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Universal Civil Service: Cooperation for Peace
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Year: 2023
Burundi, the next challenge
How to achieve lasting improvement in living conditions? This is the next challenge to be addressed with projects in Burundi.
The hairdresser of Aleppo
Riyad’s story seems like a fairy tale: the man, 47 years old, had always been a hairdresser. Left without a job, he invented a new business… without straying too far from shampoos and conditioners.
Care, affection and hope
The economic conditions in Syria do not allow a large part of the population access to treatments that are sometimes essential for recovery. If Tammam can now plan her future as a girl, it is also thanks to the support of Seeds of Hope.
Peace!
The Living Peace International network continues to work tirelessly for peace around the world, especially involving the youngest. From Italy to Brazil, from the Holy Land to Costa Rica, young and old throw the Dice of Peace and dedicate themselves to moments of prayer with Time Out.
Change is possible
"We threw ourselves into the idea of growing and selling onions". This is how Célestine Nibigira’s story begins, a Burundian woman who signed up to community micro-credit. Through ideas, commitment and hard work, her and her family’s lives have been transformed. "We...
A brand new dress
When a woman cannot afford to pay for a new dress made by Ruwaida, the seamstress does not hold back and significantly lowers the price. In her kingdom of needles and threads, reciprocity reigns.
A sign of hope in Cuba
Last May, the EoC team visited the participants of the business training project in Santiago de Cuba. And they met two of the activities supported by the EoC Hub and the Economy of Francis. The project is closed, but its buds continue to grow.
After the storm
Almost six months after the flood that hit Emilia Romagna, much has changed and much still needs to be done for a population that has suffered serious damage. Antonio, representative of APS Focolari Romagna, who is helping to manage an emergency that is not over yet, tells us.
Mission diary from Burundi/2
The journey of Emanuela, responsible for the project Water source of life and development, continues. This is her daily story among tropical rains, incredulous children and the novelty of ecological latrines
Mission diary from Burundi/1
Emanuela, AMU project manager in Burundi, reached the province of Ruyigi where she met the protagonists of Acqua fonte di vita. With her, a… petite muzungu
Stories of hospitality in Odessa
Three different stories, with all their burden of fears and lives that the war in Ukraine makes “suspended”. How much suffering do the people who show up at the Caritas-Spes offices to ask for support carry with them?
