Posted in Africa, Church, LWF, Poverty, Poverty/Affluence, Youth, Youth participation on June 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Life, Poverty/Affluence, Youth, tagged UN World Youth Report, Unemployment on June 16, 2008 | No Comments »
What would youths do when they are unemployed?
Thomas Cho, from Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hong Kong, listed some of the possibilities. They include go to internet cafe, just stay at home, go to karaoke bar or disco, hang out at the playground at night, play computer games……
There are also some examples of well-educated youths ‘choosing to be [...]
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Church, Life, Poverty/Affluence, Youth, Youth participation on June 4, 2008 | No Comments »
No doubt. The contributions of youths to economic development can be tremendous. That’s why many governments in Asia are willing to invest lots of money in Education.
As pointed out by UN World Youth Report 2007, access to quality education has expanded in many parts of Asia, making it possible for a much broader range of youth to contribute meaningfully to economic and social development.
Many [...]
Posted in Justice, Life, Poverty/Affluence, tagged Food Prices on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »
Poor harvest, growing population…..probably are not enough to explain the skyrocketing food prices. Besides Biofuel, ’gambling’ in the futures market of food is certainly another human-induced reason of surging food prices.
Not long ago, investment banks, hedge funds, private equity were rushing to invest in CDOs and other subprime assets. Huge losses? Not at all. Anyway, Central banks will help out when those [...]
Posted in Justice, Life, Poverty/Affluence on April 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Oil prices surge to new record of $118 a barrel!
Oil prices is surging; Food prices is skyrocketing.
The dilemma is: producing more biofuel may drive down the oil prices, but at the same time pushing up the food prices.
Remebered that just few months ago, I interviewed a renewable energy fund manager from US. I asked him about his view [...]
Posted in Justice, Poverty/Affluence, Youth participation on April 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Invitation to an international Conference for Fair Trade volunteers in Tallin, Estonia.
Posted in Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Latin America/Carribean, Middle East, North America, Poverty, Poverty/Affluence, UN, Youth, Youth participation on April 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, Francis and I went to the Presentation of the World Youth Report 2007. For the main website of LWF (www.lutheranworld.org) I put together a formal report. Here is it:
“There has never been a generation that was more likely to volunteer and be involved in community causes than this one,” said Patience W. Stephens, the [...]
Posted in Ecumenism, Faith, Poverty/Affluence, Youth Ministry, Youth participation on February 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I am now in a meeting of an exchange programme partners in Norway.
The exchange programme is called Team Nettwork.
It is a part of NMS (The Norwegian Missionary Society) programme.
I have been here, in place called “Hald Internasjole Senter” since last Sunday.
We are at least 12 people from 12 different countries in the world such as Peru, Bolivia, [...]
Posted in Asia/Pacific, Faith, Justice, Life, Poverty, Poverty/Affluence on February 6, 2008 | No Comments »
Lydia Fong is a participant of the Asian Group of Engage: LWF Global Training for Young Leaders. She prepared this prayerful reflection.
The thematic focus of the program is the same as for the LWF General Assembly 2010. It is one line from the Lord’s Prayer: “Give us today our daily bread.”
Posted in Church, Europe, Faith, Justice, Life, Poverty, Poverty/Affluence on January 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Video of homeless life in London with music from Jason Upton, “Emma” from the “Between Heaven & Earth” album.
I’ve got some “free” thoughts to share. First one that came to my mind was - those faces are beautiful… those pictures are beautiful. There is something deep in their faces… deep in their eyes. Something that [...]
