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07.11.2018

Congo Malaise

This is the story of Sara, a young speech therapist from Italy who, after graduation, travelled to Congo to work in a specialised centre for deaf children. Her aim was to give, instead… I have been working all summer to...

05.11.2018

The 2018-2019 Guide of the Living Peace International Project

We publish the 2018-2019 Guide of the Living Peace International Project. The guide can be downloaded in the various languages indicated: ITALIAN ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH PORTUGUESE The story The project began in 2011, in Egypt, thanks to Carlos Palma, an...

02.11.2018

Prophetic Economy live streaming

Couldn’t come to the Prophetic Economy Event? Do not lose any of the moments and be part of it! LEARN, SHARE, CONNECT, BUILD TOGETHER. By clicking on the image, you can follow the live event “Prophetic Economy“, and review the...

31.10.2018

Returning Land in Zulu Country

By Armand Djoualeu. The land redistribution reform has not been passed by Parliament yet, but Cyril Ramaphosa has symbolically returned land to a local population in the province of KwaZulu-Natal South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, who replaced Mr. Zuma after...

30.10.2018

A Genfest in Tanzania

By James Mwania. A local Genfest, to rediscover universal brotherhood as a driver to social change They had mentioned it: many young people, unable to participate in the Manila International Genfest (6-8 July), were going to live and share the...

26.10.2018

Margarita, a community creator

by Antonella Ferrucci. Margarita’s commitment as a “community creator” was recognized during the First Meeting of Women for Peace. She is Argentinean from Santa Maria di Catamarca, descendant of the aboriginal “calchaquies”. Tucuman, Argentina – Margarita Ramirez De Moreno, Argentinean...

25.10.2018

Prophetic Economy: a new economy at the service of integral development

13 finalists nominated for the PROPHETIC ECONOMY AWARD 135 entries from 35 countries in different parts of the world registered for the Propetic Economy in Practice-Award 2018. The prize-giving ceremony will take place during an event to be held at...

22.10.2018

Asante Africa 2018

By Sergio Brena. A fraternal volunteer adventure in Kenya. The Fazenda da Esperanza and the Turkana region. Asante (thank you) is certainly the first word in Swahili that you learn coming to Kenya, and the young people who came this...

19.10.2018

Prophetic Economy: believe, collaborate, change

Seven organizations get together to collect ideas and good practices about alternative economic models oriented towards integral human development and sustainability. The “Change-makers” of the world of social economy and solidarity are being invited to come together and collaborate towards...

18.10.2018

Friendly T-shirts, not a simple T-shirt, but a project to build a united world!

By Tamara Pastorelli. Since the mid-1980s, more than 5,000 young people from all nations have received a formation at the “Gen School“, the school for young people in the International City of Loppiano, in Italy, where one can learn to...

16.10.2018

World Day for the Rejection of Extreme Poverty in Rome

On the occasion of the World Day for the Rejection of Extreme Poverty, a pre-launch of Prophetic Economy as part of the event organized by the ATD Fourth World International Movement, in Rome. Commemoration of the Victims of Extreme Poverty...

15.10.2018

Nobel Prize for Economics and UN Report on Climate

By Antonello Pasini. Nobel Prize for Economics to William Nordhaus, forerunner of the idea of the interconnection between human activities and the environment. The new UN report on climate change. The vision of “integral ecology” of Laudato si stands as...

11.10.2018

The Genfest Season

Before, during and after the main event of Genfest in Manila, a lot of other Local Genfest’s were held all over the world, like in Cuba or Nigeria. Here there’s a summary of some of the events that have happened...

10.10.2018

East Africa: Sports4peace

Over 1,000 children and teenagers took part in the “Sports4Peace” event held in Kenya, South Sudan and Burundi at the end of August. Sport can become a means to build peace and help overcome social barriers. “Sports4Peace” is an action...

09.10.2018

Rediscovering the world’s diverse soul: the experience of the Arezzo Multiethnic Orchestra

by Emanuela Cavaleri. In times of conflict and distrust, “finding a new way of living together based on everyone’s right to existence, to creativity, to life”: such is the mission of the Arezzo Multiethnic Orchestra. Founded eleven years ago and...

02.10.2018

Global Transformations and Europe

Course modules 2 and 3 Promoted by the Sophia University Institute in partnership with the Foundation for Sophia and the Autonomous Province of Trent. In Trent, from 12 to 14 OCTOBER 2018 and from 23 to 25 NOVEMBER 2018. The...

24.09.2018

No to a Military Intervention in South America

by Alberto Barlocci. Eleven countries of the Lima Group, which follows with concern the crisis in the Caribbean country, have firmly rejected this possibility. In the meantime, the reception of Venezuelans who emigrate continues The situation in Venezuela continues to...

17.09.2018

Rebibbia, a bridge between inside and outside

According to the Italian Constitution, the purpose of imprisonment is the rehabilitation of the convicted: the prisoner is to be offered opportunities for reintegration into society and, at the same time, paths that allow him or her to become responsible...

07.08.2018

Italian suburbs: for young people, changes start right here

Back to the suburbs at the Corviale neighbourhood in Rome and, for the first time, in Turin, the summer camps of the young people of the Focolare are taking place, with programs ranging from cultural activities and local development to...

31.07.2018

Aziz’s story, beyond all borders

Aziz is from Iraq, but presently lives in France. “Have you ever stopped to think what it would mean if one day, all of a sudden, you are deprived of everything: family, home, dreams…. What would you do?” he asked...