The Catholic St. Egidio Order wants to help the cultures of the world live together in peace. The congregation in Antwerp has developed a project to integrate immigrants and combat prejudice.Immigrants go to visit the Belgian residents of old people’s homes. The order also holds a regular dialog ...
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Every two weeks, the priest Pavel Rakhlin goes out and stands on the street. In the Yaroslav region about 200 kilometers east of Moscow, he helps the traffic police carry out their controls.The officers wave speeders and rowdies off the road. Father Pavel appeals to their consciences. Last year,...
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Artist Daniel Josefsohn works in an idyllic Berlin back courtyard. His parents moved from Israel to Germany in the 1960s. And yet Daniel has just one passport - an Israeli one. His artistic themes usually have to do with the Israel-Palestine conflict.In a photo series titled “Jewing Gum”, he sho...
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Combining work and a family is often difficult, but slowly businesses are beginning to re-think their position - not because all the bosses have become fans of the family as in institution, but because long-term family-friendly policies are seen to benefit company growth as well. The area around...
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Tafelsilber ist besonders an Weihnachten gefragt und die Silbermanufaktur Koch & Bergfeld in Bremen kann mit besonders schönen Besteckformen aufwarten. Seit 1829 beliefert das Traditionshaus Adelshäuser und fast alle deutschen Botschaften im Ausland.
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Vor vierundzwanzig Jahren erfüllte sich der ehemalige Börsenmakler Ian Pout seinen Traum vom Teddybärengeschäft. In seinem Laden "Teddy Bears of Witney" in der Nähe von Oxford vertreibt er alte und neue Exemplare der Gattung. Pro Jahr finden weltweit geschätzte 10.000 Bären neue Liebhaber.
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Alle zwei Wochen stellt sich Priester Pawel Rachlin auf die Straße. Im Gebiet Jaroslaw - ca. 200km östlich von Moskau unterstützt er die Verkehrspolizei bei ihren Kontrollen. Die Ordnungshüter winken Raser und Rowdys aus dem Verkehr. Vater Pawel redet ihnen dann ins Gewissen. Im letzten Jahr star...
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Gisela Erler’s child care consultancy Familienservice aims to help people maintain the proper work-life-balance: equilibrium between professional and private life, between work and raising a family. With almost a thousand employees, she finds child care for more than six hundred corporate custo...
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Ian Pout is the owner of a store called Teddy Bears of Witney in a small town near Oxford in Britain. It was founded 25 years ago and has found international acclaim among the fans of the cuddly toys.
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Why is a tree an essential part of the annual celebrations for so many people here in Germany? We join up with one family as they choose the tree and decorate it.
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This management consultant specializes in the compatibility of family and professional life. DW-TV: I’m joined by Sonja Matthiesen consultant on work-life-balance in companies. You're a mother of two. How do you handle your own work-life balance? Sonja Matthiesen: I'm married to a consu...
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Once the model train set under the Christmas tree has been unpacked, it’ll traditionally keep fathers and sons occupied for days. These toys may be seriously addictive, but they needn't be prohibitively expensive. Piko, a family-run business in Thüringen has had the idea of offering relatively c...
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Belgium: Community Serving the Poor
