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Colombia’s forgotten refugees

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Colombia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Latin America, Migration, Peacebuilding, Refugees by Caritas Communications

More than three million people have been forced from their homes in Colombia. Fighting continues to affect people from all walks of life. The large number of displaced people hinders efforts at making peace. While Colombia has the second largest number of internally displaced people in the world after Sudan, it still does not have ...

Prayers and petitions at Copenhagen

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Climate Change, Denmark, Development, Europe, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events by Caritas Communications

The Copenhagen Summit on climate change brought together 119 heads of state and governments. Caritas representatives and bishops came from 25 countries, including Mexico, Zambia, South Africa, USA, India, Kiribati in the Pacific Ocean, Mozambique, Kenya, the UK, Spain, Ireland and Germany.

A year in campaigning

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events by Caritas Communications

The year 2009 was a year of intense activity on climate change in the run-up to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) meeting in Copenhagen in December. Hopes were high for a binding deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions and increase financial and technological aid for poor countries. Caritas Internationalis joined its ...

Climate change: Seeking climate justice

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events by Caritas Communications

The harsh effects of climate change are already becoming a daily reality for poor communities inmany countries where Caritas works. Unpredictable or extreme weather is undermining the humanitarian and development work of Caritas and threatens to increase the number of emergencies in the future. Calling for a new global ethic The answer to the climate ...

Economic justice: Putting people first

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Development, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas seeks to challenge unjust systems and promote the common good, addressing the structural causes of poverty. Caritas believes that economic structures should put people before profit; we support fairer trade, further debt cancellation and increased aid,more wisely spent. The fallout from the 2008/2009 global economic crisis pushed more vulnerable communities into extreme poverty. The ...

1 in 6 go hungry

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Australia, Development, Europe, Food, Italy, Malnutrition, Oceania, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

World hunger reached an historic high in 2009 with over a billion people going without enough food every day. Malnutrition increased by 13 percent in Asia, 8 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean and 6 percent in Africa.

Pandemic diseases: Promoting prevention, treatment, and care

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Africa, Health, HIV & AIDS, Tuberculosis, Uganda by Caritas Communications

Caritas works on behalf of those at risk fromdevastating pandemics such as HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. In the developing world, poverty itself is both a cause and an effect of pandemics that devastate the physical, social and economic health of entire regions. Caritas raises awareness about AIDS issues around the world through ...

Another world is possible

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Brazil, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Latin America by Caritas Communications

One hundred and fifty Caritas representatives from 14 countries attended theWorld Social Forum (WSF) in Belém, Brazil. TheWSF is seen as a vital opportunity for social movements, NGOs and civil society networks to discuss the issues of poverty and the effects of globalisation. “For Caritas, theWorld Social Forum is an opportunity for the globalisation of ...

Advocacy

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Female face of migration, Migration by Caritas Communications

In April and October at the UN in Geneva, Caritas highlighted that women who migrate and work in people’s homes can be exploited and abused. Caritas made recommendations on how to improve the situation of migrants, based on a study of experiences collected from members and partners. Caritas attended the annual consultations of the UN ...

HAART for Children Campaign

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Health, HIV & AIDS, Tuberculosis by Caritas Communications

Children were at the heart of the Caritas response to AIDS during 2009. Every day, 800 children die from AIDS-related diseases. The Caritas ‘HAART for Children’ campaign urged governments and pharmaceutical firms to develop and provide ‘child-friendly’HIV and TB medicines as well as low-cost/low-technology testing methods to diagnose these infections. HAART stands for “Highly Active ...