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The new girls' building at the Muhaba Children's Center in Renk was officially opened in November 2023. Thanks to the dormitories, the schoolgirls are spared the dangerous journey to school On April 13, 2023, 19 of the 20 girls were able to spend the night in the dormitories for the first time. The new building has now been opened in the presence of the country coordinator...
This year's "16 days against violence against women" campaign ended on December 10, Human Rights Day. Mission 21 took part with a selfie campaign and shared posts from partners in the Global South. A message from the Federal Parliament shows that the joint commitment to gender equality is worthwhile: a motion for additional...
"More solidarity now" - with this slogan, development cooperation organizations are calling on the Federal Council not to make savings at the expense of the poorest countries. In particular, the important support for Ukraine should be financed from an additional fund - not at the expense of development cooperation. Mission 21 supports this campaign. The campaign is being launched...
Peace and reconciliation for South Sudan. The Federation of South Sudanese Churches is working towards this major goal. The ecumenical umbrella organization is supported by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) and Mission 21. In October, a delegation from the Federation of Churches was in Basel for talks. The church member media in German-speaking Switzerland are now reporting on this.
Great honor for former Mission 21 employee, Pastor Hans Lutz. He received an honorary doctorate at the Dies Academicus 2023 of the University of Basel. Hans Lutz has worked for the Basel Mission for over 50 years and then for Mission 21 in Hong Kong. As part of this work, he will now...
Surprisingly, the Federal Council does not want to fund a new national prevention campaign against violence after all - even though Parliament has instructed it to do so. More than 170 Swiss organizations that campaign against violence have therefore written an open letter to the Federal Council. Mission 21 also signs this letter, which calls on the Federal Council to reverse this decision.
From 25 November to 10 December, hundreds of organizations around the world are calling for action against violence against women. We at Mission 21 are also taking part in this international campaign with a selfie campaign in the lobby of the Mission House.
Violent images from Israel and the Gaza Strip are shocking the whole world. However, the "Sternberg" rehabilitation center for children and young people in Palestine, which is supported by Mission 21, is only indirectly affected by this.
In the second week of October, a church delegation from South Sudan visited Switzerland. They talked about the peace process in their country with the DFA foreign department of the Confederation. And they were guests of Mission 21 in Basel. Mission 21 supports the South Sudanese churches in peacebuilding. ERF Media...
For nine years, Angel and Simone Dollinger were on mission in Latin America with their daughter Alma - first in Bolivia and the last few years with Mission 21 in Costa Rica. They have been back in Switzerland since July. It is not a farewell to Mission 21: Angel works at a distance...
