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June 12, 2018

PHP seeks to impact famine in conflict zones

Twenty Million on Brink of Famine By Eileen Schuhmann | Presbyterian Hunger Program We tend to associate famine with weather-related food supply issues. However, conflict is the primary driver of “persistent severe hunger” (IFPRI). On May 24, 2018, the UN Security Council recognized for the first time that armed conflict and violence are closely linked to… Read more »

May 11, 2018

Why Visit?

BY Jed Koball Posted at 12:29pm

By Jed Koball, PC(USA) Mission Co-Worker in Peru ¨I don´t understand why you are here!¨ The words came from an elder woman in the group we were meeting with in La Oroya. She had not spoken the entire time. In fact, it was the first time I had ever heard her speak. She was someone… Read more »

April 9, 2018

PHP Post – Earth Day

BY Jennifer Evans Posted at 12:40pm

Now Available! Download and read the latest PHP Post on Earth Care and hunger concerns. Also learn more about, “How to Become an Earth Care Congregation.”

March 6, 2018

Haiti: Land use and the environment

BY Jennifer Evans Posted at 12:51pm

By Fabienne Jean | Coordinator for FONDAMA Before it was colonized, the island of Haiti was inhabited by a people who depended mainly and traditionally on natural resources. These people lived and produced their food with methods that respected the “Pachamama,” a term meaning “Our mother, the earth.” With the Treaty of Ryswick (1697), the island… Read more »

February 24, 2018

Peruvian Communities Affected by Mining and Oil Make Formal Demands

BY Jed Koball Posted at 9:00am

By Conrado Olivera | Red Uniendo Manos Peru Representatives of the communities most impacted by contamination from mining and oil industry activity met earlier this year with Health Minister Abel Salinas Rivas. Leaders from Espinar, La Oroya, Pasco, San Mateo, Chiriaco, Bambamarca, Puno and Cuninico were present, and they requested that the dialogue begun with… Read more »

February 13, 2018

Mining Fails Communities in DR Congo

BY Eileen Schuhmann Posted at 4:19pm

Civil society works to revise the mining code so that communities benefit from increased mining investment By Jean Marie Kabanga | Joining Hands DR Congo Since the enactment of the new mining code of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002 and the implementation of its mining regulations in 2003, promises for the development of local communities… Read more »

February 9, 2018

Pope Meets with Indigenous Communities in Peru

BY Jed Koball Posted at 4:01pm

Amazonic tribes and Andean communities are celebrated by Pope Francis as models for caring for our Common Home By Jed Koball | Mission Co-worker Peru On a hot and humid January day, gathered in the town of Puerto Maldonado in a region of the Amazon Rainforest devastated by massive deforestation and the contamination of rivers… Read more »

December 8, 2017

Fishing Villages Demand Release of Lands from Military Occupation

BY Eileen Schuhmann Posted at 3:29pm

Eight years after the end of civil war in Sri Lanka, internally displaced persons continue to struggle to return home By Raajan Francis | Coordinator of Praja Abhilasha, Joining Hands Sri Lanka In 2009, in the final stages of the nearly three-decades civil war between the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) and the militant group Liberation… Read more »

December 6, 2017

Palm Plantation Invades Ancestral Lands

BY Eileen Schuhmann Posted at 3:02pm

Land grab in Mbonjo village, Cameroon displaces population and disrespects ancestral burial grounds By Jaff Bamenjo | Coordinator of RELUFA, Joining Hands Cameroon Imagine the graves of your loved ones being taken over by a palm tree plantation for the export of palm oil. The palm trees stand tall, surrounding the graves, and standing on the graves… Read more »

December 6, 2017

One Year after Hurricane Matthew

BY Cindy Corell Posted at 12:24pm

Haitians continue to recover from the devastation and find hope sprouting in the garden By Cindy Correl | Mission Co-worker, FONDAMA, Joining Hands Haiti When the storm had passed, dazed survivors looked out from broken houses to count the cost. More than 500 people dead, by some counts as many as 1,000. Livestock killed. Gardens flushed… Read more »

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