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#daretocare in my city – Latin America

Don’t miss out on the first virtual journey we took to discover how some citizens and communities put #daretocare into action in Latin America. The event, which was in Spanish and Portuguese, was an opportunity to meet and share stories,...

Lebanon: rising from the rubble

After the devastating explosion in Beirut on the evening of August 4th, the local Focolare community and the New Humanity association set to work to meet the most urgent needs of the people affected by the disaster. More than 100...

#Daretocare in Latin America

Saturday 8 August (at 17:00 UTC-3) the first edition of #Dare to care in my City streams live. A virtual journey across an entire continent, to share stories, pose questions, to inspire and be inspired by people and communities who...

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Children: our active citizens!

In Portugal they’re planting trees to replace woodlands destroyed in the terrible forest fires of 2018. In Italy in collaboration with the Community of Sant’Egidio they’re serving meals to the homeless. In the state of São Paulo in Brazil, they’re...

Philippines: example is stronger than the river’s flow

Swimming against the current is always a challenge. In a polluted river it becomes so much harder. But despite the obstacles, a teacher in the Philippines decided to embrace and transform the deepest scars of a desolate urban space, stimulating...

Digging out the roots of racism … within me

A very personal account from psychologist Nancy O’Donnell, originally from the USA now based in the Focolare international town of Loppiano, near Florence. Italy. Strongly moved by the wave of protests which followed the killing of George Floyd on 25...

A Powerful Place – PAS Welcome and Solidarity Center

In the heart of Covid-struck Italy, the PAS networking team has recently found its first home in Ascoli Piceno, to better continue its activities … “Networking” is a word you hear almost everywhere nowadays, in social, in political and economic...

For a greater cooperation among peoples

By Virginia Osorio & Janeth Cardenas We’re sharing international volunteering platform milONGa’s response to these pandemic-focused times. There can be little doubt the pandemic is causing huge effects and consequences on an international level. Any number of comments, webinars and...

Pietro Bartolo, the doctor of Lampedusa

Dr. Pietro Bartolo was in charge of the health clinic and polyclinic on the island of Lampedusa (IT) for a long time. He is known in Italy and Europe for having given his life for one cause: the phenomenon of...

Dare to care, beyond the distance

Mexico and Taiwan are separated by the Pacific Ocean and have 13,534 kilometres in between, but they are united by something that goes beyond distance: brotherhood. Not a political or economic brotherhood, but one built from below, through concrete actions...

Developing new social connections muscles

By Susanne Janssen We publish the interview that Susanne Janssen, editor of Living City, did to Fadi Chehadé, IT manager, founder of RosettaNet and former CEO of ICANN. Chehadé proposes new ways of using technology and reflects on what this...

#daretocare: education for democracy

By Melissa Santos On the occasion of the #daretocare pathway 2020-2021 launch by United World Project, Melissa Santos interviewed Elena Pulcini, Professor of Social Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy, University of Florence, who wrote the book “La cura del...

#daretocare pathway launch!

Here you can watch the live broadcast of the #daretocare pathway launch! You need to accept all cookies to view this video. Click here to go to #daretocare playlist on youtube, where all the videos of the launch are available....

Galeano, creativity & solidarity

At the beginning of the pandemic, Pope Francis highlighted that “Even if we are isolated, thought and spirit can go far with the creativity of love.” Francisco Galeano, a 30-year-old young man with great creativity has started a company dedicated...

Yemen on its knees amid war, poverty and Covid-19

By Bruno Cantamessa The already war-torn country has faced the arrival of Covid-19, which has made its first victims and is spreading without control. The complex political and military situation does not bode well. And there is the risk of...

20 June: #daretocare Pathway live launch

The launch of Pathway 2020, entitled #daretocare, will be live on United World Project’s YouTube channel on 20 June at 2pm (UTC+2). The program will be in English and registration will be available for those who would like to participate...

2020 United World Week Review

United World Week 2020 in numbers. It’s practically impossible to convey the variety, quality, love, surprizing beauty and imagination brought by all those who participated in this year’s United World Week. So we’ve attempted to summarize and share the impact...

Racism, protests rock the USA

By Maddalena Maltese The death of George Floyd caused by a police officer has provoked protests and riots across the country, revealing an open wound: racial discrimination. At 15.03 precisely, the alert reached all mobile phones: “Citywide curfew in effect...

Francesco and Covid: from darkness into light

Francesco, a young Italian from Bologna, recounts his own #PillsofHope, an experience of hope during his country’s lockdown. «I work in the tourism industry. We took a real hit from the very start of this health crisis» recalls Francesco. «In...

The glass half full: relationships beyond the pandemic

Relationships in the time of Coronavirus: how do we value them while living through isolation, fear and via technological mediation? What can we learn from this whole experience? We turned to Giovanna Cosenza, Lecturer in Philosophy and Language Theory at...

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