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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 with her husband for nine years in...
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...
Daniel Gloor has been teaching theology in Malaysia for almost twenty years. His students at the theological seminary in Sabah (STS) are interested in teaching, but hardly active politically, says the international staff member of Mission 21. Quite different are the students in Latin America, whom he recently met during a stay in Peru and Costa Rica....
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:...
More and more people in Latin America are living in extreme poverty. In their new newsletter, Simone Dollinger and Angel Román report on how the Corona pandemic is affecting people's lives. They also give an insight into their lives and work in Costa Rica.
For Simone Dollinger and Angel Román, much has changed since the outbreak of the Corona pandemic. In Latin America, where they are working on behalf of Mission 21, people are suffering - health-wise, socially and economically.
What potential does religion have for the development of a society? This question was discussed by experts from three continents on March 18 - an event that stimulated further thinking.
Simone Dollinger and Angel Román report in their new newsletter what the Corona pandemic means for our projects in Latin America and for their everyday life in Costa Rica.
In addition to Covid19 infections, unemployment continues to rise in Costa Rica. People working in the informal sector are particularly affected. Mission 21's partner organizations have responded and, together with other church institutions, are supporting people in need, for example with donations in kind.
In this time of "social distancing" it is important to strengthen emotional closeness and the values of solidarity. This is the message sent by Edwin Mora from Costa Rica. The vice rector of UBL University is responding to the Corona crisis in the spirit of his school: UBL is committed to education for a more just and...