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International Day of Prayer for Peace - 2007 |
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Written by World Council of Churches
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Monday, 17 September 2007 |
Friday 21 September 2007 WCC member churches worldwide are once more invited to pray for peace on 21 September 2007 or the closest Sunday. The International Day of Prayer for Peace offers an opportunity for church communities in all places to pray and act together to nurture lasting peace in the hearts of people, their families, communities and societies. The idea was proposed in 2004 during a meeting between WCC general secretary Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia and UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, and coincides with the UN International Day of Peace. The Day of Prayer is one of the initiatives of the WCC's Decade to Overcome Violence.
Congregations worldwide are invited to pray for peace - possibly using the same prayers - in all participating churches on September 21 or the Sunday preceding it. |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 16 September 2007 )
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Thousands of Somali children at risk of dying from malnutrition |
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Written by ONU
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Saturday, 15 September 2007 |
 Some 13,500 children in central and southern Somalia are severely malnourished and at risk of dying, while nearly 70,000 others suffer from malnutrition, according to a new survey by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and its partners in the strife-torn and flood- and drought-hit Horn of Africa country.
“These children urgently require attention to ensure that they survive,” UNICEF country representative Christian Balslev-Olesen said. “UNICEF is very concerned that their numbers might increase with continued civil strife, limited humanitarian access to these areas, food insecurity and a depressed economy.” |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 14 September 2007 )
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Child deaths fall below 10 million for first time |
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Written by Unicef
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Friday, 14 September 2007 |
 New figures show solid progress on child survival, including a decline in the annual number of under-five deaths, according to UNICEF. Global child deaths have reached a record low, falling below 10 million per year to 9.7 million, down from almost 13 million in 1990.
“This is an historic moment,” said UNICEF Executive Director Ann M. Veneman. “More children are surviving today than ever before. Now we must build on this public health success to push for the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals.” |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 13 September 2007 )
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Zimbabwe: Churches in Bulawayo Warn of Disaster as Water Crisis Worsens |
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Written by CISA
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Thursday, 13 September 2007 |
 Churches in Zimbabwe’s second largest city, Bulawayo, are launching emergency distributions of water and warn of ‘disastrous’ shortages that could lead to diseases like cholera.“Many people in western areas have had virtually no water for a whole month. There are already cases of diarrhoea and we are facing a crisis,” said Pastor Promise Manceda, one of the leaders of Churches in Bulawayo, a network of more than 70 congregations across the city.The churches report that three of the five dams supplying the city’s population of 700,000 have run out of water, with the fourth due to run dry later this month. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 12 September 2007 )
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