Today the second cohort of the growing AWON Practitioners Network held its first meeting. This time the group is made up by 10 practitioners working in Hungary, Slovakia, Sweden, UK, Ireland, and Germany. Their field of expertise and engagement stretches from providing legal aid, psychological empowerment, support for young and employment opportunities to new refugees …
“How is it possible to live together in a Europe of increasing diversity and growing inequality?” This question was raised by the solidarity group, diaconal actors from the three European regions, within the Lutheran World Federation working to reform community diaconia in Europe. Above you find a recording of the lunch bite webinar Diaconal practice and …
When Kaiciid’s 2nd European Policy Dialogue Forum on Refugees and Migrants started on November 3 it was with a heavy heart. The night before a terrorist had shot and killed four persons in down-town Vienna. Together we joined Austria in a minute of silence, mourning with those who lost loved ones in the attack. To me, and I am sure many …
Rich Conversation at Kaiciid Forum on Social Inclusion in Europe Read More »
When A World of Neighbours held the meeting “Keeping our humanity” in Malmö earlier this year, we spelled out the need for solidarity between us: “We wholeheartedly will choose to stand with others”, became a part of the AWON Common Ground. This fall civil society in Stockholm, Sweden, showed what standing together can do. Keeping …
Loving Response of Civil Society Did Not Make Headlines Read More »
In the year 2017, 31.000 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in the EU. In 2015, it was 95.200. Wherever we go, regardless of which country we visit, this group is mentioned. It is clear that their faith and future are of concern to many volunteers and practitioners. Without networks, often with trauma from their place of origin …
At the centre of this picture are two of the bravest women I ever met – Sister Gabriella Sári and Reverend Iren Honti. They both work with and for migrants in Hungary. So few they seem to be that engage in those kind of issues these days, so few that they all know each other. …
Today I want to shout. News reports coming out of Idlib. Videos from the Turkish border with Greece. Tweets of desperation. WhatsApp-calls across the globe. All our networks are up again. We hear the cries of despair. And we hear the deafening silence of our political leaders. Today I want to shout. And I am glad …
