2015 will see several changes. In January I will hand over the presidency to Father Heinz Kulücke, Superior General of the SVD. Father Heinz has rich experiences at the grass roots level as well as in handling NGOs through his many years of being a missionary in the Philippines. I am sure he will continue to make VIVAT International an even more useful tool for all of us to be a prophetic voice on the international level. [read…]
From August 4-8, 2014, ninety-one representatives of VIVAT International from Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Chile met in Pikyry, Paraguay for a VIVAT International Workshop. In the workshop, there were several presentations by local resource persons: [read…]
“Those who suffer food insecurity and malnutrition are persons, not numbers.” spoke Pope Francis in his Message for WORLD FOOD DAY, delivered at FAO Headquarters, Rome, during the CFS (Committee on World Food Security) Session [read…]
17 September 2014 – The voices of indigenous peoples must be effectively heard and they must be consulted on issues that affect them, including rights to land and resources, the United Nations Human Rights Council [read…]
Co-sponsored a side events titled “The Growth of Human Rights Projects into Sustainability for the Entire Range of Millennium Development Goals” on the occasion of the 65th Annual UN DPI/NGO Conference.
Illegal mining affects several countries of the Amazon region. Deforestation, pollution of water and air, affecting biodiversity, human trafficking and labor exploitation are some of the common problems of Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador and Bolivia [read…]
8 May 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced his deep concern at the fate of the recently kidnapped schoolgirls in Nigeria during a phone call with the country’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, who has accepted the United [read…]
Fr. Praveen Mahesan OMI and Ruki Fernando, both staunch human rights defenders, were released from custody of the Criminal Investigation Division (CID) of the Sri Lankan government late Tuesday night. The two had been following [read…]
The Brazilian mineral production has increased 550%, in the last decade. Its participation in the country´s PIB (Internal Brute Product) increased 156%. In the year 2000, its participation was only 1,6% in our PIB, getting [read…]
The alarming case of Piquiá de Baixo community, in Brazil, newly appeals to the world’s solidarity. Piquiá de Baixo is the industrial district of the municipality of Açailândia, in the state of Maranhão; for more [read…]
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