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On the sidelines of the ongoing High Level Political Forum (HLPF) of the United Nations (UN), an official side event was organized by the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network (WCC-EWN).

Some 6-7 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are reviewed every year through a United Nations (UN) mechanism called the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF). The 2018 HLPF is taking place at the UN headquarters in New York, 9-18 July.

World Council of Churches (WCC) deputy general secretary Isabel Apawo Phiri offered the annual Steve de Gruchy Memorial Lecture on 24 April in Cape Town, South Africa.

To commemorate Earth Day, observed on 22 April, a photo exhibition portraying the need for water justice in Latin America will open on 23 April in the Ecumenical Center. The work of photographer Sean Hawkey, in collaboration with the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical Water Network, will be featured in the exhibition, entitled “The blood flows and the rivers run dry.”

Members and partners of the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network (WCC-EWN) at the Alternative World Water Forum (Forum Alternativo Mundial da Agua or FAMA, in Portuguese) ratified the “Ecumenical declaration on water as a human right and a public good,” originally released 13 years ago.

Los miembros y las organizaciones asociadas de la Red Ecuménica del Agua del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (REDA-CMI) que participaron en el Foro Mundial Alternativo del Agua (Fórum Alternativo Mundial da Água o FAMA, en portugués) ratificaron la “Declaración ecuménica sobre el agua como derecho humano y bien público” publicada por primera vez hace trece años.

As the 8th World Water Forum (WWF) unfolds in Brasilia, Brazil, the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network (WCC-EWN) is taking part in a series of activities to challenge the corporate takeover of water bodies around the world.

Mientras se desarrolla el VIII Foro Mundial del Agua en Brasilia (Brasil), la Red Ecuménica del Agua (REDA) del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) participa en una serie de actividades para cuestionar la adquisición de las masas de agua por parte de las corporaciones en todo el mundo.

The marketplace - also referred to as a “sokoni" - became an opportunity for faith and community-based institutions to share what they do to improve the lives of people around them.

En los alrededores de la Conferencia sobre Misión Mundial y Evangelización (CMME), varias personas y grupos organizaron numerosas exposiciones de coloridos artículos para su venta: bolsos, ropa tradicional, zapatos, joyas y piezas de arte.

The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network began the 2018 edition of its annual Lenten campaign “Seven Weeks for Water” in Bogota, Colombia, on 14 February. WCC leaders, members of WCC Reference Group of the Pilgrimage of Justice and Peace, and local churches participated in a ceremony at La Giralda, headquarters of the Colombian Ministry of Internal Affairs.

La Red Ecuménica del Agua (REDA) del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) dio inicio a la edición de 2018 de su campaña de Cuaresma anual de “Siete Semanas para el Agua” en Bogotá (Colombia) el 14 de febrero.

The World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network (WCC-EWN) invites you to use the season of Lent to reflect on water. Since 2008, EWN has been providing weekly theological reflections and other resources on water for the seven weeks of Lent and for World Water Day on 22 March. This year, the focus is on Latin America.

La Red Ecuménica del Agua (REDA) del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) les invita a dedicar el período de Cuaresma a reflexionar sobre el agua. Desde 2008, la REDA proporciona reflexiones teológicas semanales y otros recursos relacionados con el agua para las siete semanas de Cuaresma y para el Día Mundial del Agua, que se celebra el 22 de marzo. Este año, la atención se centra en América Latina.

“The Amazon, the green heart of the Earth, is mourning and the life it sustains is withering,” begins a statement released by the World Council of Churches Executive Committee as it met in Amman, Jordan from 17-23 November.

“El Amazonas, el corazón verde de la Tierra, está de luto y la vida que conserva se está marchitando”, empieza diciendo una declaración emitida por el Comité Ejecutivo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias durante su reunión en Ammán (Jordania), del 17 al 23 de noviembre.

Dr. Emily Welty is an assistant professor in Peace and Justice Studies at Pace University in New York City (USA). She also serves as vice moderator of the WCC Commission of the Churches on International Affairs. As an advocate for banning nuclear weapons, Dr Welty is known both for her unwavering belief in a world free from nuclear weapons, and for her strategic thinking toward that goal.

At an interreligious meeting in Kazakhstan organized by the Holy See on 31 August, World Council of Churches (WCC) programme executive for interreligious dialogue Clare Amos shared insights from a Christian perspective on energy production and care for creation.

Durante la conferencia interreligiosa organizada por la Santa Sede en Kazajstán el 31 de agosto, la encargada del programa de Diálogo Interreligioso del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI), Clare Amos, compartió sus ideas sobre la producción energética y el cuidado de la creación desde una perspectiva cristiana.

Gathering at World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden on 30 August, representatives from a range of faith communities and organizations engaged in water issues held a session exploring how faith communities can help achieve the sixth Sustainable Development Goal, ensuring availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.