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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...
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 magazine "begegnen"...
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 current newsletter, Daniel Gloor also addresses a very serious topic....
"I want you to know that Mission 21's work to build a more just and fraternal world is appreciated..." That's what the letter Mission 21 received from the Vatican in mid-July says. Pope Francis' appreciation also has a bearing on Mission 21's commitment to peacebuilding in South Sudan....
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. The current issue is about, among other things, the inclusion of people with disabilities in Tanzania. The magazine "begegnen"...
There is a change in the work for gender justice at Mission 21. The accompanying and supporting expert commission Women and Gender will be replaced by an "Advisory Board". The members of the expert commission, who supported Mission 21 in gender justice for many years, were therefore recently thanked with great gratitude for their important...
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.
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.
Luzia Illiger reports on her work as a gynecologist in the hospital in Isoko Luzia Illiger has been working as a gynecologist in the hospital in Isoko, Tanzania, for one and a half years. During this time, she has attended many births, mourned miscarriages and cared for newborns. What she had not expected was that there would be so many...
What is the difference between the everyday life of a midwife in South Sudan and in Switzerland? And where are the similarities? A conversation.