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23.06.2023
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS, VOLUNTEERS AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES
An international volunteering programme that appeals to everyone As well as an international voluntary outreach project, for young people aged between 18-35, who offer their gifts and services, Milonga is an adventure of unity built in collaboration with non-governmental organisations...
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16.06.2023
SPARKS (the podcast): stories of the changemakers among us
Today, the first episode of the new podcast, produced by the United World Project, has been published. The podcast tells stories of changemakers that have decided to start a new business, inspired by a spark that pushed them to act...
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13.06.2023
Castro, the economy, the sanctity and the value of forgiveness
Castro Chacussanga’s journey of self discovery, through pain and forgiveness. A journey narrated during the opening event of the United World Week in the citadel of Loppiano. “I would like to tell you about a story of a boy born...
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09.06.2023 United World Week
Cameroon: sharing with displaced people
By Nkemajen Regina Mangoh Since 2016, Cameroon has been facing a sociopolitical crisis in the English-speaking part of the country. One of the consequences of this crisis has been the forced displacement of hundreds of thousands of Cameroonians from their...
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02.06.2023 United World Week
Caring for the Italian beaches: the experiences of the youngest
Summer in the Mediterranean region is beginning and with this also the increasing time passed at the beach. In Italy, many are the initiatives put into action by many volunteers to clean the beaches after the winter sea storms, in...
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30.05.2023
Fresh pasta; hosts for Mass and 3 young Africans
By Amanda Cima The official opening of SAM pasta factory recently took place at Mangone, in the province of Cosenza, a small enterprise in the making, insired by the project ‘More than just a welcome’. On Saturday, 22nd April, three...
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26.05.2023 United World Week
United World Week Special | Dumaguete: Repopulating the sea beds
In Dumaguete in the Philippines, Ivan and his community take care of the marine environment by planting mangroves and restoring the habitats adequate for the proliferation of coral reefs, because he says: “Being one of the poorest countries in Asia,...
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12.05.2023 United World Week
Together for a New Africa in Burundi
Mimmi Bigirimana recounts her experience in the fight against plastic pollution. Elected “plastic zero” ambassador, she and her association turn plastic into ecological sheets and plant trees in Rusizi National Park. You need to accept all cookies to view this...
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30.04.2023 United World Week
United World Week 2023: #DARETOCARE – Dare to take care of people and planet
The 28th United World Week will take place from 1st-7th May 2023. It is a worldwide extravaganza of actions and initiatives to promote fraternity, unity and peace between people and peoples, organized by the communities of the Focolare Movement across the globe....
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28.04.2023
Fragility and greatness: Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
A conversation, profound and enlightening, with Monsignor Follo and Fr Francois Marie Lethel on the importance and modernity of the French saint, celebrated by UNESCO in 2022-2023. It is a hundred years since the beatification of Therese of Lisieux by...
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25.04.2023 United World Week
UNITED WORLD WEEK 2023… ARE YOU READY?
“A proposal for everyone, young people world wide national and international institutions, public or private: UNITED WORLD WEEK. Our aim? To value initiatives that promote unity… at every level”. Young people for a United World, Genfest 1995, Roma ...
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20.04.2023
53rd United Nations World Earth Day
Italy celebrates Earth Day with the Village for the Earth and the Multimedia Marathon #OnePeopleOnePlanet live on RaiPlay and deferred on vaticannews.va Over 600 events amongst which educational workshops, sport activities, concerts, street art, talk shows and dozens of activities...
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11.04.2023
#EoF: Building new economic paradigms starting from school is possible
It is everyone’s duty to realize a more human, fraternal and sustainable economy, but to teach and promote it right from school is an educational challenge. Thus, an educational proposal for the teachers and educators is born: EoF in class....
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07.04.2023
Syria: Amidst the tragedy, young people are committed to life
By Youmna Bouzamel The earthquake that struck Syria on February 6 has taken its toll on its youth, in a country already weakened by twelve years of war and socio-economic hardships. Despite fear, destruction, and adverse conditions, young Syrians show...
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04.04.2023 United World Week
The Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development to Co-Sponsor the 2023 Run4Unity
Through the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, the Vatican backs a global, youth-led sports and tree-planting event, led by the young people of the Focolare Movement and spanning time zones, countries and cultures to build peace and green the planet. On...
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04.04.2023
Ukraine emergency – A year of war
Since the outbreak of the war, Mira Milavec, a focolarina has been working with Caritas Spes in Ukraine, in collaboration with the Focolare Emergency Fund, to co-ordinate the distribution of humanitarian aid; we recently interviewed her, one year on from...
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