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CARITAS IS CALLING ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO NOT FORGET QUAKE VICTIMS IN AFGHANISTAN

CARITAS IS CALLING ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO NOT FORGET QUAKE VICTIMS IN AFGHANISTAN

Caritas Internationalis is calling on Confederation members to support Cordaid in response to the developing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. On 22 June a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Patika province killing at least 1,000 people and injuring an estimated 2,000 others. Khost and other nearby provinces have also been affected. To date, both Caritas Austria and ...

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Caritas Philippines stands by families affected by tropical storm Agaton

Caritas Philippines stands by families affected by tropical storm Agaton

Caritas Philippines, through its Alay Kapwa Operations, is calling for donations for families after tropical storm Agaton made landfall in the Visayan region earlier this month on April 9. Torrential rains and major flooding have affected the livelihoods of over 1.6 million people living in the southeast Asian country. The Philippine Government’s Disaster Response Operations ...

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Caritas Internationalis calls for urgent humanitarian action in Afghanistan to end the suffering of the population

Caritas Internationalis calls for urgent humanitarian action in Afghanistan to end the suffering of the population

Afghanistan is undergoing the worst humanitarian crisis of our days. Two decades of protracted war and violence, the impact of climate change and the effect of Covid-19 compounded by today’s political turmoil and chaos has rendered the Afghan population into one of the worst humanitarian situations leading to a major humanitarian crisis. Today, millions of ...

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Indonesia: Young volunteers provide crucial support to Caritas’ response to Cyclone Seroja

Indonesia: Young volunteers provide crucial support to Caritas’ response to Cyclone Seroja

Caritas young volunteers have been out in force in Indonesia distributing water, food stuffs and other essential items to at least 25,000 people in Indonesia following unprecedented flooding and landslides caused by Cyclone Seroja. Caritas is also providing psychosocial help for those traumatised by the disaster.

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