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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...
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....
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....
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...
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...
In Malaysia, our partner church BCCM BM (Christian Basel Church in Malaysia) regularly awards scholarships to students from economically disadvantaged communities. In particular, young women and members of minorities such as the Murut ethnic group are supported. In the spring of this year, former scholarship recipients came together to form an alumni network....
Community organizers are playing an increasingly important role in our projects in Malaysia. They learn - also within the framework of our project work - how they can initiate changes in villages and communities themselves. This has already happened several times in the village of Palak Banggi. After the water supply has been renewed, now...
Daniel Gloor reports on the events that have kept him on his toes recently. His new newsletter contains accounts of hornets, landslides and bureaucratic labyrinths - a worthwhile read.
Daniel Gloor teaches on behalf of Mission 21 at Sabah Theological Seminary (STS), Malaysia.
In Malaysia, the government has ordered drastic restrictions on action and a curfew against the Corona pandemic. The economic consequences are being felt particularly strongly in Sabah, Malaysia's poorest region. Mission 21 coordinator Noria Oongo Majaman reports on this in the latest Corona Update.
Interreligious dialogue is more important than ever in Sabah (Malaysia). Daniel Gloor describes in his new newsletter how religious intolerance is increasing in Malaysia. His work as a lecturer at Sabah Theological Seminary (STS) is therefore of great importance.
