is a life choice, not a one-off event”

Silvina Chemen, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, is a Rabbi and a Communications Sciences graduate. From these two passions stems her dedication to dialogue, by weaving “micro-worlds” of unity. Silvina Chemen is known, among other things, for being a Rabbi who...

A podcast to get there

Noé is Mexican, Christopher is from the USA. They live close to each other but between them stands a wall which, instead of separating, has united them in a shared attempt to build a more “united world”. Their means to...

“A better Africa can only result in a better world”

More than one hundred young people from 10 African countries gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, for the second summer school of the project “Together for a New Africa”. From 27 December 2019 to 5 January 2020, more than 100 young people...

Welcome, protect, integrate

Stories, peoples and migration in Latin America. A perspective from Peru. Interview with Silvano Roggero by Paolo Balduzzi We are talking of a real exodus. Venezuela has seen the second largest mass migration of a nation’s population in the world....

Amazon Project, a transforming initiative

It came about as an action of Catholic evangelization that grew up into a consolidated project that generates relationships of reciprocity between locals and volunteers. Óbidos is one of the many villages on the banks of the Amazon River. It...

Want to unite the world? Start singing!

By Conleth Burns Conleth Burns from Northern Ireland, currently part of the United World Project’s Rome office, tells his experience in the “Mariapoli Romana” Community Choir. I never joined my school choir. I thought I wasn’t good enough and it...

From Lebanon to Bolivia, Protests with a Sense of Unity

Political and social conflict has characterized many South American countries in the last two months. Almost with a ‘domino effect’, problems started in Ecuador, then exploded in Chile and, at the same time, in Bolivia (where the crisis still continues)...

Peace, a journey of hope

By Javier Baquero Maldonado* Commentary on Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Peace 2020. On January 1, 2020, Pope Francis in perfect continuity with Pope Paul VI who, back in 1968, established the Day of Peace on the...

Say no to war, to every act of war

We are going through times of great anxiety and concern because of the winds of war blowing from the Middle East, with new tensions between the US and Iran. Brotherhood between people and among peoples seems to be far away....

Working together for the good of humanity

Partnership agreement signed between FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) and New Humanity, the international NGO of the Focolare Movement. Objective: to continue to work together to defeat world hunger by 2030. This agreement reinforces collaboration that...

GIFT4RELATION

At the Sophia University Institute (Loppiano – Florence), a training opportunity for people who want to (re)discover and enhance the relational power of giving. It is a well-known fact that giving is a way to meet the real needs of...

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