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Federal Council plans aid for Ukraine at the expense of the poorest

Mission 21 supports a project in South Sudan that currently provides 350 schoolchildren with a hot meal a day. Support for such projects would be jeopardized by the Federal Council's decision. Photo: zVg

Ukraine is to receive 5 billion in reconstruction support from Switzerland over the next twelve years. However, the Federal Council wants to pay the first one and a half billion, which will be provided until 2028, entirely from the budget for international cooperation. Aid organizations are outraged. Mission 21 also deeply regrets the decision. The Federal Council has decided to increase reconstruction aid for the ...

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Solveig Schrickel in Chile: chocolate and politics

The medicinal herb courses continue to be popular.

As a health consultant and medicinal herb specialist, Solveig Schrickel supports a project run by our partner organization SEDEC in Chile. In her new newsletter, our colleague explains how she teaches adults, children and young people about medicinal herbs. In addition to plant knowledge, the pupils also learn a lot about Solveig Schrickel's country of origin. "The best chocolate is made in Switzerland," she ...

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"Girls' schools: That was radical back then"

The photo from a "Brahmin girls' school" (the original title) was taken between January 1884 and March 1886 in Mangalore. In the center: Missionary's daughter Elisabeth Diez. From the holdings of the Basel Mission in the research archive of Mission 21: BMA C-30.54.011

Indian researcher Parinitha Shetty has looked into the history of the Basel Mission in South India - and says that the mission's presence has shaped Indian society to this day. Parinitha Shetty, I have brought you this photograph from the Mission 21 research archive. Do you know the photograph? Yes, it shows a Brahmin school. It ...

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Luzia Illiger in Tanzania: Review and farewell

View of Isoko, Tanzania, where gynecologist Luzia Illiger worked from April 2021 to January 2024.

For the last time, our colleague Luzia Illiger is writing a newsletter from Isoko, Tanzania. She worked as a gynecologist in the country for three years. Now Luzia Illiger looks back on an eventful time: on her various fields of work, on her contact with the local population and on her busy renovation work. "Over the past three...

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The March issue of our magazine "begegnen" is out now

Khamisa Juma Pajwok, a member of the Presbyterian Church of South Sudan, moderates the inauguration ceremony for the opening of the girls' home in Renk, South Sudan. The shelter provides a safe place in a troubled environment. Photo: Silvano Yokwe

The magazine "begegnen" is Mission 21's donor magazine and is published four times a year. The magazine contains information and stories about Mission 21's projects and the people behind them. Among other things, the current issue focuses on various projects that promote peace. The "begegnen" magazine from March 2024 Peacebuilding guarantees ...

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Daniel Gloor in Malaysia: Christmas and thoughts on anti-Semitism

Daniel Gloor preached at Christmas in the church in the village of Liningkar, deep in the hinterland of Sabah. Photo: zVg/Mission 21

Our colleague Daniel Gloor is a lecturer in biblical studies at the STS Theological Seminary in Sabah, Malaysia. He has experienced very special Christmas celebrations in two small congregations deep in the Malaysian hinterland of Borneo. He reports on this in his newsletter. In his latest newsletter, Daniel Gloor also addresses a very serious topic. He describes his observations and ...

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New podcast gives young people a voice

From Friday, February 2, the first podcast from young@mission21 will be available on all popular platforms. With "Young Voices - An Intercultural Podcast", Mission 21's youth network is launching a series in which young people from all over the world talk about their everyday lives and share their ideas, wishes and challenges. With this podcast, Mission 21 promotes ...

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"The poorest would suffer" - "That would be unworthy of Switzerland"

The training of urgently needed nursing professionals in Cameroon supported by Mission 21 is also co-financed by the federal government. Photo: Mission 21

The federal government wants to support the reconstruction of Ukraine from the development aid pot. This has met with widespread criticism. Christian organizations are also calling for aid not to be provided at the expense of the Global South. The high-circulation newspaper "reformiert." prominently on the front page - and Mission 21 also has its say. Swiss organizations that are active in development cooperation ...

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Deadly attacks in Nigeria - How are our partners doing?

People flee after the attack. Photo: Yakubu Joseph/Mission 21

Attackers raided several villages in central Nigeria over the Christmas holidays and killed numerous people. Reports from our partners on the ground now reveal the extent of the violence and destruction: over 280 people lost their lives and around 450 were injured. Several thousand had to flee. Our partners report that help is urgently needed.

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Simone Dollinger as a guest on the "Laut + Leis" podcast

Farewell picture in Costa Rica: Simone Dollinger (left) with husband Angel and daughter Alma as well as colleagues from the UBL University. Photo: Simone Dollinger/Mission 21.

Simone Dollinger, Program Manager Latin America at Mission 21, gives insights into her work during her time in Bolivia and Costa Rica, about farewells and new beginnings and about the cultural differences in social relations in Latin America and Switzerland in the kath.ch podcast. Simone Dollinger lived in Bolivia for nine years with her husband Angel and their daughter ...

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