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28.05.2015
Some fragments from the United World Week 2015 all over the world…
Like every year, in early May the Youth for a United World all over the world have made a lot of activities and initiatives within the United World Week. Below you find some fragments: Chaco, Argentina. "Change the face". In...
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26.05.2015
Economy of Communion: a path for Africa?
The first international and pan-African EoC school is underway: involving the dynamism of a young population with high aspirations and dreams amid the great challenges facing the continent. «We are a new generation that wants to take the helm of...
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21.05.2015
Jordan – WFP pilots supplementary School Feeding in Madaba, thanks to Canadian support
Providing school meals, improving health and nutritional awareness The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), in collaboration with the Royal Health Awareness Society and the Ministry of Education, has started a pilot project to provide school meals to around 2,300...
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19.05.2015
Living Peace 2015: Words and Images from Cairo
1300 students and professors of Egyptian schools and universities witness their commitment to peace “The Peace Forum was a unique experience. I enjoyed every moment of the programme. Such a meeting (. . .) makes one hope that better days...
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16.05.2015
United World Week and Run4Unity 2015
A ten-day worldwide initiative aims at creating awareness about the daily effort to build peace. Some flash from the Holy Land, Syria, Congo, Argentina, Hong Kong, Macau, Germany, Slovakia and Portugal. Focolare Youth and children and their many friends. Signs...
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14.05.2015
Stop wasting food, Sustainable agriculture, Food for all
Eradicate hunger and malnutrition. Halt the rise in obesity by promoting a culture of prevention. Expo Milano 2015 is the Universal Exhibition that Milan, Italy, will host from May 1 to October 31, 2015. Over this six-month period, Milan will...
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12.05.2015
A day of friendship between Copts and Catholics
May 10th marks the anniversary of the encounter between the Bishop of Rome and the head of the Coptic Church, the largest Christian church in Egypt. Traveling the path towards visible unity. Some comments from Sherin, focolarina from the Coptic...
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07.05.2015
Mediterranean: Urgent political action needed
An appeal has been launched by the "Movement for Politics & Policies for Unity" in the face of the humanitarian disaster taking place in the Mediterranean. The document points out the contradictions and shortcomings found within the 10-point plan elaborated...
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28.04.2015
UN Debate. An extremism in dialogue
High-Level Thematic Debate on Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation, promoted by top members of the United Nations, gained momentum during a panel discussion, moderated by BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan: the role of religions in today’s world What are the religions in...
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25.04.2015
A new step against sexual violence in Northeast India
An exemplary measure in a country where acts of sexual violence are unfortunately common An ethnic armed group from Manipur, Northeast India, the Kuki National Organization (KNO), affirmed its policy to strictly prohibit and punish any act of sexual violence...
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23.04.2015
Maria Voce at the United Nations: Inventing Peace
The speech by the Focolare Movement’s president, Maria Voce at the High-Level Thematic Debate on “Promoting Tolerance and Reconciliation” To risk your own life so as to relieve the suffering of the poor. This was Maria Voce’s invitation as she...
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21.04.2015
The Mediterranean must become a humanitarian channel
Denying the fundamental right of seeking assistance is tantamount to denying democracy and dignity of the person “The Mediterranean must become a humanitarian channel”, said to MISNA Monsignor Giancarlo Perego, director of the Migrantes Foundation, after a migrant boat capsized...
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