Recent clashes during the month of April between militia groups in the Central African Republic have not deterred Caritas staff and volunteers from providing dedicated humanitarian support to vulnerable communities and victims of war in the country. For nearly as decade, political volatility and instability has ravaged the Central African Republic following the deposition of ...
As world leaders gather on September 23rd for the UN Food Systems Summit, Caritas Confederation expresses its concerns and reaffirms its core values about the future of food systems.
On the occasion of the UN food systems pre-summit in Rome, Caritas Internationalis urges decision makers to include the rights of the poor in all discussions and to ensure meaningful participation of local producers and consumers, especially women, in policymaking and implementation at the local levels.
Caritas urged governments, local leaders and donors to act in Africa’s central Sahel, which is facing one of the world’s fastest-growing crises.
Caritas Niger’s livelihood programme aims to improve the lives of smallholder farmers in Niger by boosting production.
Caritas believes that 11 percent of the world's population lives in hunger is an issue that must be addressed with strong political will and commitment.
Around half the population of Zimbabwe are expected to not have access to enough nutritious food in 2020 because of poor rains and erratic weather.
The Venezuela food crisis is affected people in unexpected ways. Not only has it left thousands of people hungry and many children at risk of malnutrition - it's now threatening the production of communion hosts. Nuns in Caracas tell us how people are so hungry they're eating the scraps from making the communion host.
Find out how Caritas is helping vulnerable Venezuelans with food and health care during the current economic crisis.
Read about Yusmarely and her children who are struggling because of the Venezuela food crisis. The children were at risk of malnutrition so Caritas Venezuela volunteers gave them supplements.