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The promotion of women and girls is an important element of Mission 21's program work in Southeast Asia. Noria Majaman is also working there. As a coordinator, she is helping to ensure that women can continue their education and earn their own income. Mathias Waldmeyer talked about this strong woman on the occasion...
Shortly before Christmas, the people in the southern Andes of Peru find themselves in a doubly exceptional situation: First and foremost, they are threatened by a food crisis. No rain has fallen for months, the seedlings are drying out, and a harvest in February is not to be expected. In addition, the people are threatened by the politically unstable...
Simone Dollinger, who coordinates the theological education projects in Latin America for Mission 21, has been on the road a lot in recent months: Among other things, she traveled to an indigenous congregation in a Pentecostal church in the southern Andes of Peru and visited a Protestant church in Lima. One thing in particular struck her:...
Following the devastating earthquake in the Cianjur region of West Java on November 21, our partner church GKP is providing aid to those affected. The earthquake on November 21 had a magnitude of 5.6. According to Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency, 328 people lost their lives and more are missing. More than 2,000 people were injured,...
Daniel Gloor works as a theology lecturer in Malaysia. The coexistence of different religious groups is a central theme in his everyday life. He teaches the subject "World Religions" at the Theological Seminary in Sabah and experiences there that his students are partly afraid to deal with other religions. They fear that studying other religions could...
Various media report on the award of the Sylvia Michel Prize 2022 to the Congolese pastor Rebecca Mfutila. The pastor of the CEK - a partner church of Mission 21 - received the Sylvia Michel Award for her commitment to the advancement of women.
Many girls and women around the world do not have access to sanitary pads or other hygiene products during their menstrual period. This has serious consequences: They have to resort to unhygienic means during their period, which are associated with considerable health risks. Girls are often unable to attend school during their periods. In Nigeria, our...
Rebecca Mfutila from the Democratic Republic of Congo is awarded the Swiss Sylvia Michel Prize 2022. Rebecca Mfutila heads the Women's Federation of our partner church in the DR Congo. In the interview, she talks about the situation of local women and the fight against child malnutrition in her homeland, the Kwango region.
Mission 21's commitment to development cooperation, presented in the newspaper reformiert.köniz - and a radio report on the commitment of Christian aid organizations against corruption. Mission 21 is able to convey its working attitude in two current media contributions.
What is the difference between the everyday life of a midwife in South Sudan and in Switzerland? And where are the similarities? A conversation.