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Nigeria. Yakoko and the gift of rain

In the rural villages of North-Eastern Nigeria, the drought is creating huge problems for the population. From Onitsha (a 24-hour journey away), some youths and adults of the Focolare went to visit to share the situation and bring some material...

Discovering Fraternity – Report 2015

In the rural villages of North-Eastern Nigeria, the drought is creating huge problems for the population. From Onitsha (a 24-hour journey away), some youths and adults of the Focolare went to visit to share the situation and bring some material...

Kyoko, Tokyo: Only little examples out of many experiences…

"I wanted to start some activities which young people can freely join and feel at home" I'm Kyoko, I live in Tokyo. The life in Tokyo is very individualistic and too busy to create relationships with others. Many of us...

Ecuador chooses participation

A step towards equity and social justice in Ecuador Hundreds of people participated in the national dialogue for peace and social justice conventions held in Ecuador, including invited guests: opposition and civil society. President Rafael Correa gathered proposals for a...

The Refugees Learning to Reconnect

In Mauritania, a Congolese mother is helping refugees to reconnect by teaching IT, 17 years after her own displacement. Written by Helena Pes The city of Nouakchott, Mauritania, is no stranger to refugees. Around 1,500 people who have fled some...

George and Lara, Lebanon: Violence will never put an end to man and the power of love

Experience by George and Lara, from Lebanon LARA: We are George and Lara and we come from Lebanon. We thank you for this opportunity to speak. As you know, the Middle East is living one of the worst pages of...

Gypsies: From evacuation to inclusion

Mario Bruni, sindaco di Alghero, in Sardegna, Italia, racconta come hanno affrontato il necessario sgombero di un campo, cercando insieme ai Rom la migliore soluzione #politics4unity Il campo, da alcuni anni doveva essere sgomberato per seri motivi sanitari e ambientali,...

Cuba-USA ice age ebbing

The steps of the long history until the beginning of the thawing In January, 1959, when Fidel Castro led a guerrilla army to drive dictator Fulgencio Batista out of Havana, the United States was not over alarmed that it would...

Metta, Thailand: “We do not want to convert each other, rather we work together”

Experience of Metta about interreligious dialogue and with the authorities I am Metta from Thailand. I am Buddhist. In 1993, I met the youth group of the Focolare Movement called “Gen” in Bangkok. The Idea that those young people promoted...

World Hunger Falls To Under 800 Million, Eradication Is Next Goal

72 countries have achieved the Millennium Development target of halving proportion of the chronically undernourished. The number of hungry people in the world has dropped to 795 million -- 216 million fewer than in 1990-92 -- or around one person...

Are the crises of couples irreversible?

In Loppiano, the 7th summer course aimed at strengthening relationships of married couples Lack of communication and the incapacity to comprehend the other, see the positive side of the other person’s diversity, and establish the right distance with the families...

Anita, Argentina: We just need to make the first step

Experience of Anita Martinez, a young Argentinian By the end of 2012 I had an awful experience. I was in a friend’s house with all his family and suddenly three armed and violent men entered their house to rob. They...

The future of humanity is fundamentally in the hands of people

EXCERPTS FROM THE ADDRESS OF FRANCESCO TO THE POPULAR MOVEMENTSSanta Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) - Thursday, 9 July 2015 “…Do we truly realize that something is wrong in a world where there are so many farmworkers without land, so...

Migration: What can I do?

Lawyer Flavia Cerino lives in Sicily, Italy, and works in the field of immigration. She is a guardian of minors who travel alone without families. “When it comes to migrations, the numbers say more than the words. In one report...

João, Brazil: My prejudice disappeared, and only fraternal love remained

Experience by João Gustavo, a young Brazilian Hi, my name is João Gustavo, I’m 28 years old and I’m now living in Italy for one year to work at the International Youth Center of the Focolare Movement. My country occupies...

Thanks, sir Nicholas! You encourage us to make a difference!

Sir Nicholas Winton, the man known as the "British Oskar Schindler" who saved more than 600 Jewish children from the Holocaust, has died aged 106. Sir Nicholas rescued the children in Czechoslovakia at the outbreak of the Second World War...

Seeds of Peace: US Buddhists and Christians come together in spirit of dialogue

Suffering, freedom and fraternity are the central themes of the meeting. It's a dialogue that translates into concrete actions in their own cities. They are received in private audience by Pope Francis. Buddhists and Catholics from the United States are...

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Abraham, Mexico: I believe that a united world is possible

Experience of Abraham, young Mexican Hello, my name is Abraham and I come from Mexico, which is a country of noble people and great faith, a people with arms open to the world. Today we are livingin a difficult situation.The...

2015: 60 million Refugees

World Refugee Day "It is necessary to respond to the globalization of migration with the globalization of charity and cooperation, in such a way as to make the conditions of migrants more humane. At the same time, greater efforts are...

The Amazon: environmentalists with a heart

In the face of deforestation issues, Raimundo and Edilene, with other families were able to create in the heart of the Amazon forest, an area that preserves local biodiversity, in line with the “Laudato Si” document, the encyclical letter of...

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