A desperately needed shipment of food aid destined for Gaza departed from Cyprus on Saturday, weeks after humanitarian efforts in the besieged enclave were severely disrupted following a deadly Israeli airstrike which killed seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers.

Source: Ship with 400 tons of food aid destined for Gaza has left Cyprus – Egypt Independent

The Home Office will launch a surprise operation to detain asylum seekers across the UK on Monday in preparation for deportation to Rwanda, weeks earlier than expected, the Guardian understands.

Officials plan to hold refugees who turn up for routine meetings at immigration service offices and will also pick people up nationwide in a two-week exercise.

They will be immediately transferred to detention centres, which have already been prepared for the operation, and held to be put on later flights to Rwanda. Others identified for these flights are already being held.

It is thought the launch of the operation has been timed to coincide with Thursday’s local council elections in England, to boost Rishi Sunak’s claims he is cracking down on illegal migration.

Source: Home Office to detain asylum seekers across UK in shock Rwanda operation | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian

Leaves in the wind

Curtains dancing frantically

Here and there a feather in the whirlwind

Hold the skirt, the towel, the bag

There passed another gust

The trees almost touched the ground

The lagoon became the sea

Revolt of so many waves

Um, did I mention about the wind?

Sorry, I’ll talk every now and then

Law inclusive

To a little storm

Whirlwind coming,

Fine sand…oh, oh, oh

The wind refreshes, airs

Take the seeds, spread ideas

Fall and winter…

Promise Mother Nature,

I know you will comply

Promise, go…

More wind is coming

Awaiting.

✨️Mágica Mistura

Source: Fluttering…by Mágica Mistura – Mágica Mistura

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A mi madre, la gente le llamaba «la señora amable», por su gentileza, educación y valores; a mi padre, quien fue un caballero, las personas lo admiraban y respetaban. Mis hermanos y yo recibimos de ambos uno de los mejores regalos que un hijo puede heredar: amor, educación, valores, amabilidad y respeto.

Vivir en un hogar ejemplar, tanto en la niñez como en la adolescencia y parte de la juventud, es una bendición, una delicia y un encanto. Se trata de un regalo que supera cualquier riqueza material porque una familia bella e íntegra no la compran los tesoros más codiciados en el mundo.

Uno trata de andar por el mundo con la educación que recibió en el hogar, principalmente si es de valores; sin embargo, la crisis surge en cuando se mantiene relación con la gente, en un lugar y en otro, en una época en la que prevalecen la ausencia de bien y de amabilidad y abundan las superficialidades, la estupidez y la vulgaridad. No es fácil ser amable, educado y bien intencionado en ambientes grotescos y hostiles, donde vale más una persona que luce un automóvil lujoso o una billetera repleta de dinero, que un hombre o una mujer que actúa con sencillez y amabilidad…

Source: Simplemente, educación – Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

IN 2 DAYS! Tuesday April 30! – Join us as we bring the voices of community leaders resisting Barrick Gold’s mines to the company’s executive and shareholders at their online AGM! – Stand with communities affected by “legal” Gold mining around the world! 

 

If you can’t be in Toronto, PLEASE POST A PHOTO OF YOUR OWN PROTEST SIGN! #ProtestBarrickGold

Source: IN 2 DAYS! Tuesday April 30! – Join us as we bring the voices of community leaders resisting Barrick Gold’s mines to the company’s executive and shareholders at their online AGM! – Stand with communities affected by “legal” Gold mining around the world!  | Barbara Crane Navarro

Installation: The Forest is Burning! – Barbara Crane Navarro

Illustration: “Amazon Rainforest Magic, the adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami Girl”

Source: “All the Living World is Interdependent:” A Q&A with Artist Barbara Crane Navarro | Barbara Crane Navarro

Artist Jesuso Ortiz from Spain uses everyday produce (fruit, vegetables, etc.) and flowers in his illustrations.

Image credits: Artist Jesuso Ortiz | jesusoart on Instagram

Source: Sunday Smiles… – Suzette B’s Blog

Globalisation feels like a runaway train, out of control.

GORDON BROWN

The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.

WASSILY KANDINSKY

Source: Street art | De malinha pronta

When we choose to get rid of our bias, prejudice, and discrimination we also start growing our empathy, compassion, and love for all the Universe.

Source: Grow – Raffaello Palandri’s Blog

Source: Color My World Again | snapshotsincursive