The Canadian authorities have recognized housing as a human right. And as if prodded by the fact that more Canadians are finding themselves in the struggle, not against homelessness, some provinces are already following suit. Marie-Josee Houle, a federal housing advocate, urged all provinces to adopt legislation recognizing housing as a human right in her…
The offices of Save the Children in Guatemala were raided by the country’s prosecutors over the treatment of Guatemalan children in Texas. CNN reports that the raid was carried out on Thursday after an investigation was opened into the treatment of migrant children in shelters. A Public Prosecutor’s Office spokesman, Juan Luis Pantaleon, said the raid was…
A new Migrant Worker Resource Centre (MRC) established in Indonesia’s Central Java Province has promised to support safer migration for Indonesian migrant fishers. The International Labour Organization reports that the MRC was established by the International Labour Organization (ILO), through its European Union-funded Ship to Shore Rights South East Asia (S25R SEASEA) programme in partnership…
Dear Friends, In the heart of downtown Toronto, there lies a sanctuary of compassion and inclusion—Saint Luke’s United Church. Here, we live out the Gospel of Jesus Christ where the city streets bustle, stories intertwine, spirits converge, and lives are transformed. We write to you today not just as our friends but as disciples of…
In the night,we do eat light!But so many neverdid lunch ever! At dawn, workersand, even loiterersdo get up from cotsleaving wives untouched! Muraina wakes Muezzin,Gabriel’s a Christian,Owonikoko a traditionalist,Jafojo – a free spirit! All are unitedin this businessof making a concretejungle of our cities! it appearstheir own Goddoes snore in sleepand needs to be woken!…
Several sites exist in Cambodia, where more than a million people were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge during its rule of the country between 1975 and 1979. They are appropriately named the Cambodian Killing Fields. An estimated 500,000 thousand and one million Rwandans were eliminated within 100 days. This took place between 7…
I had decided not to post anything about COVID-19 again, especially given Nigeria’s untidy management of the scourge. However, when a handshake moves to the elbow, it becomes a wrestle. The death of an old-school buddy has made me shatter my shell. He attended the reputable Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, in Lagos, where he was a…
