This time I am going to introduce you my friend Evariste Mamadou, a 23 year-old young man from Central African Republic. After graduating from high school, he has been working for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Central African Republic (ELCCAR). His major duty is to audit the projects implemented by ELCCAR.
Evariste told me that the concept of climate change [...]
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I guess you have already read about the youth message on climate change - http://lwfyouth.org/2008/06/28/a-call-to-engage-climate-change/ - which was presented in the LWF Council Meeting during the opening hearing of climate change.
In the coming days, I am going to share with you all the stories I have heard from the participants of the Pre-Council Youth Workshop. Since there are too [...]
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Yesterday, 17 young people stood in front of the LWF Council in Arusha and read the following message:
“A household in a remote village outside of Arusha in Olokii Parish enjoys electric lights provided by a solar panel, allowing them to finish schoolwork and household chores after dark. A woman cares for her cow, ensuring her [...]
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The discussion about climate change and its implication for our faith and for our churches continues. Our colleague, Rev. Rolilta Machila, is currently doing a small research project on what people in our member churches think about climate change. Many young people have responded to this survey. Here is a short report from Rolita:
“In trying [...]
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Posted in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Church, Ecumenism, Europe, LWF, Latin America/Carribean, Middle East, North America, Youth, Youth participation on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
The Lutheran World Federation is about community. People from all over the world who belong to a host of churches on all continents say: We belong together. I care what happens to sister or brother in a far away country. We are connected in Jesus Christ.
That is really not a new idea. Christians from the [...]
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Christine Mangale from Kenya participated in the youth caucus of the Commission for Sustainable Development from May 5th-16th 2008 at the UN Headquarters in New York, the themes were: Agriculture, Rural development, Land, Drought, Desertification, and Africa.
Christine made an intervention on behalf of children and youth (scroll down this page to the afternoon interactive session).
Amongst [...]
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Posted in LWF, Poverty on April 2, 2008 | No Comments »
The Women, Faith and Development Alliance (WFDA) Breakthrough Summit will be held in Washington DC on 13th April. It is an event bringing together the women, faith, international development communities as well as policymakers and global leaders to help launch global campaign to make investing in women and girls a priority in fight against global poverty. [...]
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Hello everyone…from THAILAND!!!We are the Asia-Pacific group in the leadership training program. We come from India, the Phillipines, Indonesia, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Australia, Bangkok and Israel. The training and staying at the Bangkok Christian Guest House in the centre of the big city!For the past two days we have gotten to know each other and learned [...]
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What is your calling?
Interns from YWCA, YMCA, WSCF, ACT, WCC and LWF spent three days last week in an Internship Retreat in Louverain, Switzerland.
During the Retreat, One of the major focus for us was to reflect on the callings God has given to us.
Facing the beautiful snow mountains, the lake, along with the birds’ singing, I [...]
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It is the most commented post on our blog: Emily wrote a few months ago about ways how to participate in the International Aids Conference in Mexico City. Many people were very interested in that.
The Lutheran World Federation is most probably able to secure some funds in order to send a small youth delegation to [...]
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