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Top story Millennium Development Goals ReloadedA hundred and eighty nine governments signed up to the Millennium Declaration in the Year 2000 as their promise to tackle unjustifiable poverty in developing countries. It’s a promise Caritas will not let them dodge. >>
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African Church calls for better aid Church leaders in Africa say development aid to the poorest must not just be measured in quantity but also in the extent it transforms the lives of the poor. >> G8 Summit in Japan Caritas campaigned for the G8 to live up to past commitments on aid quantity and to bridge the gap between development and climate change. But in the Land of the Rising Sun, the G8 promised a false dawn on climate change and aid. >> Call to action Caritas Internationalis wants to see action now on the MDGs. Antipoverty targets are off track in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We need to see past aid pledges delivered in earnest development schemes. >> |
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