This week Caritas Internationalis, Secours Catholique (Caritas France) and the Order of Malta, with the support of COATNET, held Human Trafficking in Armed Conflicts and Post-Conflict Situations, a side event ...
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This year the UN 2023 Water Conference invited Caritas Internationalis to host a virtual side event titled: Community Led Water Management and Governance Practices: Cases of Local Experiences to Accelerate ...
The presence of Caritas at the 52nd regular session of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) continues today with the side event “75Years beyond the UDHR Renewing the Global Consensus on ...
According to UNHCR, widespread destruction of buildings and homes has displaced 150,000 households across Syria and 900,000 people are in urgent need of shelter. To date, an estimated 50,000 people ...
In conjunction with the 52nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (27- February – 4 April), Caritas Internationalis (CI) together with the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), World Council ...
This year Caritas Internationalis is present at the 67th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (March 6-17) at the UN headquarters in New York. In celebration of ...
Several fires have broken out in Rohingya camps and has left several refugees without shelter even within settlement camps. The latest fire that broke out on 5 March left an ...
The theme for Caritas Internationalis’s celebration of International Women’s Day 2023 is “Embrace Equality, Encounter, Renewal”. This is part of Caritas ongoing commitment to the promotion of women’s leadership and ...
EARTHQUAKE IN SYRIA AND TURKEY: WE TRY TO HELP PEOPLE AND TO BE TOGETHER IN THE FACE OF THIS TRAGEDY
One month has now passed since two powerful earthquakes struck Turkey and north-west Syria on 6 February. Since then, Caritas’ emergency response efforts on the ground have been led by ...
With the death toll now reaching over 42,000 in Turkey and around 1,400 in Syria, the Caritas network is assessing the needs on the ground, in order to coordinate efforts ...
A family from Kharkiv lived in a basement for 200 days It is cool and drafty in the basement of this 16-story building on Northern Saltivka. Dusty communication pipes stretch ...
Today, February 24, 2023, is the anniversary of the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine. Caritas Internationalis and the National Office team of Caritas-Spes Ukraine would like to invite ...
“My name is Tetyana Bilyaeva, I come from the Kherson region in the Goloprystansky district, village Novaya Zburjivka. I worked as a methodologist in a kindergarten. I worked as a ...
With the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine last year on February 24, the Caritas network in Ukraine and in the neighbouring countries of Poland, Romania, Moldova, Czech Republic, Slovakia, ...
Tetiana, doctor In Ukraine, she worked as a paediatrician in a local hospital. Tetiana’s family managed to literally escape to safety, to Slovakia. After a difficult period, she enjoys completely ...
More than 300,000 Ukrainian refugees have already found asylum in the Czech Republic. 40 per cent of them are children. But many of them do not go to educational institutions ...
The border crossing to Romania was the light at the end of the tunnel for Iryna, her daughter, her sister-in-law, and her two daughters, escaping from the war in Ukraine. ...
In some areas of the world, radios play an essential role in promoting development and raising awareness on a wide range of issues, from health to human rights. The radio ...
Death and injury tolls continues to rise as the search continues for missing loved ones in Syria and Turkey. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey on Monday (February 6), followed by ...
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake that has struck north-west Syria and Turkey has left thousands of people without shelter, food and fuel. Caritas in Turkey and Caritas Syria were proving assistance from ...
As a member of COATNET (Christian Organisations Against Trafficking NETwork), Caritas invites you to participate in the 9th edition of the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking on ...
Alessandra Arcidiacono, a member of the humanitarian team at the Caritas Internationalis General Secretariat, is following the Caritas response to the crisis in Venezuela. Since 2017, nearly 6 million Venezuelans ...
One year since the underwater volcanic eruption that struck Tonga on January 15 2022 Caritas Tonga, together with its partners, have developed a long-term recovery program to support local communities ...
On the occasion of International Migrants Day 2022 on December 18, Caritas Internationalis, together with RED CLAMOR and the Africa-Europe Network for Human Mobility (RAEMH), are urging governments and international ...
The “Asia Shelter Forum” (ASF) annual conference 2022 hosted by the Government of Bangladesh, under the leadership of the Department of Disaster Management (DDM) with technical and financial support from ...
“Encouraged by the Holy Father’s initiative and support, we have begun to work together, with the staff, regional secretariats and member organisations, in order to carry forward and strengthen the ...
Last week, missile strikes targeting power networks have left several areas in the Ukrainian cities of Kiev and Kharkiv with absolutely no power. With the escalation of the conflict in ...
After a review of its operations by an independent panel, the management of Caritas Internationalis (CI) has been put under temporary administration in order to improve its management norms and ...