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FWCC has joined 130 other international and domestic peace-building organizations in releasing a statement to mark the International Day of Peace on 21 September. The statement calls on the international community and the UN General Assembly to fully embrace the commitments to peace in the 2030 Agenda; balance national efforts with a focus on regional … Read more…
FWCC is pleased to announce that the 2017 version of the Finding Quakers Around the World Map is now available. This map shows at a glance where there are Friends in different parts of the world, including numbers. It also has contact details for the FWCC offices around the world; they can give you contact … Read more…
Susanna Mattingly takes up the newly created post of Sustainability Communications Officer in the FWCC World Office from today. Susanna’s role is to build Friends’ collaborative efforts around the concern of sustaining life on earth. She will work jointly with FWCC and Britain Yearly Meeting’s Quaker World Relations Committee to expand the network of Friends … Read more…
Kirundi FWCC Clerk Simon C. Lamb writes about his visit to Friends in Burundi, the third largest group of Friends in the world. Since returning from Africa I have been wanting to write to you all about the wonderful experience three of us had in visiting and being hosted by members of the Quaker community … Read more…
English Kuva mpindukiye mvuye muri Africa, nagumye nifuza kubandikira mwese kuvyerekeye ibihe vyiza twabayemwo uko turi batatu twese igihe twagendera kandi tukakirwa n’abagize umuryango w’Abagenzi mu Burundi. Ivyakurikiye inama yaranzwe n’akanyamuneza hamwe n’ibikorwa vyinshi y’umugabane wa Afrika yabereye i Kigali, umurwa mukuru w’igihugu c’Urwanda,hamwe n’inama igizwe n’abantu bake ariko yaranzwe n’ibikorwa vyinshi y’urwego ruyobora(CEC :Central … Read more…
Date: 27th July, 2017 We at the Friends World Committee for Consultation Africa Section office wish to encourage Friends in Rwanda and Kenya to be champions for peace in their countries as they head into elections in just a few days to come. Our prayer to you is recorded in Jeremiah 3:15 -Then I … Read more…
On 02 to 07 April 2017, the Central Executive Committee (CEC) met in Kibuye, Rwanda. The opening minute reads: “We gathered by the shores of Lake Kivu, following the four-day Triennial of the Africa Section at the Kagarama Evangelical Friends Church, Kigali, Rwanda. The theme of the Triennial was ‘Stop crying – God has a … Read more…
Following what happened in Manchester, United Kingdom, in July 2017 FWCC received the following message from the Africa Section: Our hearts go out to Friends in the UK, EMES following the disheartening attack on the Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena. We are deeply saddened by loss of innocent lives. Friends in Africa and especially … Read more…
“Save the Date” message from Gretchen Castle, General Secretary of FWCC: 01 October 2017 is #WorldQuakerDay2017: “Hi, I’m Gretchen Castle, General Secretary of Friends World Committee for Consultation. And today I want to remind you to save the date for World Quaker Day which is October 1st. And the theme of it is “Gathering … Read more…
Just over a year ago, Friends gathered in Pisac, Peru, for the FWCC World Plenary Meeting. During the Plenary, Friends agreed a minute on Living Sustainably and Sustaining Life on Earth, which asks all Yearly Meetings to: 1. Initiate at least two concrete actions on sustainability within the next 12 months. These may build on … Read more…