Rebuilding hearts. Ward’s journey
The story of Ward Al-Hussein, a Syrian teacher from Deir al Zour, who has lived in Turkey since 2020. Having survived the earthquake of last February 6, she teaches storytelling to children to rebuild, together with them, with words, a life beyond the rubble. My name is Ward Al-Hussein, I am 33 years old and […]
The Philippines. Let’s Save the ‘Amazon of the Oceans’
“It is not too late to save the ‘Amazon of the oceans’, the appeal of Edwin Gariguez, parish priest and director of Caritas in the island of Mindoro, in the centre of the Philippines, expresses the desires, dreams, hope of thousands of fishermen who want to preserve a marine ecosystem unique in the world, ‘a […]
World Mission Sunday. “Hearts on Fire, Feet on the Move”
This year World Mission Day will be celebrated on Sunday, 29 October, focused on the theme: “Hearts on Fire, Feet on the Move”, inspired by the story of the first appearance of Jesus to two of His Disciples, after His crucifixion and the discovery of the empty tomb, in the Gospel of Luke (24:13-35). In […]
Advocacy & People. Agnès Kabwiz. “We make companies accountable”
She is the leader of a cooperative of artisanal miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “Our story is also about resilience, empowerment and our fight for survival for ourselves and our families.” My story is not easy to tell. It is full of pain, one shared by countless women who work in […]
Oral Literature. The Man and the Muskrat
There was a certain hunter who used to go out with his dog searching for a quarry to bring back to his wife and children. One day he said: “I’m going deep into the bush because the quarry has become very scarce these days.” He set off with his bow, arrows, spear, and dog. When […]
Bolivia. The Festival of the Chacobo Community
The Chacobos are a small indigenous people living on the banks of the Benicito river in the northeast of Bolivia. They organise festivals at the time of cassava and corn harvest. One of the members of the community is given the task to organise the festival, he is supposed to personally invite each man of […]
The Sahel – A region outside state control
On the old trade routes through the Sahara, where caravans used to trade in salt and other coveted goods, lively human, arms and drug trades by criminal gangs are flourishing today. The Sahel countries are the former French colonies of Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Chad. They are among the poorest countries in the […]
WYD 2023. Young Ukrainians: The Cry of Pain
More than one and a half million young people, the highest number ever, flew into Lisbon and filled its narrow and cobbled streets with its numerous climbs, on the occasion of the World Youth Day (WYD) 2023. There was an unexpected encounter, the cry of pain of thousands of young Ukrainians. But evil will never […]
Advocacy & People. Yvette Mushigo, Breaking the Silence
The Congolese activist and jurist Yvette Mushigo is the coordinator of the Synergie des Femmes pour la Paix et la Réconciliation (SPR), a network of associations operating in Bukavu (DRC) for women to know and claim their rights. “There are many types of violence that are perpetrated against women. From discrimination in employment and sexual […]
Sierra Leone. Moringa Protein and Resistant Coffee
There is no shortage of water, but floods are increasingly frequent. To enable families to have enough food and earn their living, a group of Salesians have promoted a project for the cultivation and transformation of moringa. From moringa to Coffea Stenophylla, from horizontally grown tomatoes to new generation tea, in Sierra Leone, where climate […]