Author: Maria Arias

John Paul II Foundation / Articles posted by Maria Arias (Page 6)

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Magazine, News
December 19, 2023

Florence, Christmas 2023 In the Church of Santa Maria della Pieve in Arezzo, as soon as we cross the threshold -on the right- nine faces of distant, silent, anonymous suffering introduce us to the sacred. Those faces were chosen from a folder full of other eloquent images by students who participated in the "Man Project" organized by the Foundation from Nov. 29 to Dec. 1. They are faces that we could meet every day in our cities; faces that tell of the same periphery that on the night of Bethlehem was populated by the excluded as they approached the Grotto and that still today ask that that embodied Hope does not remain confined to the territories of good statements only, as they would have the right to reproach us since they are deprived of any future - as they are - because of the conflicts that still inflame some regions of the world; conflict in Afghanistan, civil war in Myanmar, crisis in Yemen, Russian-Ukrainian war, Gaza war...

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Article, Magazine, News
December 12, 2023

I am Viola Nouhi, and I have been working at the John Paul II Foundation for a few months now, after doing Universal Civil Service in Bethlehem for a year at the Paul VI Effeta Institute. Just about this time last year I was there, cheered by the joy of the children and fascinated by the spirit of Christmas that only the Holy Land can convey. These days I often think back to that time when the war seemed so far away. In a few days it is Christmas again and my heart breaks as I read the news of the conflict that is once again devastating that land. The Dorothean Sisters, who have always run the Institute, tell me every week what is happening in Bethlehem; unfortunately, fewer and fewer students can reach the school. In fact, most live far away and are unable to travel because it is risky to travel the roads and cross the checkpoints. Classes continue online but for...

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Poverty Alleviation, Agricultural Development
December 11, 2023

[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Lo scopo del progetto: Migliorare la qualità e la sostenibilità dell’organizzazione, delle imprese rurali e delle cooperative dedite alla produzione di frutta e verdura nella parte settentrionale del Libano. Attività: -Management e controllo di gestione delle cooperative e imprese agricole. -Produzioni di alta qualità. -Promozione e vendita dei prodotti su mercati più remunerativi. -Sostegno agli enti pubblici responsabili del supporto alle cooperative.     -Dotazione di equipaggiamenti, macchinari per la movimentazione merci, strumenti per la selezione della frutta, il packaging ed il controllo qualità e le condizioni di vendita dei produttori -Rafforzamento della strategia commerciale [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="50px"][edgtf_image_gallery type="slider" autoplay="3" slide_animation="slide" pretty_photo="no" navigation="yes" pagination="yes" image_size="full" images="21333,21334"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/3"][edgtf_button size="medium" type="" target="_blank" icon_pack="" text="DONA ORA" link="https://sostieni.fondazionegiovannipaolo.org/" color="#ffffff" hover_color="#203b78" background_color="#ffa739" hover_background_color="#ffffff" border_color="#ffa739" hover_border_color="#203b78" custom_class="donaDentroArticolo"][vc_row_inner el_class="catBoxWrap"][vc_column_inner][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text] Categoria: SVILUPPO AGRICOLO [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class="rigaInfoProgetto"][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="infoFix"]Location:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="infoProg"]Libano[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class="rigaInfoProgetto"][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="infoFix"]Finanziatore:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="infoProg"]Cooperazione Tedesca[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class="rigaInfoProgetto"][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="infoFix"]Data inizio progetto:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="infoProg"]01/10/2022 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class="rigaInfoProgetto"][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="infoFix"]Durata:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="infoProg"]43 mesi[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner el_class="rigaInfoProgetto"][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="infoFix"]Stato Progetto:[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text el_class="infoProg"]In corso [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][edgtf_separator position="left" color="#ffb422" width="100%"...

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December 7, 2023

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Article, Magazine
December 6, 2023

December 6, 2023 Our school year 2023-24 began in mid-August. We were immersed in intense and creative activity in the various disciplines, but already there was a "polluted" atmosphere that grew, until it exploded in an unthinking dramatic and fatal way on October 7. Since that day, almost all the pupils attending our institute have been locked up in their homes, villages and towns. With courage, we have been trying to reopen the school, but very few children are able to attend. Online classes are very difficult for the hearing-impaired, because children who cannot hear us need to see the lip movement and mimicry of the speaker and manual dexterity to facilitate comprehension. Many have asked to sleep at school, even on the floor, as long as they do not miss the chance to learn and experience the serenity of a normal day-to-day life with their peers. This is tremendous for a...

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Article, Magazine, News
November 23, 2023

"Mark (Mark 7:31-37) presents the miracle performed by Jesus that restores hearing to a deaf man." So begins the President of the John Paul II Foundation, Andrea Bottinelli, speaking about the link between Effetà and the Foundation. "The ancient Aramaic word "Effetà," which means "open," is not only emblematic for fostering communication for the hearing impaired; it is paradigmatic for what the Foundation proposes: to open gazes and intelligences in an area of suffering and exclusion and to feel it as one's own." For more than a five-year period, in fact, the Foundation has been supporting the Bethlehem Institute and the Palestinian girls and boys who find shelter, care and a life project within those walls. "We feel that we belong to the family of the Effetà Institute and, like any belonging, it consumes desires, illusions, joys, achievements, renunciations, failures like any creature, which even if not deprived of hearing, sometimes remains deaf to the perception of silence." continues Bottinelli. The bond between the Tuscan non-profit organization and the Pontifical Institute is now well established....

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November 22, 2023

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November 22, 2023

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November 22, 2023

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November 22, 2023

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