‘Stop Mare Mortum’ claims media coverage of migration is poor and policies need to change
‘Stop Mare Mortum’ platform denounces the intended media coverage of the 60 sub-Saharan migrants’ arrival in Barcelona’s harbour
Touching base to preserve the roots
We talk to the newly-created Berlin human tower group and the consolidated “Kangaroos” in Sydney on how it feels to live away from home.
ARTaboo, community art and social inclusion
Youths from four European countries will paint a collective work of urban art dedicated to mental diseases.
La Víbria Intercultural will be hosting 100 youths this July from a range of international projects
This youth association from Terrassa will be working with youths from 21 different EU countries, for 3 Erasmus+ projects to encourage inter-cultural experiences and critical thinking, among other goals.
Associations and festivities; a school to improve society
As part of the ecosystem of festivities we find organizations, associations and foundations that play a key role in the development of festivities. Beyond doubt, the association model is a good school to train persons and build a fairer society.
Victòria Pagès: "The sense of community in Sub-Saharan Africa is developed, but there is still a need to articulate the defence of local interests "
Our protagonist tells us about her personal experiences on the ground with Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
ACPau and Palestinian Farmers Union: ecological agriculture against occupation
The collaborative project between an ACPau brigades and a Palestinian peasant Organization begins to see its first sustainable fruits grow
Crowdfunding to finance the “Holidays in Peace” project to host Sahrawi children
Cooperació Osona-Sàhara has launched this campaign so that children from the Tindouf refugee camp can spend the summer in Catalonia.
Without International action, Southern Cameroons will be the new Rwanda
The République du Cameroun’s military have been throwing bombs, killing people with impunity, raping university students and burning villages down in Southern Cameroons.
In 2015, EU countries broke the law with weapons export licences
The Catalan Organization Delàs Centre of Studies for Peace launches a report on weapon exportation from EU countries to 20 countries that were the setting of 29 tense situations in 2015.
Francina Planas: "Censing minority communities is a synonym for discrimination"
‘Vincle’ is the Catalan word for ‘bounding’, and it is also the name of a local association that work with issues related to housing, community life and immigration issues.
The Open University of Catalonia has offered scholarships to 61 refugees
Since 2016, 61 refugees or asylum seekers have benefited from Open University of Catalonia (UOC)’s virtual classes.
20th June, no new proposals and old demands to be rescued: ensuring the right to migrate
Although the issue of refugees is more present today than in 2015, it still goes unnoticed, and only hits the headlines when many people die, or to stir up a controversy.
Highlights
The night between the 5th and the 6th of June the Catalan Foundation for the rights of the homeless Arrels took some of its volunteers to the streets of Barcelona. Here are the results of the homeless census.
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