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End-of-the-day meal at the home of a Bedouin family in the Jordan Valley. Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC

WCC invites Week of Action on Food with ‘God’s Promise of Abundance’

Observed on 13-20 October, the WCC Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance invites churches around the world again to a Churches’ Week of Action on Food, an opportunity to pray, reflect and take action together, for food justice across the globe.

03 October 2019

News

Farmers work at a church-supported sustainable livelihoods programme in Tanzania. Photo: Albin Hillert/WCC

Amid church interventions, millions worldwide will experience hunger, warns report

Church and related organizations’ response to food crises globally may need to be strengthened following the findings of a new report which projects millions of people will be without food due climate change, conflict and insecurity.

05 April 2019

Event

Presentation at WCC-EWN Summer School on Water, 2008 © Annegret Kapp/WCC

Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice

24 July - 03 August 2017

At its first Eco-School on Water, Food and Climate Justice, the WCC's Ecumenical Water Network (EWN) along with its Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance will bring together about 20 young people from the Africa region. Over a period of 10 days, in an ecumenical setting, participants will have the opportunity to study the local, regional, and international manifestations and causes of the water crisis and food security affected by climate change. They will examine the situation and challenges from a perspective of faith and ethics, and search together for possible ecumenical responses to these challenges.

Lilongwe, Malawi

News

"My name is Souad. I am from Syria. We left because of the war, it isn't safe." © Sean Hawkey/WCC

WCC/UN conference calls for coordinated action on refugee crisis

Following the WCC/UN High Level Conference on the Refugee Crisis in Europe, which took place at the Ecumenical Centre Geneva on 18-19 January, a statement has been issued entitled "Europe’s Response to the Refuge Crisis, From Origin to Transit, Reception and Refuge, A Call for Shared Responsibility and Coordinated Action”.

20 January 2016