The opening of the time of confinement must have left us with a more attentive gaze. We found a family living on the river bed. Naroman* is the woman who was trying to make a living by filtering sand from the river. The husband sleeps...
Here in Vietnam, 3 months after the end of the quarantine by May 11 in the midst of Covid -19, life almost gets back to “normal”. Churches filled with the congregations; companies, restaurants, bars open; kids go back to school, public transportations are once again...
Home health aides are also in danger of catching the coronavirus, because the majority of them take care of elderly people who are worn out and worn down by the weight of years, and in some cases have serious illnesses. Elderly people require infinite respect,...
Since the pandemic began, our sense of urgency in accompanying the migrant and refugee communities is as strong as ever. We have become more aware of the need to be better informed about the interrelationships among the local, national and international levels, so as...
For several years we have been looking for ways to accompany migrant workers who come from Northern and Western states like Odissa and Kharkand to work in Kerala. It is not an easy life and being able to be close to them, especially the young...
We are writing to all of you to tell you about the imperative and improvised work camp that was begun in Pedro Abad, the afternoon-night of Sunday, June 14 and will continue until July 31, with Moroccan youth formerly in protected status. It has happened...
From five loaves of bread and two fish, He feeds the five thousand. (Matthew 14:13-21) As a response to the cries of a single mother with two children and to some young Vietnamese trainees and overseas students who have lost their jobs due to the declaration of...
Today, we invite you to watch the second, newly released video, prepared by Migrants and Refugee Section, in which the Holy Father explores the sub-theme “To be close in order to serve”. It offers the real-life testimony of an internally displaced person who describes how the solidarity of generous...
Few women have passed through the Kalakasan migrant centre during the pandemic. They were afraid to leave. But one day Imelda Flores Ishiwata came to talk to us and today she wants to tell her story. She is 51 years old, married to Takahiro Ishiwata, 72,...
By the side of the Northern Highway in Bogotá, dozens of our Venezuelan brothers and sisters hope to find some way to travel to the border city of Cúcuta, and from there to be able to return to their country. This problem has become more acute...
