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On 12 August, young people across the world participated in the World Council of Churches (WCC) Ecumenical International Youth Day, which convened under the theme "Journey of Justice, Peace, and Unity: A Call to End Violence." The online event highlighted the experiences and resilience of young people and children living amidst conflict, emphasizing the urgent need for peace and support.

A working group of the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on Health and Healing has released a message “A call for cross-generational action on the Mental Health of Youth.”

In the busyness of AIDS 2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference in Munich, Germany, people of faith met for a moment of silence, reflection, and prayer under the theme "Sustaining Hope for All: Remembering, Celebrating, and Praying for a Future without AIDS."

Faith communities’ crucial role in countering stigma, discrimination, and inequality was affirmed at the launch of a UNAIDS report, The Urgency of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads, in Munich on 22 July.

A 50-person delegation from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and UNAIDS will offer input into the 25th International AIDS Conference in Munich. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed its first visitor,  as part of the WCC Visitors programme,  in the new WCC headquarters—Dr Sigurdur Hafthorsson, theological secretary and ecumenical officer from the Church of Sweden. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in conjunction with Liberia Council of Churches and Christian Health Association of Liberia, offered workshops in Monrovia on 4-5 July, and Buchanan on 8-9 July, to equip churches for sustainable health-promoting ministries. 

A team from the World Council of Churches (WCC) will conduct three workshops during the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America's youth gathering in New Orleans, Louisiana, which is convening 16-20 July.