https://lutheranworld.podbean.com Living as Neighbours is a podcast featuring conversations with women and men who have provided friendship and support to migrants and asylum seekers. Travelling to some of Europe’s remotest borders, Dutch theologian and artist Rikko Voorberg, speaks with people who have opened their doors and have provided help to those seeking shelter and a safe place to live. ”Living as Neighbours” is an initiative of the Lutheran World Federation in collaboration with A World of Neighbours network. The project is supported by the German government through the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit. Mon, 17 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0200 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2024 All rights reserved. Society & Culture:Documentary 1440 episodic LWF Communications LWF Communications No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18100523/Main_thumbnail_h27zzy.jpg https://lutheranworld.podbean.com 144 144 Marianna - Podlasie https://lutheranworld.podbean.com/e/living-as-neighbours-mary-ann/ https://lutheranworld.podbean.com/e/living-as-neighbours-mary-ann/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0200 lutheranworld.podbean.com/7ad47d60-0112-3489-b1da-5c3d03284f9c Marianna, a psychologist and anthropologist, moved from Warsaw with her family to a house in the forest on the Polish-Belarussian border. In 2021 she began helping humanitarian workers who were arriving in the region to support thousands of asylum seekers and others seeking refuge in Europe. 

]]> Marianna, a psychologist and anthropologist, moved from Warsaw with her family to a house in the forest on the Polish-Belarussian border. In 2021 she began helping humanitarian workers who were arriving in the region to support thousands of asylum seekers and others seeking refuge in Europe. 

]]> LWF Communications false No 2895 1 7 full Karol Wilczyński - Kraków https://lutheranworld.podbean.com/e/living-as-neighbours-karol/ https://lutheranworld.podbean.com/e/living-as-neighbours-karol/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0200 lutheranworld.podbean.com/481de502-f4d5-3072-ae9c-0ad0e8b826c0 Alarmed by a rise in populism and anti-immigrant rhetoric in his country, Polish journalist and university lecturer Karol Wilczyński co-founded Salam Lab to give voice to marginalized people, promote reliable reporting and build bridges between different national and religious communities.

]]> Alarmed by a rise in populism and anti-immigrant rhetoric in his country, Polish journalist and university lecturer Karol Wilczyński co-founded Salam Lab to give voice to marginalized people, promote reliable reporting and build bridges between different national and religious communities.

]]> LWF Communications false No 2082 1 6 full Sanela Lepirica - Sarajevo https://lutheranworld.podbean.com/e/living-as-neighbours-sanella/ https://lutheranworld.podbean.com/e/living-as-neighbours-sanella/#comments Mon, 27 May 2024 14:00:00 +0200 lutheranworld.podbean.com/5eaf632a-5b95-3cbf-8df6-5b7f7799bfaf Sanela was a teacher in 2018 when police in her northern Bosnian town of Cljuč began stopping buses to turn back migrants seeking to cross the border into Croatia. With her father, a policeman, she began providing food, water, blankets, shelter to help those stranded on the road in freezing temperatures. Now, together with some of those refugees and migrants, she runs a social integration center in the city of Sarajevo.

]]> Sanela was a teacher in 2018 when police in her northern Bosnian town of Cljuč began stopping buses to turn back migrants seeking to cross the border into Croatia. With her father, a policeman, she began providing food, water, blankets, shelter to help those stranded on the road in freezing temperatures. Now, together with some of those refugees and migrants, she runs a social integration center in the city of Sarajevo.

]]> LWF Communications false No 2479 1 4 full Thanasis - Lesbos https://lutheranworld.podbean.com/e/living-as-neighbours-thanasis/ https://lutheranworld.podbean.com/e/living-as-neighbours-thanasis/#comments Mon, 20 May 2024 14:00:00 +0200 lutheranworld.podbean.com/1a82c158-a18b-35de-877c-7803700e62fb A Greek citizen, Thanasis was driving in his car in 2014 when he first heard about migrant children, who survived a shipwreck, being pushed back into the sea by coastguards. He says he felt "a calling" and signed up as a volunteer to do sea rescue work in Lesbos. Nearly a decade on, he says "it is dangerous work, but we have to do what is right."

]]> A Greek citizen, Thanasis was driving in his car in 2014 when he first heard about migrant children, who survived a shipwreck, being pushed back into the sea by coastguards. He says he felt "a calling" and signed up as a volunteer to do sea rescue work in Lesbos. Nearly a decade on, he says "it is dangerous work, but we have to do what is right."

]]> LWF Communications false No 2529 1 3 full Philippa Kempson - Lesbos https://lutheranworld.podbean.com/e/philippa-kempson-lesbos/ https://lutheranworld.podbean.com/e/philippa-kempson-lesbos/#comments Mon, 13 May 2024 14:00:00 +0200 lutheranworld.podbean.com/3640396c-2b7f-3421-8cb5-33d3ea7ced2c Originally from Wales, Philippa moved to Greece with her husband and young daughter in search of a quiet life by the sea. But in 2014, on the way to school, she stopped to help a distressed woman and child who had just crossed from Turkey on a boat. She says "it is impossible to drive past people in need and do nothing."

]]> Originally from Wales, Philippa moved to Greece with her husband and young daughter in search of a quiet life by the sea. But in 2014, on the way to school, she stopped to help a distressed woman and child who had just crossed from Turkey on a boat. She says "it is impossible to drive past people in need and do nothing."

]]> LWF Communications false No 3066 9 full Rouddy Kimpioka - Lesbos https://lutheranworld.podbean.com/e/rouddy-kimpioka-lesbos/ https://lutheranworld.podbean.com/e/rouddy-kimpioka-lesbos/#comments Tue, 07 May 2024 13:00:00 +0200 lutheranworld.podbean.com/461f060b-07d3-30da-9072-4fc20f73bdba Originally from Congo, Rouddy was detained in Mória refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, before founding RAD (Refugee African Dance) Music International to help others find joy and solidarity amid the most challenging circumstances.

]]> Originally from Congo, Rouddy was detained in Mória refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, before founding RAD (Refugee African Dance) Music International to help others find joy and solidarity amid the most challenging circumstances.

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