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Water shortage on Lake Titicaca: How activists are fighting against time

Among other things, the current issue focuses on projects in sustainable agriculture so that particularly vulnerable people can feed themselves and their families reliably and responsibly, even under the conditions of the climate crisis.

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Peruvian environmental activist Leydi Melany Marca Quispe at the binational meeting for the protection of Lake Titicaca. Photo: Joel Gonzales Cayra

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Withdrawal from the WHO and USAID payment freeze: danger for the population

The decisions of the new US government are having a negative impact on the health of the global population. The Swiss health network Medicus Mundi, of which Mission 21 is also a member, has highlighted the impending consequences in an initial analysis and is defending itself against these effects. The Swiss health network Medicus Mundi warns of the consequences of the US decisions: for example, the [...]

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Partner organizations of Mission 21 enable potentially affected people in Tanzania to take an HIV test. Photo: Mission 21

Cuts at Usaid cause great concern at Mission 21 and Heks

The online portal reformiert.info reports on the consequences of the cost-cutting plans in the USA and at the federal level for Mission 21 and the Heks. Mission 21 Director Jochen Kirsch has his say with pointed statements. The decisions in the USA to cut funding and lay off staff at the United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) affect [...]

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In Tanzania, Mission 21 supports free tests for HIV infections, among other things. Photo: Mission 21

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Together for peace in South Sudan

Mission 21 has been committed to peace in South Sudan for years - and has a broad network. At the end of January, employees of Mission 21 and our interfaith partner organization Procmura met in the Vatican with representatives of churches and organizations that are also committed to interfaith work and peacebuilding.

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Members of the PROCMURA delegation, including Dorina Waldmeyer (eighth from left) and James Oyet Latansio (far right) from Mission 21, as well as representatives of various churches involved in interreligious dialog, at one of the meetings in the Vatican at the end of January. Photo: zVg

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Peace activist on conflicts in South Sudan: "Peace does not come from heaven"

The Catholic priest and philosopher James Oyet Latansio has long been committed to peace in South Sudan - also on behalf of Mission 21. In this interview, he talks about his own experiences of conflict and explains why you can't just rely on God to promote peace. Peace in South Sudan is fragile. Ethnic conflicts and violence [...]

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"Sometimes I ask myself: am I on the right path? But I'm not giving up," says Father James, who is working for peace in South Sudan on behalf of Mission 21.

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¡Gracias y adiós! Solveig Schrickel's last newsletter from Chile

Health consultant and medicinal herb specialist Solveig Schrickel writes about her work in Chile for the last time. After decades of collaboration, Mission 21 is ending its cooperation in Chile at the end of the year. Solveig Schrickel looks back on a long and loyal collaboration, writes of happy moments, but also of deaths and natural disasters - and of course...

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What's brewing? Solveig Schrickel's medicinal herb courses continue to be popular.

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A life free from violence is a human right

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. Today, Human Rights Day, the day commemorating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, marks the end of the International Campaign 16 Days against Violence against Women. Over the past 16 days, organizations and activists around the world have made it clear that women's rights are human rights. Gender-based violence is always a violation of human rights.

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Midwife in South Sudan: "Sometimes it's so exhausting that it's almost too much"

Among other things, the current issue focuses on projects in sustainable agriculture so that particularly vulnerable people can feed themselves and their families reliably and responsibly, even under the conditions of the climate crisis.

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So far, 125 midwives have completed the three-year course at the midwifery school in Juba. Nyanagun Tut Kuol is one of them. Photo: Silvano Yokwe

As a teacher in Cameroon 1984-1988: a former ecumenical employee looks back

40 years ago, teacher Gisela Fankel traveled to Cameroon on behalf of the Basel Mission for an assignment as a religious educator. She has now published her experiences from that time and her assessment of her work in retrospect in the book "Four years under the corrugated iron roof". "A longing for new experiences, a search for real challenge and curiosity about others [...]

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Around 30 years after her mission, Gisela Fankel speaks to a school class during her visit in 2015. Photo: zVg

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