In the run up to the World Youth Day 2008The World Youth DAy 2008 will take place in Sydney, Australia. MIJARC will is organising togehter with other Youth Organisations also from Australia the Youth Forum: Act Today- Change Tomorrow. In order to prepare this forum the Young Christian Workers of Australia have prepared a survey where young people all around the world are invited to give their views about their life. We call upon the MIJARC movements to participate and to encourage participation widely in your movements.
Fill out the survey and send it back to:
YCS and YCW World Youth Day Coordinator
25 Union St. Granville NSW 2142, Australia
or by email to: chantelle.ogilvie(at)ycw.org.au download survey
MIJARC at the Vatican ForumGeorge Dixon Fernandez, president of MIJARC participated to the Forum of catholic non-governmental organisations in Vatican, 1 and 2 of december. Objective was to present and debate about the contributions non-governmental organisations make to more human dignity in the world by advocating towards UN organisations and governments.
During the Forum the representatives of the different organisations met pope Benedict XVI who encouraged "to counter relativism creatively by presenting the great truths about man's innate dignity and the rights which are derived from that dignity." download speech of George Dixon
new MIJARC News
new training material for women groups and women commissions
response to world bank report 2008For the first time, the World Bank's annual development report is focused on agriculture. But the Bank misses important historical policy mistakes that explain the current struggles of many developing countries. Find here the response to the report by IATP's Sophia Murphy and Tilman Santarius of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy in the framework of the eco-fair dialogue undertaken by Misereor, Wupprtal Institute and Heinrich-Böll-Foundation.
download the response:find here the World Bank Development Report 2008
new training materialMIJARC has elaborated new training material in the framework of the objective gender equality. You can download the material here: |
material on time and roles
world food day 2007MIJARC appeals it´s members to undertake actions during the world food day 16th of october 2007 against the privatisation of water and the recognition of the right to water!
stop epaA group of African civil society organisations, concerned with the current situation and potential negative impact on small (agricultural) producers in their countries, has initiated a statement on the current negotiations on Economic Partnership Agreements. This statement has been prepared in view of the upcoming meetings of African and ACP Trade Ministers in Cotonou late October and of European and African Heads of State in Lisbon, early December. download the statement
world social forum 2008 Call for Day of Action and Mobilisation - January 26th 2008
We are millions of women and men,
organisations, networks, movements, trade unions from all parts of the world,
we come from villages, regions, rural zones, urban centres,
we are of all ages, peoples, cultures, beliefs,
but we are united by the strong conviction that
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE
With all the richness of our plurality and diversity and our alternatives and proposals, we struggle against neo-liberalism, war, colonialism, racism and patriarchy which produce violence, exploitation, exclusion, poverty, hunger and ecological disaster and deprive people of human rights.
For many years we have been resisting and constructing innovative processes, new cultures of organization and action from the local to the global, in particular within the processes and Charter of Principle of the World Social Forum from which this call emerges.
Aware of the need to set our own agenda and to increase the impact of these thousands of expressions and manifestations, we are committed to strengthening the solidarity and convergence amongst our struggles, campaigns, and constructions of alternatives and alliances.
We commit ourselves to a week of action which will culminate in a Global Day of Mobilisation and Action on January 26
With our diversity which is our strength, we invite all men and women to undertake throughout this week creative actions, activities, events and convergences focusing on the issues and expressed in the ways they choose.
ACT TOGETHER FOR ANOTHER WORLD!
Visit the website http://www.wsf2008.net/ to sign the call, read a short history on the day of mobilisation and global action and know how to take part in its preparation
flood in indiaThe flood on the coast of bay of Bengal of 7th July 2007 affected more than 1000 villages and hamlets and destroyed more than 5,000 houses of rural dalit people. MIJARC volunteers undertook an immediate rescue operation. 60 volunteers gathered on 10th July by CARYM Orissa organized immediate and continued medical help, made drinking water available and helped the local governments in distribution of food and other materials. The solidarity fund of MIJARC supports the people in India to help the flood affected areas.
youth organisations in global partnership for poverty eradicationGeorge Dixon made an intervention on the situation of rural youth during the CONGO Workshop.
download the report of the workshop
MIJARC protests against G4 meetingThe trade ministers of the G4, the four main powers at World Trade Organization (European Union, United States, Brazil and India) met in Potsdam, Germany, from the 19th to the 23rd June to try to achieve a breakthrough in the World Trade Organization negociations. MIJARC president George Dixon together with Via Campesina and german activists protested against and denounced the illigimity of G4.
MIJARC participates to EU Conference on Rural Development in Berlin, June 2007
MIJARC joins the anti-G8 protests in Rostock
FIMARC/MIJARC seminar on solidarity economy
MIJARC World Coordination 2007
Annual report
MAKE AID WORK. THE WORLD CAN’T WAIT Campaign promoted by CIDSE and Caritas Internationalis
In 2005, following a worldwide call to Make Poverty History, the G8* governments historically promised to increase the aid and debt relief that they give to poor countries. They must now keep to their promise
This means ensuring that all aid promised must be delivered in a predictable and transparent manner, that it is not linked to the imposition of harmful donor policies and that people in developing countries have a say in how it needs to be spent
As part of the Global Call to Action against Poverty, citizens all over the globe will call upon their leaders to step up their efforts in fighting poverty and achieving the Milenium Development Goals;
Join this campaign. More information on www.make-aid-work.org
| Declaration on access to land for young peopleIn Kenya, just before the World Social Forum, MIJARC/IMCARY organized a seminar on access to land for young people. Here you will find the declaration participants made during this event |
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Statement of George Dixon FernandezStatement of George Dixon Fernandez, president of MIJARC during the
Committee on World Food Security (CFS, FAO) Rome, 30 october – 4 november 2006
Special Forum on Review of Implementation of WFS Plan of Action
Download the statement
International programsYou will find here the report of the international programs that took place in september 2006. and also the action plan for 2006-2007 Download the report and the action plan
handicrafts for solifundChristmas holidays are approaching. It is the time of little gifts for those who are close to us.
Mijarc wants to reinforce its solidarity fund. We think that selling of handicrafts produced by our member movements could be a good idea. We have elaborated a brochure with different objects. It will allow to strengthen local economies in the south, helping to promote the solidarity fund and you have presents with a special value.
Please send us your orders to
world(at)mijarc.org
tel: 0032/2/7349211
fax: 0032/2/7349225 |
Download the brochure
appointment of ecclesial assistantThe Holy See has appointed Father Florencio Dube as ecclesial assistant for MIJARC. Father Florencio is member of the Society of foreign missionaries of the province Quebec in Candada. He lives in Peru since he became a priest and is national chaplain of JARC, the Young Catholic rural youth movement of Peru.
Congratulations and all the best for the future collaboration together with the catholic rural youth movements!
MIJARC participates to FAO Special ForumThe FAO Committee on World Food Security and Special Forum convened within it´s 32nd Session a special forum in order to undertake a major broad-based progress assessment of the implementation of the World Food Summit Plan of Action and a mid-term review of achieving the target of reducing by half the number of undernourished people no later than 2015. It will take place in Rome from 30 th of october to 4 th of november. More information www.foodsovereignty.org, www.fao.org.
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download declaration of MIJARC and FIMARC
| International CampaignMIJARC has launched it´s international campaign on access to land, water and seeds for young people. Now we mobilize our member movements all over the world and our partners in order to take action during the World Food Day, 16 th of october 2006.
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Youth Organisations appeal to stand up against poverty!Six years ago in the great Jubilee year of 2000, world leaders from 189 countries met at the United Nations and agreed to end poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. On October 15th and 16th, people across the world will stand up to remind them of this promise and to witness that another world is possible. Join us as we set the Guinness World Record for the most people standing up against poverty. Together we can end extreme poverty! STAND UP is part of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty month of mobilization around the International Day of Poverty Eradication (October 17th).
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MIJARC and FIMARC: the failure of WTO negoiations
Wedding
George Dixon, president of MIJARC/IMCARY
married Viji Donald.
Congratulations!
World Youth DayChristian Schärtl from KLJB and Christine Brandmeir have participated to the evaluation of WYD 05 and the preparation of WYD 08 in Sidney in Rome from 6 th to 9 th of april. Participants from all over the world highlighted the hospitality of the german people. The organizors of WYD 08 in Sidney presented the new logo and the preparation process. Palm sunday mass was celebrated together with the pope Benedict XVI. on St. Peter´s square.
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