SIHMA | Scalabrini Institute For Human Mobility In Africa

Category: Migration in Africa

Scalabrini Day Commemoration


Jun 13, 2023
Categories: Event Migration in Africa Pastoral care of migrants and refugees Research

1 of June 2023 marked the memory of St John Scalabrini, founder of the Congregation of the Scalabrini Fathers and promoter of the pastoral care of migrants, refugees, and people on the move around the world.

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We care for Climate: A training for Youth


Jun 06, 2023
Categories: climate change Migration in Africa

In October 2023 the Pastoral Office for Migrants will be hosting a “Welcome Festival” of Turin which SIHMA will be part of, thanks to the call from the youth of ASCS (Scalabrini Agency for Development Cooperation). The event is part of the “Mindchangers project” launched by the Piedmont region, in the Northwest of Italy. The collaboration between ASCS and SIHMA will be concretised in a Webinar addressed to an audience of young people from...

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OVERVIEW OF THE MIGRATION ATLAS FOR AFRICA


May 09, 2023
Categories: Migration in Africa narrative of migration

By Muluh Momasoh Three waves of migration have been identified within the context of Africa, namely the Trans-Atlantic slave trade approximately from 1526 – 1867, saw some 12.5 million African men, women, and children transported to America and Europe (Mintz, 2023), the second wave was informed by the decolonization process that took place within the continent from the mid-to-late 1950s – 1975 which prompted a lot of young African students in their quest for the most...

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1 of June Scalabrini Day celebration


May 31, 2022
Categories: Migrants Migration in Africa Pastoral care of migrants and refugees SCCT SIHMA

1 of June marks the memory of Bishop Scalabrini, founder of the Congregation of the Scalabrini Fathers and promoter of the pastoral care of migrants, refugees and people on the move around the world. SIHMA, together with the sister organisations Scalabrini Centre and Lawrence House, will have a moment of reflection and training with its staff on this day. Together we want to focus our attention on the four verbs, suggested by Pope Francis...

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Publication from CSER : COVID, MIGRANTS AND THE LABOUR MARKET


May 24, 2022
Categories: Migration in Africa Webinar

On 16 November 2021, within the actions of the "Faces of Migration" project, an online training day was held the CSER Foundationpublished this publication on February 2022. The day was co-organised by the CSER Foundation and FOCSIV, the CSER Foundation already in 2020 presented international research on the impact the COVID-19 pandemic was having on migrants. After another year of the pandemic crisis, it is necessary to draw attention to how the COVID-19 pandemic is not only...

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Migrant Ministry Report in Africa During the Pandemic Crisis


Apr 26, 2022
Categories: Migration in Africa news Report

This report was commissioned by the Migrants & Refugees Section of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and compiled by the Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA). In recent years the Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa (SIHMA) has compiled two other Ministry Reports commissioned by the Migrants & Refugees Section looking at the different Roman Catholic Ministries across the African continent and the incredible work they are doing with respect to people on...

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