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30.03.2021

From the crisis to a new governance

The fifth lesson of the #daretocare campaign has been published in five languages on the United World Project website. Letizia De Torre is Italian, she was a Member of Parliament and Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education. From 2013 to...

30.03.2021

Global Compact on Education – Peace and Citizenship, Education for Solidarity and Encounter

The Congregation for Catholic Education, in collaboration with the EIS School of Higher Education LUMSA University holds a webinar called “Peace and Citizenship, education for solidarity and encounter,” to analyze, discuss and analyze projects that are close to the Global...

26.03.2021

United World Week 2021

The 2021 edition of the United World Week will be entitled “#daretocare“, like this year’s Pathway for a United World, and will run for more than a week (May 1-9). In fact, this expo of global fraternity will culminate with...

24.03.2021

Three million faces. The illness may be rare, but the people are not.

By María Teresa Ausín Courtesy of Ciudad Nueva, we publish the story of Alberto Peñafiel, one of the young people from Spain’s Mosaic Group. About 6% of Spaniards suffer from a rare disease, one that hardly anyone knows or remembers...

19.03.2021

A Heart That Dances

The dream of going to Italy cultivated from an early age, the joy of having succeeded and then the constant effort of building a better life. Lamine twenty years old, after being a guest at Casa di Ismaele he got...

16.03.2021

Balkans and migrants, a route that needs to be changed

They call it the Balkan route which is travelled by thousands of migrants and asylum seekers who have experienced inhumane treatment. What place does fraternity have in a context like that? What does the history of these countries teach us?...

05.03.2021

Seeds of hope in northern Kenya, a project that leaves no one behind

Augustine Lenamoi founded the Northern Pastoralists Youth Development Organization (NPYDO) in Marsabit, Kenya, an organization completely run by young people, with the aim of improving the social and economic conditions of the local community through development projects. Leaving no one...

03.03.2021

COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Declaration

In January 2021, WHO issued a call to all countries to work together in solidarity – and in each of their best interests – to ensure that within the first 100 days of the year, vaccination of health workers and...

02.03.2021

#daretocare Families in Germany

The Dörpinghaus couple live in Solingen, Germany, where they are involved in the “dare to take care” of their city and its citizens, through a constant effort for dialogue, democracy and social cohesion. Their efforts have earned them the city’s...

26.02.2021

Economy of Francesco School: An Online Training Course

From 3 March, high-level training course on rethinking the economy from the commons. The Economy of Francesco School, an advanced online training course beginning on March 3, 2021 and promoted by the Scientific Committee of the EoF, will explore some...

23.02.2021

Unisol Foundation: the greatest reward

A social centre in Bolivia offers support to 220 children and families in need. Silvio’s story: today he works for the same institution that saved him and cared for him when he was a child. Silvio lives in Cochabamba; he...

17.02.2021

Dare to Care: the role of young people during and after the pandemic

UWP Editorial Staff Italy – The 19th edition of the meeting on ‘Otherness and peace culture’, promoted by the Ministry of Education’s Veneto Regional Office, the bNET association and the Rete Progetto Pace network with the contribution of the Veneto...

12.02.2021

“Aqua fons vitae”. Font of Living Water, Water For Burundi

By Alessio Valente Alessio Valente from New Humanity Ngo talks about a project in Burundi which provides access to safe drinking water and an opportunity to create human relationships “in a network of communion and belonging.” Reading over the first...

05.02.2021

Talitha Kum, sisters against trafficking

A marathon of prayer against human trafficking is scheduled to be held on February 8, 2021 with reflections and testimonies of people from around the world who are engaged in the fight against the scourge of human trafficking. Sister Gabriella...

02.02.2021

First ‘International Human Fraternity Day’

The first International Human Fraternity Day will be celebrated on February 4, 2021 established by the United Nations General Assembly during its 75th plenary session. The choice of this particular date is a strong reminder of the historic signing of...

29.01.2021

Free yourself – moving from pandemic to hope

In Mexico the “Hope Shelter” has opened, thanks to the work of AMU. It’s home to a special group of people who have courageously decided to turn their lives around. There are serious social inequalities in Mexico, where opportunities for...

26.01.2021

“I’m hungry,” the provocation that inspired a wave of collaboration

“Taking care of others is an act of courage,” says Jomery Nery, a young Brazilian tax lawyer and director of the Portuguese National Association of the Economy of the Communion (ANPECOM). One ANPECOM project, known as Supera (Overcoming Personal Economic...

22.01.2021

Christmas’ #PillsOfHope!

New #Pillsofhope that happened during the 2020 year-end holidays. We wanted to see how the Christmas spirit is put into action in different parts of the world. United Kingdom. British Sikh community feeds stranded drivers On December 23, just two...

19.01.2021

Jorge and the work of the Comisión de la Verdad

In conversation Jorge Jiménez Castro, from Colombia who is a volunteer at “Nodo Italia” which supports the work of the Comisión de la Verdad (Colombian Truth Commission). I first met Jorge in September 2019 in Paris, while he was attending...

15.01.2021

Alba of the Caminantes

Alba, her name means sunrise, which makes us think of the first light that appears in the sky when the sun begins to rise. It is that first light that breaks through and overcomes the darkness of the night. Perhaps...