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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...

26.07.2018

Ethiopia and Eritrea Are Reconciling

Written by Armand Djoualeu. Is peace breaking out between the two neighbors who have been at war since 1998? Hopefully. The pledge made by Ethiopian PM Abiy, during his trip to Asmara, seems to be for real. After 20 years...

24.07.2018

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...

20.07.2018

The last harvest: 2017 EoC Report

At last! The 2017 EoC Report is now available. Discover how the profits shared by the companies adhering to the project of the Economy of Communion during the last year have been transformed. What is the EoC? The Economy of...

19.07.2018

Solidarity Is Not a Crime

By Silvano Gianti. The French Constitutional Court recognized that people providing “disinterested help” to “irregular residents” do not “face legal consequences”, in the name of the “principle of fraternity” which is one of the cornerstones of the Republic. A historic...

17.07.2018

When we Guatemalans are united, we are stronger than a volcano

A month has passed since Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire first erupted; nonetheless, some situations still feel like the first day. One of them is uncertainty. To date, we still do not know the exact number of victims who were buried...

11.07.2018

Changing the world one note at a time: Clotilde’s commitment

Clotilde Gaborit, a young French musician, recently spent two weeks in Madagascar, where she taught choral singing to children from two local primary schools. The experience left a mark on both her pupils and herself, and it confirmed her personal...

09.07.2018

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...