00:04We have evidence of mercury in the air, in fish, in bats, in birds, in people and more generally
00:12in the environment and as a whole.
00:14We have very, very solid evidence of this contamination.
00:19Speaking is Claudia Vega Ruiz, researcher at the Amazon Scientific Innovation Center, CINZIA, an institute based in Puerto Maldonado, in the
00:29Madre de Dios province, Peru.
00:31She arrived in Rome together with a delegation of experts and activists to deliver a study to Pope Leo XIV
00:39which is also a complaint.
00:40Document how gold fever infected the Amazon with mercury, poisoning rivers and threatening life.
00:48humans.
00:49The Pope will be in Peru next month, including the Amazon region.
00:53As the experts of the Foxiv Federation also underline, the rush for gold, a safe haven in a time of wars and
01:00geopolitical tensions, is fueled by particularly high prices.
01:06In many countries around the world, the condition of girls is not improving, but rather worsening.
01:12The alarm was raised in view of the international day on October 11.
01:17The data is in the defense dossier, edited by the organization Tardesomi Italia.
01:22For example, it is estimated that in 2025 4 million girls will have been excluded from prevention programmes against
01:29early marriages
01:30and that 12 million have been deprived of services against gender violence.
01:36The cuts in cooperation funding decided by the United States and other rich countries are weighing heavily.
01:42While we have seen the condition of girls and young women improve in many sectors in recent years,
01:49and because of the damage to cooperation and development, which were mainly the effect of the cuts caused by the
01:56'abolished by the Trump administration,
01:59In each of these sectors we are witnessing a reduction in investments.
02:05Simone suffers from a degenerative neurological disease and there is the pain of his mother with all her
02:11commitment to care and hope
02:13with visits and specialists in Rome or Milan, despite ever-increasing expenses and difficulties at work.
02:21The story comes from the diocese of Ugento Santa Maria di Leuca and gives hope because it is a commitment that continues
02:28thanks to a social credit project called I trust us.
02:32It is aimed at individuals and families who are experiencing a situation of economic fragility.
02:38and who, despite not being able to access traditional credit channels, can embark on a sustainable recovery path.
02:49I trust us is promoted by Caritas Italiana thanks to the dioceses and local organizations,
02:55as you define Busterre in Santa Maria di Leuca.
02:57The funds come from the eight per thousand to the Catholic Church, a signature to stand alongside those who have more
03:03need,
03:04as Simone's mother tells it.
03:06Because in any case you don't just have help with dealing with expenses,
03:13but you also meet new people who become a loving family, that's it.
03:21Food parcels and medicine, but also moments together to listen, offer advice, and comfort.
03:28Ways to respond to many needs in Ukraine and in war.
03:32The Ponto Missione Foundation's commitment is concentrated in the capital Kiev and in the cities of Berdychif and Jitomir,
03:39a Brescia-based organization networked locally with the Discalced Carmelite friars.
03:45In 2025, approximately 3,000 people were helped.
03:49The latest news comes from Berdychif.
03:52Medicines no longer available through the state supply system were delivered to a hospital.
04:00Food parcels were distributed instead in a retirement home
04:04which hosts displaced people who have arrived from the eastern regions cut off by the front.
