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Um widersprüchliche Erfahrungen mit der von ausländischen Investitionen abhängigen Entwicklung und sozioökonomischen Ungerechtigkeit besser zu verstehen, haben Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer des Ökumenischen Seminars für Leitung, Wirtschaft und Management im Dienst einer Ökonomie des Lebens (GEM School) am 22. August ein Bergwerk besucht.

To witness and attempt to understand contrasting narratives of foreign investment-linked development and socio-economic injustice, participants of the Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School) visited a mining company on 22 August.

Taking place on 4-8 September in Kampala, Uganda, a WCC and UNAIDS regional consultation on HIV Treatment Adherence and Faith Healing in Africa has gathered to address issues of “faith-healing only” practices in the context of HIV and AIDS. At the core is the question of how religious leaders can partner with governmental organizations nationally and internationally, as well as with other parts of civil society to develop strategies to advocate for HIV treatment adherence, and to build bridges to those among faith-healing only practitioners who are open to dialogue.

Um innerhalb der Kirchen die Wirtschaftskompetenz zu fördern, fand vom 21. August bis 1. September in Lusaka (Sambia) das zweite Ökumenische Seminar für Leitung, Wirtschaft und Management im Dienst einer Ökonomie des Lebens (GEM School) statt.

With the aim of building competency in economics within churches, the second Ecumenical School on Governance, Economics and Management for an Economy of Life (GEM School) was held from 21 August - 1 September in Lusaka, Zambia.

A research report released 3 August tells the story of small farmers in Mozambique who are ad-versely impacted by large-scale, foreign agricultural investments - and the alternative, ecumeni-cal vision of life-giving agriculture.

Sierra Leone musste Hunderte von Tote begraben, die bei einem Erdrutsch in ihren Häusern in der Nähe der Hauptstadt Freetown ums Leben gekommen sind. „Bitte betet weiter mit uns“, forderte Bischof Arnold Temple von der Methodistenkirche in Sierra Leone alle Gläubigen auf.

Sierra Leone has been burying hundreds of victims of a mudslide that swept away homes on the edge of the capital Freetown. “Please continue to pray with us”, asked Bishop Arnold Temple, from the Methodist Church Sierra Leone.

In Cameroon, adolescents and young people ages 15-24 partly account for high new HIV infections, which largely occur through unprotected sexual intercourse. This current HIV prevalence among youth may compromise the present and future development of this country.

Working with boys and men is critical to the success of the UNAIDS Fast Track agenda, said Pierre Somse, UNAIDS senior advisor for Fast Track Innovation, speaking at a symposium in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Twenty-five people took part in a workshop in Lome, Togo on 9-11 July jointly organized by the World Council of Churches Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy (WCC-EHAIA) and the Church of Sweden.

As Rev. Pauline Wanjiru Njiru preached on 18 June at the Malawi United Methodist Church in Blantyre, she acknowledged that parenting adolescents is not an easy task.

For Afiwa Allahare, her position as communication officer at the All Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) in Nairobi, Kenya, is just another step towards what she calls: “fulfilling her purpose on earth”.

In einem an die wichtigsten Volkswirtschaften der Welt gerichteten Appell, der im Vorfeld ihres alljährlichen Gipfeltreffens veröffentlicht wurde, haben der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK), das ACT-Bündnis und die Gesamtafrikanische Kirchenkonferenz die Führungsverantwortlichen der G20-Staaten dringend aufgefordert, Maßnahmen zur Überwindung des Hungers und zur Stärkung von Gerechtigkeit und Frieden am Horn von Afrika zu ergreifen.

As part of a Call to Action issued just before an annual meeting of the leaders of the world’s largest economies, the WCC, ACT Alliance and All Africa Conference of Churches urged G20 leaders to take action to overcome hunger and sustain justice and peace in the Horn of Africa.

Am Tag des afrikanischen Kindes 2017 beteiligten sich religiöse Verantwortungsträger/innen aus verschiedensten in Kenia vertretenen Glaubenstraditionen an einer Demonstration in Nairobi und sprachen sich öffentlich für die Rechte von HIV-positiven Kindern und Jugendlichen aus. Hunderte Menschen begleiteten sie, darunter auch Schulkinder aus sechs Schulen in Nairobi und Dutzende jugendliche Freiwillige.

Marching through the streets of Nairobi on the Day of the African Child 2017, religious leaders from a range of faith communities in Kenya spoke up publicly for the rights of children and adolescents living with HIV, accompanied by hundreds of people, among them school children from six Nairobi-based schools, as well as dozens of youth volunteers.

Am 16. Juni, dem Tag des afrikanischen Kindes, werden in Nairobi (Kenia) über 600 Menschen erwartet, um ihre Stimme für ein Ende der Aids-Epidemie unter Kindern und Jugendlichen bis 2020 zu erheben.

More than 600 people are scheduled to gather in Nairobi, Kenya on 16 June, the Day of the African Child, with the goal of speaking out for ending the AIDS epidemic among children, adolescents and young women by 2020.

The first ever WCC Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice will be held 24 July to 3 August, hosted by the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian Blantyre Synod. Applications are now open with a deadline of 11 June (deadline extended).