Kategoria: JPIC

Would you like some chocolate?

Data: 05/02/2025

15 years ago, I asked a confrere this question: Would you like a piece of chocolate? The reply from my confrere was negative. But why? – I asked. With a smile and a deep, profound conviction, he replied: because the price of cocoa on the world market is too low. I’ll eat chocolate when the price is just and the farmers have enough income to compensate for their work.

Transforming conflict into peace

Data: 18/12/2024

Conflicts are an integral part of life in society. Social life is marked by different types of conflicts. They can be verbal but also non-verbal. They could also be armed as well as aggressive attitudes and behaviours which are signs of the difficulties of living together in harmony. I have not only experienced conflicts but also been involved and implicated in several situations of conflicts. I have lived and worked in conflict zones, rebellious contexts as well as in war zones. Some of these situations were well beyond our control. However, what counts is not the existence of conflicts but how we handle them.

Refugees and migrants: welcome, empowerment, Commitment to justice and sustainable development

Data: 29/11/2024

The surprising thing is that we still rarely ask ourselves: “Why” does this tragedy continue to happen today, even with greater cruelty, without trying to heal the root causes of this humanitarian catastrophe? Why are we content with “patches”, hospital care, food banks and material aid, while letting bodies continue to go down the river, and people cross the seas at great risks, fall on the battlefield or die oppressed and marginalized?