She is a leading voice among Brazil’s Indigenous youth. Her message is simple: Indigenous people must be involved in decision-making processes relating to the measures that must be taken to deal with environmental issues. The importance of social media.

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Alarmed by the pollution produced by the Konkola Copper Mines operation in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia, Chilekwa Mumba organized a lawsuit to hold the mine’s parent company, Vedanta Resources, responsible. 

Chilekwa’s victory in the UK Supreme Court set a Continue reading →

The Congolese activist and jurist Yvette Mushigo is the coordinator of the Synergie des Femmes pour la Paix et la Réconciliation (SPR), a network of associations operating in Bukavu (DRC) for women to know and claim their rights.

“There are Continue reading →

As Gandhi’s heir, he brought the method of non-violence to the conflicts of youth gangs and peasant marches for land rights. In May he was awarded the 2023 Niwano Prize.

He has himself called just by his first name to Continue reading →

She is the leader of a cooperative of artisanal miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). “Our story is also about resilience, empowerment and our fight for survival for ourselves and our families.”

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Being both a priest and a journalist represents the two most dangerous missions ever. This is the experience of Father Omar Sotelo Aguilar, an energetic Mexican priest of the Society of San Paolo who for years has been at the Continue reading →

Fr. Louis Tony Okot Ochermoi, a Sudanese Comboni missionary shares with us his vocation journey.  “How can I become a Comboni Missionary?”.

During my childhood, my father and elders in our village, Iboni, shared about two Comboni missionaries and their Continue reading →

Medellín is an industrial city, the second most populated in Colombia, inhabited by the paisas, an enterprising and combative people, faithful to their traditions and home to important writers such as Héctor Abad.

Yes, many abroad know it for Continue reading →

Sister Fátima Lay Martínez belongs to a consecrated religious of the Catechist Sisters of Jesus Crucified. She talks about the mission in the Peruvian Amazon region

We live in Iquitos, the largest city in the Peruvian Amazon, surrounded by nature Continue reading →

Fr. José Javier Parladé Escobar, an 81-year-old Spaniard spent fifty-two years of his life in Sudan. Recently, he was forced to flee the country though not without reluctance. He immediately wishes to clarify matters saying: “I want to return as Continue reading →