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Summer Picnic in Central Park, New York @SantegidioSummer

This year we also organized our now regular and very much anticipated picnic in Central Park with @santegidiosummer. Many friends from all avenues gathered in a friendly and festive atmosphere to celebrate the friendship that has been linking us for several years now – when every week we meet each other along the streets and […]

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Global friendship – 1000 youths from 18 countries in Krakow for a movement of peace

Youth come together from 18 different countries for three days in Krakow. More than 1000 youths gathered to share and reflect the weekend together. Hearing testimony from Holocaust survivor, Lidia as well as from Marco Impagliazzo, President of Sant’Egidio. Youth visited Auschwitz and Birkenau Camps to remember those who were killed and show that history […]

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#8thJuly Memory of Floribert Bwana Chui

The story of Floribert Bwana Chui – a young Congolese customs officer in Goma – is that of a man who was murdered for not succumbing to corruption. Knowing it helps to understand the new forms of martyrdom: it is a silent sacrifice, so far away from the interests of the media, which however shakes […]

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The emergency in Malawi after the Cyclone Idai: elderly and children the most affected

The districts of Balaka, Mulanje, Chikwawa and the southern parts of the country closest to Mozambique were the areas most affected by the Cyclone Idai. The disaster has caused the loss of lives and many displaced people who have lost everything. Months later, many families still haven’t found accommodation and live in collection camps created […]

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Mauro Garofalo (Sant’Egidio): “Pope Francis in Mozambique for a message of hope and reconciliation”. VIDEO

In September, in the itinerary the pope will visit Sant’Egidio DREAM centre for HIV in Zimpeto