In our Cover Article for this issue, Dr. Miriam Moreno cited the Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Network.

She further writes:

“The LAC Network is a living testimony not only of a young continent, but of young people committed to caring for the continent and its great environmental diversity. Despite the challenges and anxieties that young people face, they have been able to raise their voices and let their creativity and commitments flow. Increasingly, these young people are becoming instrumental in mobilising their congregations to become what we at Tearfund call ‘Churches as centres of transformation’.

For young people from seven Latin American countries (Honduras, Guatemala, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil, Ecuador), the LAC Youth Network has become an inspiring space where their faith, academic training and vocation of service converge. The Network not only allows them to participate in projects they are passionate about, but also provides them with an environment in which their Christian identity is affirmed through a sense of belonging, and through a strong missionary component.

The main achievements and challenges resulting from the Network’s initiatives include: a) raising awareness of the importance of caring for creation, b) empowerment of young people, c) income generation and improvements in the local economy, d) development of skills and capacities of young people and church and community leaders. This, among other things, shows that by connecting young people from different countries, the Network fosters the exchange of experiences, resources and strategies to address the complex environmental challenges of our peoples.”

You can read more here: www.tearfund.org.au/stories/youth-against-plastic-in-latin-america

In the face of the terrible fires that consume large areas of flora and fauna of our Amazon, the organizations that make up the Evangelical Coalition for Climate Justice published a document asking for forgiveness of indigenous peoples, supporting organizations that fight for the Amazon and urge the Brazilian government and the world to take urgent measures to stop fires and protect the Amazon forest. (translated by Google)

Here is the original:
Ante los terribles incendios que consumen grandes extensiones de flora y fauna de nuestra Amazonía, las organizaciones que conforman la Coalición Evangélica por la Justicia Climática publicaron un documento donde piden perdón a los pueblos indígenas, apoyan a las organizaciones que luchan por la Amazonia e instan al gobierno de Brasil y al mundo a tomar medidas urgentes para detener los incendios y proteger el bosque amazónico.
Click here for the full statement:
alc-noticias.net/es/2019/08/24/pronunciamiento-de-la-coalicion-evangelica-por-la-justicia-climatica-ante-crisis-en-amazonia-de-brasil/?fbclid=IwAR1mDe6OFdy1qa0_iMZghAZAL2wD-PwP7COnXr2q20Y6ZEmy-ssV6…

Scroll to the end to see the full list of organizations signing, including TearFund-Latin America and LWCCN’s own Red Lausana para el Cuidado de la Creación, a group that was formed at the Latin America Creation Care and the Gospel conference in Peru in 2015. [Thank you to Juliana Morrillo, LWCCN’s Latin America Coordinator]