[di Francesco Tortorella] “When everyone thinks alike, no one thinks much”[Walter Lippmann] What I expect from journalism is that it helps us think, understand. I don't expect answers from journalism. We are all intelligent enough to find the answers ourselves, when...
Emergency
Syrian women for the reconstruction of the country
With the Center for the Support and Empowerment of Women in Homs, Syria, Amu wants to support women who are challenging everything: their age, sometimes their family and above all a society that would discourage them from undertaking training courses or starting a...
The Festival of Hypocrisies – Syria
Surely many of you will have had the opportunity to follow the updates that Tamara and Francesco of the AMU Projects Sector are sending daily from their mission in Syria. They are stories and testimonies of simple people who after years of war still have the strength...
Alongside the youth after the typhoons – Philippines
Fazenda da Esperança in the Philippines welcomes around 23 young people, boys and girls from families experiencing serious economic and social difficulties. On the farms, the young people take care of agriculture, baked goods, crafts and animals. What they earn from...
Mozambique – Rebuilding after the emergency
In March 2019, an exceptional flood hit Mozambique and the Emergency Coordination of the Focolare Movement (AMU with AFN and MdF ) immediately took action to support the local population through the mission of the Fazenda da Esperança present in the affected areas....
Syria – Recognizing the Other is the First Step to Rebirth
The stories that come from Syria tell us about the difficulties that we try to overcome starting from human relationships. The aid projects for the sick in Homs and Kafarbo, also supported by UBI – Unione Buddhisti italiani, tell us about the suffering of the sick,...
Syria – Another Year of Hope in Homs
From the beginning of the school year, in September, we understood that the after-school center “Generation of Hope” in Homs, Syria, would have an intense year full of activities with the 90 children of all ages who signed up! And the first 3 months did not disappoint...






