THEY ARE CHILDREN, NOT SOLDIERS
25/05/09
ALBOAN has put forward a campaign in order to collect funds for a project directed towards ex-child soldiers in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka has been going through a genuine national drama since 1983. The conflict has left a trail of death and destruction in the last years which has claimed 70.000 lives and has left hundreds of thousands as refugees and displaced peoples. As in all wars, children are the most vulnerable ...More information
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Bringing Hippos to the Amazon: Alan García’s indigenous policy in Peru
11/06/2009
A reflection on the Peruvian government’s policy towards indigenous people
The Peruvian people will remember 5 June 2009 as a dreadful moment in the history of their country ...More information
In Raposa do Sol (Brazil), the indigenous population has won a battle against the rice growers
16/04/2009
From now on, all the rice growers, who for years have been on the reservation illegally, have to leave.
The Brazilian Supreme Court has ordered the immediate departure of the rice growers that entered part of the indigenous reservation, an issue which ALBOAN and the Jesuits had already denounced ...More information
Concern over judicial actions against a Jesuit defender of human rights in Colombia
12/03/2009
Father Giraldo works in the Data Bank for Human Rights and Political Violence.
The Centre for Research and Popular Education (CINEP) of Colombia, an organization with which ALBOAN collaborates, has expressed it’s concern regarding what they interpret as judicial persecution against the Colombian Jesuit priest ...More information
Signature petition for D.R. Congo
06/02/2009
Online signature petition campaign for human rights in the Great Lakes
ALBOAN proposes to obtain signatures so that this petition in favour of Human Rights may be effective. For those who would like to take part in this campaign it is possible to access the following links and “print” your signature for a fairer world ...More information
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ALBOAN in the World Social Forum in Brazil
26/01/2009
Three team members have traveled to Belem to take part in this global event.
Before the forum takes place, the Society of Jesus has organized a pre-forum where 125 people linked to Jesuit work will come together. The “hard” issues in this occasion will be indigenism and spirituality ...More information
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Global Report 2008: Child soldiers
21/12/2008
Despite progress, efforts to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers are too little and too late for many children.
The Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 details how a near global consensus that children should not be used as soldiers and strenuous international efforts have failed to protect tens of thousands of children from war. When armed conflict exists, children will almost inevitably become involved as soldiers ...More information
Alarming Humanitarian Situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The volatile security situation has also forced the JRS to cancel the activities of the projects in Rutshuru.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimated that 100.000 people had been displaced ...More information
Special Report on the armed conflict in Colombia
20/11/2008
The Research and Popular Education Centre of Colombia (CINEP) raises alarm on the continuity of the social and armed conflict affecting the country.
CINEP reiterates the importance of promoting a negotiated solution to the armed conflict ...More information
Restoration continues in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis
28/10/2008
ALBOAN has contributed with 48.942,92 € in reconstruction activities in the country.
Last May one of the worst natural disasters, alongside the earthquake in China and the Tsunami in Indonesia, took place ...More information
ALBOAN´s 2007 Annual Report
The results of last year’s work were made public in Bilbao, Pamplona and San Sebastian
10 million euros administered throughout the year and more than 180 International Co-operation projects carried out are some of the highlights that are worth mentioning regarding 2007´s work ..More information
