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VIVAT Kenya Newsletter 01
VIVAT International Kenya published its first newsletter! The contents are as follows. CMS JPIC Focus “Human Trafficking” RA Mission that transforms SVD Kenya-Tanzania JPIC Focus Its moving forward
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VIVAT Kenya: Moving Forward
VIVAT International Kenya (VIK) is moving guided by its Action Plan. VIK has its National Board of Directors (NBOD) in place. VIK has its Executive Team (ET) in place. VIK has its Office in placed [read…]
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Sr. Veronika – Life dedicated to human rights and dignity –
Sr. Veronika was born in Slovakia on 08 January 1958. She made her first vows in the Mission Congregation of the Servants of the Holy Spirit (SSpS) in 1987 and final vows in 1994. She [read…]
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Iron ore, journey with no return
Iron ore, journey with no return From the Brazilian Amazon to the German automakers [read…]
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Another World is Possible…
After two years, the World Social Forum (WSF) has returned to Tunis in a context of growing instability and violence in North African Countries and the Middle East. The WSF set out to be a [read…]
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In wake of abductions, Ban to send high-level envoy to Nigeria to discuss UN support
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…]
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VIVAT International Workshop in Anglophone, West Africa 2013
Members of five religious congregations from Nigeria and Ghana gathered together to participate in a VIVAT INTERNATIONAL Workshop for English-speaking West Africa. The workshop held in Ghana at the Divine Word Catholic Conference Centre in [read…]
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Deaths in DR Congo detention centres doubled in 2012, says UN report
“Someone deprived of their liberty, should never be allowed to die of hunger or ill-treatment,” said the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay. “It is the responsibility of the State to keep prisoners alive and in good health, in accordance with international standards. The very serious and persistent problems surrounding detention conditions in the DRC need to be addressed without further delay.” [read…]
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Choose Life!
FIRST SSPS INTERNATIONAL JPIC SEMINAR STEYL, OCTOBER 1-21, 2012 We, the fifty-three Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit including the Congregational Leadership Team, participated in the First International Justice, Peace and Integrity of [read…]
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South Sudan Constitution
The urgent need to re-affirm people’s rights and responsibilities South Sudan drew everyone’s attention when became the world’s newest nation on 9th July 2011. However, long before that this African region came to be known [read…]