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Siete Semanas para el Agua 2016, semana 1: "¡Y aún estamos sedientos de agua! ", Bishop Munib Younan

Paz y gracia a ustedes desde Jerusalén, la Ciudad Santa. En mi calidad de árabe cristiano quiero agradecer la oportunidad que me han dado de escribir una reflexión para la emisión de este año de “Siete semanas por el Agua”. Ciertamente, esta zona del mundo siempre ha estado lidiando con todos los temas relacionados al agua debido al clima seco y a los pocos recursos hídricos existentes en la región. Hoy, sin embargo, el pueblo palestino enfrenta un desafío aún mayor pues es una crisis que empeora año tras año.

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Siete Semanas para el Agua 2014, semana 2: "Agua para la vida", Dr Heinrich Bedford-Strohm

El autor de la segunda reflexión bíblica de las Siete Semanas para el Agua 2014 es el Dr. Heinrich Bedford-Strohm, obispo de la Iglesia Evangélica Luterana de Baviera (Alemania). Mediante ejemplos de la Biblia, subraya la importancia fundamental del agua para la vida, así como el hecho de que todos tenemos derecho al acceso gratuito al agua para nuestra subsistencia, independientemente de nuestra situación económica.

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Siete Semanas para el Agua 2020, semana 4: "El agua: un don de Dios, un bien público y un derecho humano. ¿Deberíamos privatizarla? ", Rev. Dr. Donald Bruce Yeates

La cuarta reflexión de las Siete semanas para el agua 2020 de la Red Ecuménica del Agua del CMI es obra del Rev. Dr. Donald Bruce Yeates, ministro de la Iglesia Presbiteriana de Saint Andrews de Suva (Fiyi), y capellán consultor de la Universidad del Pacífico Sur. El Rev. Dr. Bruce ha trabajado activamente en el Pacífico desde 1975 como académico en materia de trabajo social, desarrollo comunitario y política social, habiendo prestado servicios en la Universidad de Papúa Nueva Guinea y en la Universidad del Pacífico Sur. En la siguiente reflexión, subraya la importancia del derecho humano al agua y la invasión de la privatización en el contexto del agua embotellada más famosa del mundo, “Fiji Water”, que proviene de su país de origen.

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Siete Semanas para el Agua 2018, week 1: "Agua: Obsequio y Fuente de Vida", Ivo Poletto

Ivo Poletto, filósofo, teólogo y sociólogo brasileño, es el encargado de la primera Reflexión de las Siete Semanas para el Agua. También es asesor nacional del Foro del Cambio Climático y Justicia Social en Brasil. En la siguiente reflexión Poletto analiza el ciclo del agua de Brasil así como los “ríos aéreos” del Amazonas y lamenta las rápidas deforestaciones de los bosques que están rompiendo el ciclo del agua y haciendo desaparecer las nubes y los acuíferos. Insiste en que el agua es un bien común que necesita cuidados especiales, ya que no hay vida sin agua

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Siete semanas para el agua 2017, semana 2: "Feminización de la pobreza del agua en el contexto de África ",la Dr. Agnes Abuom

La autora de la segunda de las siete reflexiones de la campaña de Cuaresma: Siete semanas para el agua 2017 de la Red Ecuménica del Agua (REDA) del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias es la Dra. Agnes Abuom, Moderadora del Comité Central del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias.

La Dra. Abuom es la primera mujer y la primera africana en desempeñar este importante cargo. También es directora ejecutiva de la organización Research and Development Consultants - TAABCO, con sede en Nairobi (Kenia). En su reflexión, tratándose de la víspera del Día Internacional de la Mujer, y siendo ella misma una mujer africana, analiza la relación entre la pobreza, la escasez de agua y sus repercusiones para las mujeres. Su reflexión se encuadra también en el contexto actual en el que Kenia está sufriendo las consecuencias de una grave sequía que no hace más que empeorar la situación de la mujer en el país, dado que las mujeres son las principales responsables de ir a buscar el agua para sus familias en la mayoría de los casos.

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Siete Semanas para el Agua 2019, semana 3: "El don de Dios del agua", Grace Ji-Sun Kim

La autora de la tercera reflexión de "Siete Semanas para el Agua 2019" de la Red Ecuménica del Agua del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias es Grace Ji-Sun Kim, ministra ordenada de la Iglesia Presbiteriana (Estados Unidos de América). Obtuvo su doctorado en la Universidad de Toronto y trabaja como profesora asociada de teología en el Seminario de Earlham. Es una escritora prolífica, y autora o editora de dieciséis libros, entre ellos, Firmemos la paz con la tierra. Grace Ji-Sun Kim forma parte del grupo de trabajo del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias sobre cambio climático. En esta reflexión, recuerda su infancia en Corea y cuál era su perspectiva sobre el agua en aquellos tiempos en comparación con su perspectiva en la actualidad, como teóloga ecofeminista. Reflexiona también sobre la promesa de Dios "Porque yo derramaré aguas sobre el suelo sediento, y torrentes sobre la tierra seca...", y  contrasta esto con el estilo de vida consumista actual, que contamina nuestros cuerpos de agua y les niega a millones de personas el disfrute de este don vivificador de Dios: el agua.

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Seven Weeks for Water 2020, week 7: "Thirsty for justice", by Frances Namoumou and Netani Rika

The seventh and last reflection of the seven weeks for water 2020 of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network is written jointly  by Ms Frances Namoumou, Programmes Manager, and Mr Netani Rika, Communications Specialist, Pacific Conference of Churches.  In the following reflection they have analysed the water scarcity situation in the Pacific that is getting worsened by climate change with a justice perspective from the narratives of the persistent widow of the bible. They challenge us not to give up our “thirst for justice” under any circumstances.

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Seven Weeks for Water 2020, week 6: "Water, food and trade: Impact on the Pacific Islands", by Athena Peralta and Dr Manoj Kurian

The 6th reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2020 is by Athena Peralta and Dr Manoj Kurian, programme executives of the World Council of Churches Economic and Ecological Justice programme and Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, respectively. In this reflection, they are focusing on the perils of cash crops such as sugarcane, produced primarily for exporting, threatening to impact the freshwater levels of Fiji. Over-dependency on food import for its sustenance is not a sustainable practice.

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Seven Weeks for Water 2020, week 5: "Water and Climate Change", by Dinesh Suna

The fifth reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2020 is by Dinesh Suna, coordinator of Ecumenical Water Network, World Council of Churches. He is a Lutheran and comes from India. In the following reflection, he explores the importance of “hand-washing” in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic while this basic facility is not available to millions of people, particularly to children. He dedicates this reflection to World Water Day which is being observed on 22 March with the theme “Water and Climate Change.”

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Seven Weeks for Water 2020, week 4: "Water: a gift of God, a public good and a human right. Should we privatize it?", by ev. Dr. Donald Bruce Yeates

The fourth reflection of the seven weeks for water 2020 of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network is by Rev. Dr. Donald Bruce Yeates, a minister of Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church of Suva, Fiji and a consultant chaplain at The University of the South Pacific. Bruce has been active in the Pacific since 1975 as an academic in social work, community development and social policy having served at the University of Papua New Guinea and The University of the South Pacific. In the following  reflection he underlines the importance of human right to water and the onslaught of privatisation in the backdrop of  world’s most famous bottled water which comes from his home country, the “Fiji waters”.

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Seven Weeks for Water 2020, week 3: "Feminization of Water Poverty: Women’s Perspective on Water Justice", by Adi Mariana Waqa

The third reflection of the seven weeks for water 2020 of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network is by Adi Mariana Waqa, the Child Protection Coordinator of the Pacific Conference of Churches with contributions from Frances Namoumou Programmes Manager, PCC  and Mereani Nawadra (Project Officer for Gender Equality Theology,  Methodist Women’s Fellowship. In the following reflection they critique Abraham’s decision to send off Hagar into the wilderness with a child with very little water. They draw comparisons that Hagar then and women of today take on the responsibility of securing water needs of the family at the cost of their own safety and wellbeing. This reflection is to commemorate International Women’s day in the context of right to water.

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Seven Weeks for Water 2020, week 2: "What moves above the waters: fresh water challenges of the Pacific", by Nikotemo Sopepa

The second reflection of the seven weeks for water 2020 of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network is by Nikotemo Sopepa, an ordained minister of the Ekalesia Kelisiano Tuvalu. Married with two children, he is currently the  Mission Secretary of the Council for World Mission in the Pacific region.  In the following reflection he compares the life affirming spirit of God that was hovering on the waters in the beginning of the creation story with today’s “death dealing” spirit of commercialization of water over the waters of the pacific region which is worsening its fresh water availability.

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Seven Weeks for Water 2020, week 1: "Solwara: Saltiness and the Liquid Continent – An introduction to the Seven Weeks of Water from the perspective of Oceania", by Rev. James Bhagwan

The first reflection of the seven weeks for water 2020 of the WCC’s Ecumenical Water Network is by Rev. James Bhagwan, an ordained minister of the Methodist Church in Fiji.  Rev. Bhagwan holds a Bachelor of Divinity (with Honours) in Ecumenical Studies from the Pacific Theological College in Suva, Fiji and a Masters of Theology in Christian Social Ethics from the Methodist Theological University in Seoul, South Korea. He currently serves as the General Secretary of the Pacific Conference of Churches. In this introductory reflection of the Lenten campaign, he identifies himself and his community as “ocean people” and laments that the very saltiness that makes the ocean unique for earth’s sustainability is in danger of losing it.

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Seven Weeks for Water 2019, week 7: "Privatisation of water: an onslaught to the human right to water in Asia", by Ismael Fisco Jr.

The seventh and last reflection of the “Seven Weeks for Water 2019” of the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network is by Ismael Fisco Jr., a young adult from the United Methodist Church in the Philippines, and former Chairperson of the ecumenical youth movement Kalipunan ng Kristiyanong Kabataan sa Pilipinas (KKKP). He currently works as Director for an international digital publishing company while pursuing his Law degree. He writes for several publications and was part of the communication team of past General Assembly of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and the Christian Conference of Asia (CCA). In this reflection, Ismael laments the recent water crisis in Manila, Philippines, which is his home country. Inspired by Isaiah 55:1, he argues that water should not be commodified and therefore must not be privatised. He proposes that the blue community is the way to go to address the water crisis.

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Seven Weeks for Water 2019, week 6: "Leaving no one behind: the crux of water for all in the context of SDG 6", by Dinesh Suna

The sixth reflection of the “Seven Weeks for Water 2019” of the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network is by Dinesh Suna, coordinator of the network. Suna comes from the Jeypore Evangelical Lutheran Church in Odisha, India. In the following reflection, Suna emphasises that "the lost, the least and the last" are at the heart of both the Bible as well as the Sustainable Development Goals. From the gospel according to Luke, Suna identifies parables by Jesus that demonstrate Jesus’s preference for vulnerable communities and challenge us to have that positive bias towards them.

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Seven Weeks fo Water 2019, week 5: "Securing water for food security and climate adaptation", by Athena Peralta and Manoj Kurian

The fifth reflection of the “Seven Weeks for Water 2019” of World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Water Network is done jointly by Dr Manoj Kurian and Ms Athena Peralta, the Coordinator of WCC-Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance and Programme Executive of WCC Economic and Ecological Justice programmes respectively. In the following reflection, they underline the nexus between water, food and climate change and how our irresponsible consumption pattern on one can influence the other sectors.  They further challenge us to review our footprints on water, climate change etc and encourage us to take actions this Lent for making our planet more sustainable.

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Seven Weeks for Water 2019, week 4: "Stigma and discrimination: an impediment to human right to water, with specific reference to Casteism in India", by Rev. Dr Raj Bharat Patta

The fourth reflection of the “Seven Weeks for Water 2019” of World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Water Network is by Rev. Dr Raj BharatPatta, an ordained minister of the Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church in India. He has recently completed his PhD on the topic Subaltern Public Theology for India from the University of Manchester, UK. He served the Student Christian Movement of India as its national General Secretary and also the National Council of Churches in India as one of its Executive Secretaries, particularly focusing on Dalit and indigenous people. He currently serves as an Authorised Presbyter at the Stockport Methodist Circuit in UK with a pastoral charge of three churches. In the following reflection, he narrates the story of Hagar through her voice, when she was left in the desert to fend for herself without an adequate supply of water to survive with and to keep her son Ishmael alive. Patta, draws similarities between the Dalit communities in India and that of Hagar, when it comes to access to water.

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Seven Weeks for Water 2019, week 3: "God’s Gift of Water", by Grace Ji-Sun Kim

The third reflection of the “Seven Weeks for Water 2019” of World Council of Churches’ Ecumenical Water Network is by Grace Ji-Sun Kim, an ordained minister of PC (USA). She received her PhD from the University of Toronto and works as an Associate Professor of Theology at Earlham School of Religion. She is a prolific writer and the author or editor of 16 books including, Making Peace with the Earth. Kim is part of the World Council of Churches working group on climate change. In this reflection, she recollects her early days in Korea and how she looked at the water then and now, as an eco-feminist theologian. She further reflects on the promise of God "I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground…" and contrasts it with today's consumeristic lifestyle, which is polluting our water bodies and denying millions from enjoying this life-giving gift of God – Water!

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