It did not take long after the Confederations Cup for the international media to lose interest in reporting on Brazil. The social, economic and political grievances did not vanish into thin air as a result. The same applies to those who are working to solve the problems. On the contrary: the protests and actions have become smaller, but more diverse.
Last Saturday, the cooperation between terre des hommes schweiz and the MNA Centre Lilienberg reached a preliminary climax: At a peaceful and beautiful autumn festival, the young asylum seekers presented their home countries to the visitors.
A wave of mass protests swept across Brazil in June. Hundreds of thousands of young people expressed their anger. Social networks played an important role in the spread of the protests. What role they played exactly will be the topic of a three-day symposium on 22 November in Weimar.
Andrea Zellhuber, responsible for violence prevention and campaigns
terre des hommes switzerland invites
The centre for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Affoltern will open its doors on Saturday 19 October and invites you to visit. In addition to the opportunity to find out how the young people live at the Lilienberg Centre, they will present the results of their imagine-workshop "What is home?" to the visitors on this day.
Young asylum seekers who are in Switzerland without their parents or other persons with custody have worked out their answers and presentations on this question together with Swiss young people from imagine. Next week, the young people will now present their home countries during a tour of the Zurich Säuliamt.
Once a year the most diverse social movements in Brazil demonstrate together at the grito dos excluidos. Argemiro Ferreira de Almeida, a member of our project partner Comite da Copa Salvador, has recorded this year's demonstration in a short film.
Annette Mokler, Programme Coordination Brazil
Morocco has no intention of lifting the illegal occupation of Western Sahara. On the contrary, by building solar power plants cast in concrete, it is creating facts. This green cloak is intended to hide the fact that this is about the exploitation of raw materials. But this does not stop two young women in the Smara refugee camp from building for the future.
Last week the team from terre des hommes switzerland received a visit from the Sahrawi refugee camp Smara. Zein Sidachmed, who is responsible for youth work on site, reported on the situation in the camps and expressed his concern about the growing frustration of the Sahrawi youth a breeding ground for their radicalisation.
Annette Mokler, Programme Coordinator Western Sahara
"Home is where I can live in peace with my family and friends." This was one young man's answer to the question what home is for him. This week, the unaccompanied minor asylum seekers of the Lilienberg Centre dealt with such and similar questions in various workshops.
The young South Africans Nondumiso Gule and Haniffa Nzama, together with our partner organisation LifeLine, have established a contact point for people affected by violence at the district hospital in Escourt. There they advise and accompany victims of sexual violence in particular. Now the hospital recognizes their work and places them in a permanent position.
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