News and Press Releases
Franciscans International trains members of the Franciscan Network on Migration
With the presentation of the first module, “The Franciscan roots of work with human mobility,” facilitated by Fr. Eduardo Jazo of the Regular Third Order and member of the Board of Directors of Franciscans International and Fr. José Luis González, SJ of the Jesuit Migration Network Central America and North America, the first session of the RFM 2021 training was inaugurated. This training service is offered online, synchronously, through the platform Zoom.
Guatemala: The role of family remittances today
From the macroeconomic point of view, remittances are fundamental for the monetary and exchange stability of Guatemala. This has been reflected in the annual statistics of the Banco de Guatemala for the last five years
Indigenous peoples search for a dignified life in migration
In the world there are more than 5,000 indigenous peoples and the vast majority with a fragile guarantee of human rights, are among the most vulnerable groups in migration, with strong incentives to flee their territories because of extreme poverty, loss of ancestral lands due to ecological, climatic and social crises.
Emergency Services for Caravans, Volunteer Training at Casa Peregrina Santo Hermano Pedro Shelter, Guatemala
Seven training sessions and workshops were offered, each one with different tools for implementation of our emergency plan, with the aim of protecting and accompanying migrant brothers and sisters who arrive at our shelter.
Campaign: “La vida no es una mercancía, se trata de personas”
July 30 is the international day against human trafficking and many organizations have joined the campaign Campaign: “Life Is Not a Commodity on Sale”…
30 July: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
“Victims’ Voices Lead the Way”. This year’s theme puts victims of human trafficking at the centre of the campaign and will highlight the importance of listening to and learning from survivors of human trafficking.
Where we are?
Learn about our shelters and teams
Volunteer Opportunities
Understanding, building and growing the Network
Program Focus
Capacity-Building
Members of the Network are already providing a myriad of resources to migrants. Network members will be able to enhance each other’s work by sharing information and resources via different media (bulletins, meetings and gatherings, capacity-building seminars, resource and route maps, threat advisories, etc.) that they can then pass on to migrants in their care along the route.s.
Support and Protection
Members of the Network will foster the establishment of migrant centers, shelters and houses of refuge in areas where there is a lack of resources by connecting donors to new and ongoing programs.
Advocacy and Collaboration.
Fidelity to the Gospel message compels us to not only to recognize the face of Christ in the poor and the excluded, but also to engage in a social analysis to identify the processes of impoverishment and exclusion e.g. root causes, agents, victims, mechanisms and consequences.
