Tag: inspiration
Community in Sabah regrows forest during pandemic
After months of hiatus due to the fear of contagion, residents of Batu Puteh have returned to plant trees to green the rainforest
Leading Thai Buddhist monk calls for global understanding, respect of religions
Buddhist monk Phramaha Thongrattana Thavorn said "there is no need for different religions to resist or compete with each other”
Scars of Aceh conflict open local hearts to Rohingya plight
Indonesia said it will now let dozens of Rohingya refugees come ashore after protests from locals and the international community
Most Filipinos welcome New Year 2022 with hope despite pandemic
Only seven percent of the respondents will enter the New Year with apprehensions
Reaching Cambodia’s unbanked with blockchain technology
More than 200,000 previously unbanked Cambodians now use the Bakong platform to make payments and transfers.
Indonesian community tells the story of Jesus through shadow puppets
The initiative showcases religious tolerance in the country as Javanese shadow puppetry is traditionally linked to Hindu traditions
Counting Christmas stars in a Buddhist land
The parish priest said the stars “represent the high spirit of sharing goodness to each other”
Video: A simple Christmas get-together
Claretian missionaries in the Philippine capital facilitated a simple Christmas get-together of street dwellers on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021
To dye for: Indonesia’s carbon-rich mangroves in fashion with women weavers
Mangroves have an outsize role in sequestering planet-heating carbon dioxide emissions but they are disappearing fast in Indonesia
In the midst of floods and climate change, these are the...
Volunteer groups save the day in Assam’s flood-ravaged villages
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