La Semana de Acción de las Iglesias por los Alimentos (del 11 al 18 de octubre), que aborda la reducción del drama del hambre en un mundo de abundancia, es una oportunidad para los cristianos, las comunidades y las personas de todo el mundo de actuar juntos por la justicia alimentaria.
A declaration emphasizing the need for greater convergence in the struggles for justice and rights of communities, particularly for land, water, forests, natural resources, livelihood and identity, was the outcome of a meeting in Nepal, involving civil society organizations and social movements.
A new report titled “Defeating AIDS–Advancing global health” was appreciated as a significant resource in encouraging an effective global AIDS response by Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri, associate general secretary of the WCC.
Students who visit the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva are often from theological or similarly Bible-related sections of educational institutions, but not always. This year a group of secular students from a state university in the United States arrived at the WCC to tap into work related to its health and healing programme.
Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary of the WCC, and Dr Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank Group, discussed possible collaborative actions to end extreme poverty during a meeting in Washington, D.C., on 4 May.
El Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, secretario general del CMI, y el Dr. Jim Yong Kim, residente del GBM, discutieron las posibles medidas para erradicar la pobreza extrema que podrían adoptarse de manera colaborativa en una reunión que tuvo lugar en Washington D.C. el pasado 4 de mayo.
The WCC and the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance have agreed to re-establish the EAA as the WCC’s ecumenical initiative, preserving the future of this diverse Christian network for international action on selected, focused issues.
El CMI y la Alianza Ecuménica de Acción Mundial (AEAM) han acordado reintegrar la AEAM en el marco de las iniciativas ecuménicas del CMI, preservando así el futuro de esta amplia y diversa red cristiana de acción internacional sobre cuestiones concretas previamente seleccionadas.