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Une délégation allemande composée de représentant-e-s de municipalités, d’éminentes organisations de la société civile et de responsables d’Églises s’est récemment rendue sur l’île grecque de Lesbos qui accueille déjà des dizaines de milliers de personnes migrantes ou déplacées. La délégation se trouvait sur place à l’annonce de l’ouverture de la frontière turque et lors de la première vague d’arrivées.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) continues to amplify the voice of the indigenous Papuans in Indonesia, who are oppressed by racism and discrimination.

Concerned about the escalating crisis of violence, racism and discrimination against indigenous Papuans in Indonesia, a side event co-sponsored by the WCC was convened during a fall session of the UN Human Rights Council to discuss patterns that are oppressing and displacing Papuans.

The movie Eldorado, in which filmmaker Markus Imhoof examines the European migrant crisis and contrasts it against his boyhood experience with a post-World War II Italian refugee, has received recognition from the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and SIGNIS, a Roman Catholic lay ecclesial movement for professionals in the communication.

The film was awarded because it highlights universal values.

Commemorating the International Day of Peace on 21 September, the Ecumenical Network of South Sudan sent a message to the Uganda Joint Christian Council and to other organizations and communities who have hosted refugees.
“We would like to express our solidarity, knowing quite well your ever-commendable efforts towards your support for the people of South Sudan,” reads the statement. “You have been true ambassadors of the love of Christ.”

Alors qu’il commémorait la Journée internationale de la paix le 21 septembre, le Réseau œcuménique du Soudan du Sud a envoyé un message au Conseil chrétien conjoint d’Ouganda et à d’autres organisations et communautés qui ont accueilli des réfugiés.

Évoquant le «bilan épouvantable» de l’échec des sauvetages en mer de personnes réfugiées, l’Église évangélique d’Allemagne (EKD), avec d’autres groupes d’inspiration religieuse et de la société civile, réclame de meilleures solutions.

Virag Kinga Mezei is a Hungarian intern for the World Council of Churches (WCC) Commission of the Churches on International Affairs. With a passion for human rights, she regularly engages in discussions while also getting training through the WCC on mechanisms that lead to the achievement of racial and social justice.

L’Église protestante en Allemagne et le maire de Palerme (Italie) Leoluca Orlando ont publié une déclaration commune appelant à un mécanisme européen de répartition des réfugiés arrivés en bateau.

L’Union européenne n’a actuellement aucun mécanisme de répartition à l’échelle européenne pour prendre en charge les réfugiés sauvés en Méditerranée. La déclaration appelle à une solution politique d’urgence pour cet été, et exhorte un groupe d’États membres de l’Union européenne à constituer une «coalition d’alliés» et à développer une politique soutenable en matière de migration.

L’Association mondiale pour la communication chrétienne (WACC) était présente au Forum mondial des médias de la Deutsche Welle, qui s’est tenu les 27 et 28 mai à Bonn, en Allemagne.
Plus de 2 000 professionnels des médias, décideurs politiques et personnalités influentes de la politique et de la société civile, de la culture et de l’éducation, du business et de la science – représentant 140 pays – ont participé à la conférence.

The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) was featured in the DW Global Media Forum held 27-28 May in Bonn, Germany. More than 2,000 media professionals, policymakers, and movers from politics and civil society, culture and education, business and science – representing 140 countries – attended the conference.

Because faith communities that work closely with the UN children’s agency are deeply involved with young people on the move, they can play a crucial role in applying the global compacts on safe migration and refugees.

An adage that some people ignore these days is that mobility has shaped each human society, and a recent meeting of the Maison Internationale des Associations in Geneva focused on this.

Many colours and flavours of humanity assembled on 7 April for a lively day of discussions and exchanges about human mobility where most views were celebrating the social phenomenon at an event titled “Tout d’ailleurs, tous d’ici” (All from elsewhere, all from here).

Ma’alul, a Palestinian village destroyed in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, saw a visit by ecumenical accompaniers in mid-March. “I would have liked to invite you to a real home, not just as a refugee,” said Jad Saba Yusef Salem as he received the group of accompaniers to the village. Today, 95-year-old Salem is one of few remaining survivors from the 75 families who used to live in the village back in 1948.

À la mi-mars, les accompagnateurs et accompagnatrices œcuméniques se sont rendu-e-s à Ma’alul, un village palestinien détruit pendant la guerre israélo-arabe de 1948.

In a country now counting 100 million inhabitants, and where 2.5 percent are added annually, it is increasingly hard for the government to keep pace with the needs of its people. “In this challenging environment, the work of non-governmental organisations is critical in order to ease the burden on public service institutions”, explains Dr Maged Moussa Yanny, general director of EpiscoCare.

For HIV-infected people in Nairobi, the Eastern Deanery Aids Relief Program makes a difference. By providing a quarter of the antiretroviral therapy care, it helps around 26,000 HIV-infected people in the Kenyan capital to live normal lives.

Ten years ago, while studying to become a nurse, Khadijah Abdullah was confronted at a hospital with a rather difficult patient, a Muslim living with AIDS who was also coping with several other medical issues. When Abdullah realized how isolated and stigmatized this patient was in his own faith community, she became aware of her prejudices and ignorance and she decided to do something about it.

Ours is a world of migration. Yet myths and mystification persist in our understanding of the journey – particularly when it comes to transmittable diseases such as HIV.

Notre monde est celui de la migration. Pourtant, les idées reçues et la mystification restent ancrées dans la manière dont nous appréhendons le chemin à parcourir – en particulier concernant les maladies transmissibles telles que le VIH.