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A woman’s world?

10/03/2011 Advocacy, Blog, Development, Female face of migration, Migration by Caritas Communications

Across the globe, women do 66% of the world’s work and produce 50% of its food, yet earn only 10% its income and own 1% of its property. Such figures show just how far we still have to go in the struggle to achieve the genuine equality and empowerment of women worldwide, an objective set ...

Libyan-Tunisian border crossing is calm, well run

7/03/2011 Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Français, Libya, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding, Tunisia by Caritas Communications

[slideshow]Credits: Sébastien Deschamps/Secours Catholique-Caritas France Available in French A Caritas assessment team made up of staff from Secours Catholique-Caritas France and Catholic Relief Services (CRS is a US member of Caritas) assessed this weekend the needs of migrant workers stranded on the Libyan-Tunisian border following to the social unrests in Libya. View pictures from the ...

Pakistan floods: shelter saved us

18/02/2011 Aid Success Story, Asia, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, North America, Pakistan, United States by Caritas Communications

By Jessica Howell, Catholic Relief Services (CRS is a Caritas member) The early days of last August seemed fairly unremarkable for the small Pakistani village of Rajo Bhayo, until the Indus River – swollen from days of unending monsoon rains in the north – breached a protective embankment nearby and came swirling towards the village. ...

Caritas workshop at World Social Forum

10/02/2011 Advocacy, Blog, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, World Social Forum by Caritas Communications

By Christine Campeau This was my first time at the World Social Forum and I must admit, I had no idea what to expect from this event. However, I didn’t expect it would have been this disorganised. The Universite du Chiekh AntaDiop that housed the event was still filled with students writing exams. The daily ...

Caritas Pakistan shares joys with flood victims

4/02/2011 Aid Success Story, Asia, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, Pakistan by Caritas Communications

By Kamran Chaudhry, Communications officer Caritas Pakistan Jan 28 was a day with a difference for flood victims like Haji Suleman in a relief camp of Karachi , the southern metropolis. The thumping of a platter gathered jubilant girls adorned in make-up and smiling children at Suleman’s camp as the sounds of merrymaking grew louder. ...

Pakistan 6 months after floods: Elli’s story

28/01/2011 Aid Success Story, Asia, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, Europe, Netherlands, Pakistan by Caritas Communications

By Elli Xenou, Caritas Coordinator Pakistan I was at home in Athens on summer vacations when the phone rang. Cordaid’s project manager (Cordaid is Caritas Netherlands) sounded worried: “It’s raining two days now non-stop” he said, “something big is going to happen”. Then the first images of floods and destruction made it to the TV ...

Pakistan 6 months after floods: Monica’s story

28/01/2011 Aid Success Story, Asia, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, Europe, Pakistan, United Kingdom by Caritas Communications

by Monika Vrsanska, CAFOD programme officer for the Pakistan Emergency On the road to the village of Parto Malik, we finally see the water. A lot of water, considering the flood was supposed to have ended a couple of months ago. The road is very dusty and we cough a lot, but the surrounding fields ...

Pakistan 6 months after floods: Dulshan’s story

27/01/2011 Asia, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, North America, Pakistan, United States by Caritas Communications

By Jessica Howell, Programme and Advocacy Officer, Catholic Relief Services Dulshan Bajkani looks to be about 23 years old, but she says she doesn’t know for sure. Regardless of her age, she’s endured more in the last six months than any woman in her twenties should have to bear. Her nightmare began in early August, when record ...

Pakistan 6 months after floods: Soomri’s story

27/01/2011 Aid Success Story, Asia, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, North America, Pakistan, United States by Caritas Communications

By Jessica Howell, Programme and Advocacy Officer, Catholic Relief Services “Ours was a love marriage,” said Soomri, a frail woman with almond-shaped eyes that seem to dance when thinks about her youth. “He was the only literate man in town,” she said of her husband, “And we were both favored by our parents.” The 75-year-old mother of ...

Pakistan 6 months after floods: Ariz’s story

27/01/2011 Aid Success Story, Asia, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, North America, Pakistan, United States by Caritas Communications

By Jessica Howell, Programme and Advocacy Officer, Catholic Relief Services A wizened man whose mirthful eyes suggest more mischief than age, Ariz smirks when asked how old he is. “More than 50,” he said, to the chuckles of his friends and family standing nearby. There hasn’t been a lot to smile about lately though. The floods that ...