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July 2020: Volunteers from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, USA, prepare to help patients at a drive-thru testing site for COVID-19 at St. Luke Christian Methodist Episcopal Church in Nashville. Teams from the United Methodist-related school offered testing at area churches on Saturdays.

WCC, WHO commemorate 50 years of collaboration

The World Council of Churches (WCC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are celebrating 50 years of collaboration. Their work together includes strategizing, publications, seminars, webinars, and responding to crises such as HIV, the Ebola outbreak, and COVID-19 pandemic. 

04 April 2024
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World Health Day Prayer Sunday 7 April 2024

With the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle, we pray for the people and churches of Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria.

World Health Day is April 7 when the World Health Organization commemorates its 76th anniversary. This year the theme is 'My Health, My Right, which reminds us to advocate for equitable access to health services and work towards a healthier, more inclusive world.  

04 April 2024
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In USA, pilgrims trek for 200+ kilometers calling for ceasefire in Palestine

Sometimes the pilgrims were a couple dozen people walking on the shoulder of a nondescript rural highway in freezing temperatures. Other times their ranks swelled into the hundreds, as they rallied in US cities including Philadelphia, Baltimore, and, finally, Washington, D.C., where, on 21 February, they urged President Biden to call for an end to the war in Palestine.

27 February 2024
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Seven Weeks for Water 2024, week 1: Water for peace in the Middle East region

The first reflection of the Seven Weeks for Water 2024 series of the WCC Ecumenical Water Network is written by Dr Munib Younan,* bishop emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land and former president of the Lutheran World Federation. In this reflection, the author, as a Palestinian, in line with this year's theme of "leveraging water for peace,” reflects on Isaiah's promise of free water for the thirsty in the context of the ongoing Israeli war in Gaza that has worsened the water situation in Gaza to catastrophic levels.

14 February 2024
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Women and children in Gaza bearing brunt of ongoing war

Women and children in Gaza are bearing the heavy brunt of the ongoing war, according to reports from the United Nations, with close to a million women and girls displaced and 12,882 women and children already perished in a war that has now raged for more than 100 days.

16 January 2024
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Sept semaines pour la campagne l'eau 2017, semaine 2: "La féminisation de la pauvreté en eau sur le continent africain ", par Dr Agnes Abuom

Cette réflexion est menée par le Dr Agnes Abuom, Présidente du Comité central du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE). Il s'agit de la deuxième des sept réflexions de la campagne 2017 des Sept semaines pour l'eau, organisée par le Réseau œcuménique de l'eau (ROE) du COE.

Le Dr Abuom est la première femme et la première Africaine à occuper cette fonction importante. Elle est également la Directrice exécutive de la société de conseil TAABCO Research and Development Consultants, basée à Nairobi (Kenya). À la veille de la Journée internationale des femmes, en tant que femme africaine, elle explore les liens entre la pauvreté, la rareté de l'eau et l'impact de cette rareté sur les femmes. Une réflexion qui prend tout son sens aujourd'hui, puisque le Kenya est actuellement touché par une grande sécheresse qui aggrave la situation des femmes. En effet, ce sont elles qui, la plupart du temps, doivent approvisionner leur famille en eau.

21 February 2023
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