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Csf is looking for committed people who enjoy facilitating an exchange between refugees and those already living in Switzerland cooking and eating together. Every last Sunday of the month, Csf cooks for and with the residents in the Federal Asylum Center Zurich (BAZ). In addition to the volunteers, there is a permanent team of people who regularly help out in the BAZ. For this permanent team reinforcement is needed. Csf also offers other opportunities for volunteers.

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30.01.2023 | 7-9pm | Gartenhofstrasse 7, Zürich or Online

A speech by and talk with Stefan Salzmann, responsible for energy and climate justice at Fastenaktion and co-president of the Climate Alliance Switzerland.

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medico international published its "Bulletin" and "Rundschreiben: Go West?" at the end of 2022. The Bulletin is focusing on self-organization and self-empowerment and regionally spotlights Guatemala and Cuba, while the Rundschreiben centers the war in Ukraine, critical perspectives on war rhetoric and regionally Latin America.

Read the Bulletin 04/22 here, and the Rundschreiben 04/22 here.

The latest issue of the "Frauenstimme" was published in December. It's focus is on "air" and includes articles on wonder woman, drones, and aid from the air. Moreover, you can read about past events and ongoing projects.

Read the new issue here.

This year Switzerland will begin its term as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSR), which is responsible for international security and peace. As a member of the "Netzwerk Multilateralismus" KOFF co-signed a public statement initiated by Gesellschaft Schweiz-UNO, calling for an active Swiss policy in the UN Security Council.

Read the statement (de)

The latest issue of the terre des hommes magazine engages with the fight for women's rights across the world. More specifically, young women in Southern Africa are the focus of the December magazine. Read about the moving stories of strong women and how they remained hopeful in burdensome situations and emerged from them strengthened.

Read the newest issue of the terre des hommes magazine here.

The commitment of the Swiss Platform for Peacebuilding KOFF in 2022 thus extended from “practical peacebuilding on the ground” to “exchange and learning in the platform” and linking with the “policy level”

Read the annual report (de, fr, en).

The winter issue of the magazine "global" critically engages with the climate crisis and Switzerland's way of compensating its greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, an articles on decolonizing aid and on colonial shapes of research in the Global South can be found in the new issue.

Read the new issue here

The newest edition of the Friedenszeitung is concerned with the start of the two-year period of Switzerland in the UN Security Council, with Europe's security architecture after Russia's week against the Ukraine as well as with reviews of Ukrainian diaries concerning the invasion.

Learn more about the Friedenszeitung!

"Handeln" is the quarterly magazine by HEKS. The fourth edition of the magazine in 2022 is now out and looking particularly at the situation in Israel/Palestine and a filmmaker who is committed to building peaceful means of exchange in the region. Moreover the magazine informs about the asylum policy for Afghan refugees and the current situation concerning water protection at the Rio Pardo in Brazil.

Have a read! (de, fr)