Filippine

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,...

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...

#PlanetPledge | I am Climate Justice

ICJ – I am Climate Justice is a movement composed of volunteers around the world, students, activists, artists and high-profile lawyers, who use the power of the law to pressurize governments to protect future generations from the climate crisis. One...

The children of the Tagpuro shelter

Maria Liza is the chief prosecutor of Tacloban, Philippines, the city that in 2013 was severely affected by one of the most devastating storms in history, typhoon Haiyan. It is here that she and her lawyer colleagues, in cooperation with...

I am Climate Justice

We talk to Nicole Ann Ponce, from Cebu, Philippines, a young volunteer in the climate justice movement “I am Climate Justice” about the beginnings and aims of ICJ, and the importance of each one of us doing our part to...

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...

Paglaum, a name that means “hope”

Cinema, a group of Filipino teenagers, and their ability to tell stories that give hope. In the summer of 2016, on the island of Cebu, archipelago of the Philippines, the Fondazione Bukas Palad di Cebu (BPCFI) organized the first audiovisual...

Paano na ang pasko nila? (What will their Christmas look like?)

“Paano na ang pasko nila?” literally, “what will their Christmas look like?”. The 2018 edition of the “Noche Buena Project“, promoted by the Young People for a United World in the archipelago of the Republic of the Philippines, began with...

Ambassadors for a United World at the Genfest in Manila

The first summit of the Ambassadors for a United World, at the Genfest in Manila. The Manila Genfest was an opportunity for new and important synergies among the young Ambassadors for a United World. As you likely recall, last April...

Genfest 2018: to be women and men of unity to give hope to the world

The eleventh edition of the Genfest has just come to its end. The 6,000 young people present, who came from Focolare communities in more than 100 countries worldwide, launched their project: “Pathways to Fraternity”: ways and means that aim at...

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