Caritas has launched an emergency appeal for Senegal, the latest in the confederation’s response to the food crisis unfolding across West Africa’s Sahel belt. Over 12 million people are at ...
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A third of the population of Niger is threatened by hunger as the food crisis in West Africa’s Sahel region grows. Caritas is launching its third appeal for the region, ...
Caritas nutritional centres in Burkina Faso will be protecting over 21,000 under-fives from malnutrition as fears of a food crisis grow across West Africa’s Sahel region. Nearly two million people ...
More women than ever before are migrating alone in search of a better life, but Caritas Internationalis says systems aren’t in place to prevent them from being exploited or abused. ...
Fears are growing over the increasingly ethnic and violent nature of the conflict in South Sudan’s Jonglei State. It’s the latest fighting in the region following independence for South Sudan ...
As world attention focuses on the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, Caritas urges the international community not to neglect millions of hungry people in the isolated Asian nation. ...
Caritas teams continue to fan out over the southern Philippine island of Mindanao to help families suffering because of massive flash flooding. Over 600 people died in the flood, and ...
Caritas Europa delivers a “Shadow Report” on the Europe 2020 Strategy from the perspective of 16 Organizations in the Caritas network across the EU. A new report addressing several key aspects of ...
Caritas says a deal reached at climate talks in Durban leaves the world facing a catastrophic 4C increase in global temperatures. The Durban COP17 summit ended with governments agreeing to ...
Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga will travel to UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa 29 November to 5 December. He will urge governments for a deal on ...
Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancellor of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, addressed representatives of Caritas Internationalis on the economic crisis facing much of the world. Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal Oscar ...
The Caritas Working Group for Colombia says the human rights situation in Córdoba continues to be critical.
In the wake of floods that submerged homes, crops, factories and more, Caritas Internationalis is calling for EUR 506,494 to help the people of Thailand. This year’s strikingly heavy monsoon ...
Caritas says a poor response by the international community to major floods in Pakistan in 2011 is endangering lives. The Catholic aid network is urging donors to devote more resources ...
Torrential rains across Central America have caused deadly flooding in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Caritas teams are reporting that many roads and bridges have been destroyed, making it more ...
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday 5 October highlighted the plight of 13 million people at risk in East Africa’s ongoing food crisis. Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and other parts of the ...
In Somalia, drought and ongoing conflict have reached crisis levels and affect over half of the population. More than 250,000 Somalis have fled their country in 2011 alone. The mass ...
Caritas is appealing for 414,227 euro (US $596,569) to help Bangladeshi families stranded by severe floods. Incessant monsoon rains since late July 2011 have inundated 13 of Bangladesh’s 64 districts. ...
Caritas is appealing for EUR 1,489,048 (US $2,149,143 million) to help Ethiopia during its most severe drought in 60 years. Four and a half million people in the country are ...
Caritas is appealing for 4 million euro (US$5.6 million) to help Kenya during its most severe drought in 60 years. Over 3.6 million people are in need of emergency assistance ...
Caritas Internationalis says independence for South Sudan marks a moment of hope after decades of war and the loss of millions of lives. The Republic of South Sudan becomes independent ...
Caritas Italy today begins celebrations to mark 40 years of offering support and services to the poor. Founded by Pope Paul VI in July 1971, Caritas Italy (known locally as ...
Caritas Internationalis says separate conflicts in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains and Abyei risks spiralling into a full-blown major humanitarian emergency. A humanitarian crisis is already taking place in Sudan’s Southern Kordofan ...
Caritas calls on the international community protect to protect migrants and refugees leaving their homes as a result of recent unrest in Arab countries. Crises in North Africa and the ...
Caritas Internationalis says that a new treaty adopted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) is a milestone in protecting millions of domestic workers around the world. Governments, employers and unions ...
Over 60,000 people have been forced from their homes by fighting in South Kordofan, in the border region between north Sudan and soon to be formed Republic of South Sudan. ...
Caritas members in South Sudan aim to provide 100,000 people with water, food, shelter, health and education. South Sudan becomes an independent state 9 July 2011 after decades of conflict, ...
Caritas has launched a new emergency programme for Japan to provide earthquake survivors food and other aid items, counselling and help in getting back to work. Over 15,000 people died ...
Caritas Internationalis calls on the International Labour Conference (1-17 June, Geneva) to create legal protection for domestic workers by adopting the “Decent work for domestic workers” Convention and Recommendation. Caritas ...