December 06, 2019
Mothers Promoting Peace
After years of increasing violence in her community, Pernalete, an educator and human rights defender who has worked with Fe y Alegría for over three decades, decided that they had to do something. What were they not doing? What was missing? How would they address this brutal violence in their communities? Mothers who promote peace.
November 06, 2019
The Amazon Synod: Plus Tard Sera Trop Tard
It is a Society of Jesus tradition to test the validity of a teaching by the actions that it inspires. While composing Laudato Sí, Jesuit Pope Francis was no doubt already contemplating an action to animate his breakthrough encyclical. The recently-concluded Roman Catholic Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazon Region was just that action. At
October 22, 2019
Magis Americas joins USAID and the Inter-American Development’s “BetterTogether” Innovation Challenge for Venezuela
Magis Americas has joined the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) as they launch the BetterTogether, JuntosEsMejor, Challenge. Under the new partnership, USAID and IDB will provide $13.5 million to crowdsource, fund, and scale innovative solutions that support Venezuelans inside the country, Venezuelans across Latin America and the Caribbean, and
