How Caritas Mthatha Promotes Women’s Leadership In March 2018, Caritas Mthatha/Catholic Development Centre initiated a program called Masiphunge Women Empowerment Program. Masiphunge is a Xhosa word meaning, “Come, let’s have a cup of tea together”. The concept is based on an idea that women used to drink tea together and began to share important information ...
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Caritas Cape Verde, which was established in 1976, operates in a country in which food security is threatened by drought and scarcity of arable land. Since 1999 Caritas has engaged in programmes to empower poor families and communities, in order to create favourable conditions that enable people to adapt to conditions of climate vulnerability. Examples include the programme to empower poor communities on the islands of Santiago and Santo Antão, and the João Varela agro-ecological project.
In 2008 Cape Verde graduated from being a least developed country to being a country of average development. The country had a few problems in adapting to this situation as it entails a reduction in the availability of external funding for development. The problems that Caritas Cape Verde faces today include rising crime rates and an increase in the number of migrants from the West African coast.
Projects
Food and nutritional security: development of agro-ecology and small vegetable gardens, increase of household incomes (income-generating activities, solidarity economy).
Access to potable water: support for the construction of tanks and reservoirs for collecting rain water and storage of self-transported water.
Restoration of the poorest houses
Integration of children in situations of risk: (Mindelo street children project) leisure activities, holiday camps; handicrafts and recycling.
Promotion of civic rights and social commitment: campaign against the use of drugs and alcohol, prevention of delinquency, creation of an economic interest group.
Training for job creation and self-employment (craftwork, culinary arts)
Protection of the environment: introduction of agro-ecology, tree planting and introduction of new drought-resistant species.
Internal and external sharing: sharing among parish Caritas and between solidarity economy groups, sharing of experiences and working methods with the Caritas network: Brazil, Caritas France – Champagne Ardennes region.
Caritas Cape Verde participates on various government-level committees (Committee to Combat Drugs, Global Fund, etc). At the international level Caritas Cape Verde works in collaboration with Secours Catholique Champagne Ardennes region in France, Caritas Luxembourg, the Jean Paul II Foundation for the Sahel and the Italian Bishops Conference.
Updates from Cape Verde
This year, as part of the global Caritas Internationalis campaign to eliminate violence against women and girls (25 November – 10 December), Caritas South Sudan launched their national initiative Act Now: Prevent and Respond to Violence Against Women and Girls to celebrate and stand in solidarity with women and girls combatting all forms of violence ...
Nearly 10 years on, terrorism and violence instigated by militia groups continues to threaten the peace and safety of tens and thousands of families throughout Burkina Faso. Since 2015, men, women and children have been forced to flee their homes and leave everything behind. In more recent years, Burkina Faso has witnessed unprecedented levels of ...
Due to the conflict that broke out in Sudan last April, several men and women have been forced to leave their homes and villages behind in search of safety and for the survival of their families in other parts of the country and beyond, including Chad. In their flight, many displaced families did not have ...
“We have witnessed drought before, lost animals and crops, however, unlike other periods, we usually had enough livestock and crops to sustain ourselves until the rainy season. Now the rains have failed for the fourth time and we are not sure if the fifth rainy season will come,” shares Habey Maanur Mohamud, a 60-year-old mother ...
As part of the inauguration of the Global Year of Action of the “Together We” campaign, aimed at promoting integral ecology by simultaneously protecting people and our planet, Caritas Internationalis will launch its publication Displaced by a changing climate, highlighting the vital need for collective action to address the consequences of environmental degradation. Caritas Internationalis, ...
Since conflict erupted in Sudan in mid-April, it has become one of the most dangerous places not only for families and communities affected by the crisis, but for the national and international humanitarian workers and partners supporting them. Since the onset of the crisis, more than 4.3 million people, including aid workers, have been forced ...
Caritas Internationalis joins the appeal of His Eminence Cardinal Berhaneyesus, Rev. Kes Yonas, Patriarch Abune Mathias, and Rev. Bishop Tesfaselassie Medhin in urging US Agency for International Development (USAID) and World Food Programme (WFP) to resume life-saving food distribution immediately. The food aid was suspended on the 30th of March 2023 in the Tigray region ...
Sudan has been embroiled in a devastating armed conflict since last April, triggered by power struggles among the country’s military factions. The fighting, primarily between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has had a profound impact on civilians, resulting in large-scale displacement and shattered access to food, water, health care, fuel, ...
“Everybody is trying to leave Khartoum because practically no one is sure of his remaining there and being safe. And so people run away. I also had to leave, I crossed the border by car. There is a huge need for help both in Sudan and in neighbouring countries to accommodate people fleeing the conflict”. ...
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