poverty worldwide.
Interfaith Prayer With Children In the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic
22 April 2020
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A special message from Rev. Keishi Miyamoto, President of Arigatou International, on the COVID-19 Pandemic
The coronavirus (COVID-19) has now spread across the globe and the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared it a pandemic. The world has been affected in unprecedented ways. We are all saddened by the report that an increasing number of people, mostly the elderly but also including children, are losing their lives to this virus.
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Faith in Action for Children:
Our Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic
Visit our new COVID-19 response section containing resources to support religious communities, parents, caregivers, and children.
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Building forward together: Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet
This year, with the theme; Building forward together: Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet; Arigatou International, through its End Child Poverty initiative, would like to interact with you and ask you to what actions you are taking in your community to address child poverty and tell us how those actions are respecting the planet and creating environmental sustainability for children.
End Child Poverty is a multi-faith, child-centered, global initiative of Arigatou International that mobilises faith-inspired resources to eradicate poverty affecting children.
We aim to create a world free of child poverty, by addressing both the root causes of poverty in the human heart and the structural causes of poverty.
Arigatou International—End Child Poverty in collaboration with Zanzibar Interfaith Centre (ZANZIC), Sudan Council of Churches (SCC), and Sudan Interreligious Council (SIRC) facilitated a learning and exposure visit from 12th -18th December 2020 in Zanzibar. This visit come under the Sudan Social Cohesion Initiative which is implemented by SCC and SIRC and supported by Arigatou International, the Fellowship of Christian Councils and Churches in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa (FECCLAHA), Hekima Institute for Peace Studies and International Relations (HIPSIR) and the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) - under the Regional Peace Program (RPP).
Arigatou International, through its initiatives; End Child Poverty and Ethics Education for children has launched the Children’s Solutions Lab. This solutions lab is a meaningful space and a participatory process for children from different backgrounds to come together to understand, dialogue and take action towards ending child poverty through solutions focused on education.
What is IDEP?
The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (IDEP) is a day for awareness, advocacy and community actions to address poverty. It is marked every year on 17th October, through various activities across the globe.
Learn More About IDEPThe Impact of Poverty on Children
An Interfaith Guide to End Child Poverty: Inspire. Act. Change.
Religious communities and organizations have unique resources. These include their spiritual values, social capital, and moral assets. By working together in partnership with like-minded organizations, we believe in mobilizing resources to reduce poverty at grassroots and global level.
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