12. Universal Day of Prayer for Students 2005. The 2005 materials and liturgy were prepared by the Latin America and Caribbean region of WSCF, in particular, by Reverend Dan Gonzalez of the Student Christian Movement for Equality (MEC for la Equidad), in Mexico. The 2005 celebration was dedicated to memory of the victims of the tsunami

Universal Day of Prayer for Students 2012. The 2012 Universal Day of Prayer for Students marked 100 years since the foundation of the Student Christian Movement (SCM) of Sri Lanka. The movement prepared the materials and liturgy for the celebration, which focused on the theme of economic justice. The concept was understood as the equitable sharing of God’s

Universal Day of Prayer for Students 2013. The liturgy and materials for the 2013 celebration of the Universal Day of Prayer for Students were prepared by the Student Christian Movement (SCM) of Cuba, in partnership with the WSCF Inter-Regional Office and with contributions from SCM India. The theme of the celebration was “God of Life, Lead Us to

Communique - Peacebuilding and Dialogue: Ecumenical Youth and Students Advocating for Sustainable Peace in the Korean Peninsula. Following the WSCF Asia-Pacific’s Regional Program on Peacebuilding and Dialogue, held in Seoul, South Korea, in August 2018, representatives of 10 SCMs from the region released a communiqué explaining the content of the programme, the background of the

Appeal - Solidarity with the Afflicted Rohingya people. When the situation of Rohingya people in Myanmar started escalating, in 2017, WSCF Asia-Pacific and SCM Bangladesh released a joint appeal, condemning the violence and calling for SCMs, churches and ecumenical organisations to respond to the crisis by offering humanitarian support to the thousands of refugees trapped

Call for solidarity - WSCF and Indonesian Student Christian Movement (GMKI) condemn the bomb attacks in Indonesia, call for solidarity and peace. The 2018 Surabaya bombings were a series of terrorist attacks that occurred in May 2018 in three churches in Surabaya, the second largest city in Indonesia. WSCF and SCM Indonesia responded to these

Call for solidarity - WSCF and SCM Sri Lanka mourns the ghastly acts of terrorism in Sri Lanka. Following the devastating 2019 Easter bombings in Sri Lanka, WSCF Asia-Pacific and SCM Sri Lanka released a joint statement and invitation to prayer. The statement condemned the acts of violence, expressed solidarity with the victims, and called

Appeal - Avoid violence & resolve the crisis at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University through negotiations and dialogue. In response to the violence generated by the protests in Hong Kong, which started in March 2019 as a result of what was seen as China’s attempt to undermine the autonomy of the region, WSCF Asia-Pacific and