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Helping Niger prepare for food crisis

27/03/2012 Africa, Agriculture, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Sahel, Food, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

The crisis is threatening the Sahel region of Africa—the band of land below the Sahara desert, extending from Senegal to Chad. In a normal year, the Sahel receives on average as little as 78 to 236 inches of rain. Last year’s rains were poor and the harvests bad or non-existent.

A future for Congo’s women

27/02/2012 Advocacy, Africa, Agriculture, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Female face of migration, Food, Migration by Caritas Communications

“Karibu, welcome,” said Adèle. She and a dozen other women are hard at work in a field beside the Goma to Rutshuru Road in North Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Adèle is an agronomist and also heads three associations supported by a Caritas project to rehabilitate women war victims. “We’ve planted peanut seeds and ...

In southern Haiti mothers are at the heart of development strategy

23/12/2011 Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Female face of migration, Food, Haiti, Latin America, Migration by Caritas Communications

Food security, especially that of children, is a major problem in Haiti. Caritas has put in place various initiatives in the province of Les Cayes in southern Haiti to deal with this issue. With the help of CRS, the local Caritas has set up more than 200 mothers groups. What’s a mothers group? “As the ...

Quenching the rice fields’ thirst in Haiti

23/12/2011 Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Food, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

Fednor, a farmer, is preparing what will soon be the main source of food for his family – a rice field. In Joque, in the province of Les Cayes, rice growing is the most common agricultural activity. The rice fields extend along each side of the road and provide a living for the majority of ...

Durban talks: Climate justice and food security

12/12/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Agriculture, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events, South Sudan by Caritas Communications

By Martina Liebsch, Director of Poverty and Advocacy at Caritas Internationalis Representatives from different faiths gathered at a ‘Climate Justice and Food Security: Moral, ethical and spiritual imperatives’ side event 7 December at the Durban climate change talks. The event was sponsored by Caritas Internationalis and World Council of Churches. The panel was chaired by ...

World Food Day: Calling for action against hunger at FAO

17/10/2011 Advocacy, Agriculture, Blog, Food, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

By Martina Liebsch, Caritas Internationalis Policy Director I listened to Didi Bridgewater, walked past Claudia Cardinale, stood next to Jeremy Irons, saw Carl Lewis and took the elevator with Carla Fracci. What do you want more for a day? But where is the connection to food? All these celebrities are good-will ambassadors for the UN’s ...

In Ethiopia, intensive care for cattle

13/10/2011 Africa, Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Food by Caritas Communications

By Val Morgan, Media Officer for SCIAF On some days in the field, I almost despair. It was a red-hot morning and we drove two hours to see a cattle feeding centre and destocking programme in Miyo, a village in southern Ethiopia. The more we drove the drier the landscape became until eventually it was ...

Rain only part of the solution for East Africa drought

12/08/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Agriculture, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Food by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis humanitarian director Alistair Dutton explains why Caritas has a big focus on harvesting and storing water in drought-hit East Africa. The simple answer to a drought should be for it to rain lots. The crops would grow, the animals would get fed and people would know where their next meal and drink would ...

Hunger in Kenya and how to stop it

28/07/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Agriculture, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in East Africa, Food, Kenya, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

The land is barren, the animals are dead, the people are starving. This is one face of northern Kenya in July 2011. “The famine started last year,” says Ellela from the village of Lokitaung. “There were no rains last year or this year. We have had drought for two years. If there are no people ...

Planting seeds of recovery after Pakistan’s floods

27/07/2011 Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, Food, Pakistan by Caritas Communications

Ghulam Akber clutches his bag of cotton seed and knows he is holding his future. The seeds are the key to 22-year-old Ghulam rebuilding his life. More than anything, he needs a new house. But to get a new house, he needs money; to get money, he needs a crop; to get a crop, he ...