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....

Parched soils as far as the eye can see: this was the picture that Mission 21 staff encountered during their mission trip to Peru. What this means for the population is the subject of the new issue of our magazine "Encounter. There is a threat of crop failures that could even lead to famine. Our partner organizations are holding back with projects...

Shortly before Christmas, the people in the southern Andes of Peru find themselves in a doubly exceptional situation: First and foremost, they are threatened by a food crisis. No rain has fallen for months, the seedlings are drying out, and a harvest in February is not to be expected. In addition, the people are threatened by the politically unstable...

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:...

The fight against violence against women and for gender justice is a central area of Mission 21's work. At the "Dialog International" event on November 17, three women experts who are active in this field and have a lot to report from the field exchanged views. The whole event with the three experts...

Today the Easter vacations begin for many Peruvian students. Since March, most of the children are back in face-to-face classes. However, many of them have lost touch during the distance learning lockdown. Our partner organization Alfalit has therefore started to offer tutoring to students. Up to now, Alfalit has mainly opened its doors to women,...

Since April, we have regularly talked to our partners about the Corona situation in their countries and their personal state of mind. These were moving messages that we received and which were published as a "Corona Update" series in German and English. Now we conclude this series with the Christmas Special issue. We present to you...

Peru was hit particularly hard by the coronavirus. Although the country was in general lockdown practically from mid-March to the end of September, the precarious health system did not withstand the pandemic. Hildegard Willer, co-coordinator of Comundo in Peru and freelance journalist, spoke with people in Mission 21's project regions about the...