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There are a lot of volunteers and NGOs working to welcome refugees all around Europe. Photo: Ilias Bartolini (CC BY-SA 2.0)
By including a wide variety of supporters of different professions, ethnicities, and political and religious convictions, the German campaign 'Save Me - A City Says Yes' manages to reach beyond the usual refugee advocates.
March 27, 2019, FUF-correspondents
From the Pride Parade on February 2, 2019. The picture shows members of the organization Hamsafar Trust, which is involved in organizing Pride in Mumbai. Photo: Sofia Brännström and Isabell Carlsson
Of: Isabell Carlsson and Sofia Brännstrom
Thousands of people attended this year's Pride Parade in Mumbai, India. In the autumn, it became legal to have same-sex sex - a great victory for the LGBTQI movement. But there is still a lot to do to achieve a tolerant India, the pride participants say. The rainbow flag flutters proudly in the air and adorns make-up faces and placards. Around the parade are police […]
March 5, 2019, FUF-correspondents
Cultural competence is crucial in ensuring patient-safe care. Photo: Linn Debove
Of: Linn Above
In a hospital corridor in Moshi in Tanzania, about twenty students are crowded and the day in the maternity ward has begun. We move like a flock of sheep against the sounds of a woman giving birth. Want to observe. She is lying naked on a bed with neither walls nor draperies to screen off with and she has gone through […]
February 4, 2019, FUF-correspondents, Chronicle
Rachel Mwamghuda's daughter Serena 5 years old can go to school thanks to the jiko project in Kenya. Photo: Jan-Åke Thorell
Of: Jan-Åke Thorell
Cooking in Kenya takes up a lot of time. Most people use charcoal, which is also costly and dangerous to health. But a new project with environmentally friendly stoves in Kenya could be the solution. The savings can pay the school fee for a child for a whole year.
- It is absolutely fantastic, says Rachel Mwamghuda in Voi, Kenya.
December 17, 2018, FUF-correspondents
Les Gilets Jaunes is still demonstrating in Paris. Photo: Molly Jerlström
Of: Molly Jerlstrom
More than 130 outraged Parisians are estimated to have taken part in last weekend's demonstrations against the French government and its policies. A policy that in the long run will reduce global warming, but which in the short run is perceived as impossible and unfair to many in France.
December 14, 2018, FUF-correspondents
Of: Edith Wolff
In Germany an organization called Foodsharing is saving expiring and ugly-looking edibles. Supermarkets and restaurants offer these foods for free to private persons. Each aliment saved is one step closer to reaching the waste reduction of 50% set by the UN.
November 27, 2018, English, FUF-correspondents, Magazine
More than 7 people are part of the caravan of migrants fleeing poverty and violence in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador. Photo: Alejandra Romo / UNHCR
Of: Martha Johansson
In recent weeks, the migrant caravan that left Honduras in mid-October this year has caused a great stir in the news media around the world. Despite the fact that Central Americans have migrated to the United States before, strong reactions have come from the President of the United States, Donald Trump, who uses threats and intimidation tactics to stop the migrants. At the same time, the caravan continues to strive with the hope of a better life.
November 20, 2018, FUF-correspondents
Barcelona's tourists contribute to the city's economy, but they also create rubbish, emissions and high housing prices.
Of: Agnes Karlsson
Increased tourism can have both positive and negative consequences for the world's cities. The city of Barcelona, whose population is more than doubled annually through tourism, lives largely on visitors. At the same time, the city suffers from high housing prices and emissions from holidaymakers who want to indulge.
November 1, 2018, FUF-correspondents
In August, the Gender and News Summit was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Photo: Gender Links
Of: Helge Drebold
Journalists are essential players in the fight for gender equality and the implementation of Agenda 2030. This was made clear after the Gender and News Summit held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, at the end of August.
October 12, 2018, FUF-correspondents
On November 27, 500 people from various indigenous communities and organizations embarked on a joint trek from Puyo in the Amazon to the capital, Quito. Along the way, more and more people joined, and two weeks later, about 10 people marched into Plaza Grande, Quito, the final destination of the march, to meet Ecuador's President Lenín […]
June 11, 2018, FUF-correspondents