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During an Africa-Europe Ecumenical Forum on Migration, held 15-19 March In Hamburg, Germany, nearly 60 people gathered to discuss, among many other issues, the negative effects of “irregular” migration, caused in part by the growth of inequality within and between countries.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) is sharing materials for a “Week of Prayer for Overcoming Racism and Xenophobia” in the week that includes the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March and the UN International Day for the Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade on 25 March.

Les sanctions ne devraient pas nuire au soutien en faveur des plus vulnérables: c’est le message contenu dans un rapport sur l’impact des sanctions sur le travail humanitaire présenté lors d’un événement parallèle à la 52e session du Conseil des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies à Genève le 10 mars.

Sanctions should not harm the support for the most vulnerable, says a report on the impact of sanctions on humanitarian work presented at a side-event of 52nd session at the Human Rights Council of the United Nations in Geneva on 10 March.

Près de deux semaines se sont écoulées depuis le séisme qui a ravagé le nord de la Syrie et la Turquie le 6 février, ôtant la vie à plus de 41 000 personnes. Des milliers de bâtiments se sont également effondrés. Dans plusieurs villes comme Alep, Hama et Lattaquié, plus de 115 écoles ont été détruites.

Almost two weeks have passed since an earthquake that hit northern Syria and Turkey on 6 February, killing over 41,000 people. The disaster also caused thousands of buildings to collapse. In various cities such as Aleppo, Hama, and Lattakia, over 115 schools were destroyed.

The publication “Called to Transformation – Ecumenical Diakonia” is newly available in German, offering resources to strengthen the diaconal capacity of churches and to advance the cooperation with specialized ministries.

Des groupes humanitaires et d’inspiration religieuse du monde entier ont lancé des appels à l’aide et à la prière tandis que les interventions s’intensifiaient au lendemain du séisme dévastateur qui a frappé la Syrie et la Turquie le 6 février.

Faith-based and humanitarian groups across the world were setting in motion appeals for aid and prayers as response expands in the wake of the devastating earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey on 6 February.

Alors que les communautés en Turquie et en Syrie sont ébranlées par le tremblement de terre qui a emporté au moins 4 300 vies – chiffre qui ne cesse d’augmenter – les Églises ont pris contact avec les personnes touchées et prient pour la sécurité des disparu-e-s.

As communities in Turkey and Syria were left reeling in the wake of an earthquake that has killed at least 4,300 people—and that figure is growing—churches were reaching out to check on those affected and praying for the safety of those missing.

A new publication, “Applied Research Project: Assessing the impact of sanctions on humanitarian work,” has been released by the Geneva Graduate Institute in partnership with the World Council of Churches (WCC), ACT Alliance, Caritas Internationalis, and World Evangelical Alliance.