Uwe Hummel taught for five years in the Indonesian city of Banjarmasin at the GKE Theological College, a partner church of Mission 21. Now it is time to say goodbye.

Around fifty participants were able to pick up new inspiration for their bazaar work at the Bern Workday.

Director Claudia Bandixen is retiring at the end of August. The board has appointed Jochen Kirsch as her successor. Jochen Kirsch has been with Mission 21 since 2004 and has headed the International Relations department since 2014.

Get involved with us in organizing the North-South Day. There we plan actions on the topic of water and human rights together with other young adults.

Not just talking about interreligious dialogue, but practicing it right away: That was the goal of an event about the Job figure on January 23 at the Mission House. It was an exciting evening with discussions about suffering and justice in Islam and Christianity.

In the first implementation of the two-year program, youth ambassadors from all continents met. The exchange took place in Peru, Ghana, Taiwan and Switzerland.

Yakubu Joseph has coordinated Mission 21's Nigeria cooperation program since 2015. At the end of 2018, the sociologist with a PhD received a great honor.

The research on "Tanzania" on the archive website www.bmarchives.org inspires us to go on a safari into colonial and other pasts: from today's capital Dar-es-Salaam we head towards "Nyassa", then to the Evangelical Lutheran Church, and finally we end up in the early 1970s with facts and pictures about the "developing country Tanzania".

Numerous passers-by spontaneously took part in a Mission 21 action on December 8, expressing their solidarity with people who are working for peace and justice under difficult conditions by taking a photo.

The new newsletter from Sabah, Malaysia, introduces two students from STS Theological Seminary.