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Caritas at the World Social Forum

7/02/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Poverty Elimination, SDG, Senegal, World Social Forum by Caritas Communications

Around one hundred delegates from different Caritas organisations are taking part in the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal, from 6 to 11 February. Almost 70,000 people from all over the world will gather in Dakar to share their experiences and think about how to create a better world. Since its creation in 2001 in ...

Civil society uniting to build a different world

7/02/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Poverty Elimination, SDG, Senegal, World Social Forum by Caritas Communications

By Clémence Richard from Secours Catholique-Caritas France Dakar, 2 pm: Under the burning sun, Sfax Place in the city centre is filling with crowds of marchers. African women dressed in colourful outfits dance to the rhythm of a tune that goes: “Solidarity with the women from all over the world”. Further down, Amnesty International shows ...

Slovenia and Slovakia learn more about climate change in Africa

24/01/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Climate Change, Europe, Food, Slovakia, Slovenia by Caritas Communications

Caritas Slovenia and Caritas Slovakia began a three years public awareness project on climate change last year with the support of the European Commission. They’re explaining to people in Slovenia and Slovakia the need for climate justice in developing countries and in particular in Africa.

Importance of adapting to climate change in Kenya

24/01/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Climate Change, Food, Kenya by Caritas Communications

By Samson Malesi Shivaji, National Livelihoods Coordinator, Caritas Kenya Unusual rain, inconsistent water supply, high temperatures overall and extreme heat in some places, windy conditions, reduced farming outputs with greater costs, conflict and people forced from their homes. In Kenya, the definition of climate change to the ordinary person in the village is devoid of ...

Seeing the wood for the trees in Uganda

24/01/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Climate Change, Food, Uganda by Caritas Communications

Uganda is already experiencing out of season flooding in the eastern region which destroyed crops and spread disease, heat waves, reduction in water levels, unpredictable rain, and prolonged drought in many parts of the country.

Sudan votes: tears make way for hopes

21/01/2011 Africa, Aid Success Story, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, North America, Peacebuilding, South Sudan, Sudan, United States by Caritas Communications

by Renee Lambert, Emergency Coordinator Young Sudanese polling officials sat inside a small two room school, silently unfolding ballots while national and international observers looked on. It was just after 7 pm, the polls had closed 2 hours earlier. Outside the school the sun was setting, so the polling officials were counting by the light of ...

Last day of vote in Sudan

17/01/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, North America, Peacebuilding, South Sudan, Sudan, United States by Caritas Communications

By Sara A. Fajardo Click here to view more pictures. Watching the southern Sudanese line up to cast their ballots has been a lesson in civic-duty. Eric Keri, a tall lanky 50 year-old father of 10, refused to leave Sudan until the last day of the vote. Despite having family in neighbouring Uganda he chose ...

Sudan votes: the journey home

14/01/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Peacebuilding, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

By Sara A. Fajardo-Henning At 7 a.m. in the morning the Juba port bristles with early morning rooster calls, women laundering along the banks of the Nile, and young children stirring on bed mats where they nestle like kittens in their temporary open-air bedrooms. They arrived by the hundreds, these Sudanese who meandered down the ...

Sudan votes: the Movie

11/01/2011 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, North America, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan, United States by Caritas Communications

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JlUsgg9c44&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0] By Sara Fajardo in Juba for Catholic Relief Services (CRS is a member of Caritas from the USA)

Cardinal Napier calls for just solutions for Sudan

10/01/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Peacebuilding, South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcNodsCZtLg&fs=1&hl=en_GB&rel=0] Cardinal Wilfrid Napier OFM, Archbishop of Durban, South Africa is part of an ecumenical monitoring team in southern Sudan as people cast their ballots to decide on self-determination. He accompanied Archbishop Paulino Lokudu Loro of Juba to vote. (Footage by Sara Fajardo/Catholic Relief services).