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“HAART in Art!”

25/03/2013 Advocacy, Aid Success Story, Health, Tuberculosis by Caritas Communications

Caritas recently employed a new strategy for its advocacy efforts – by participating in an exhibition at the United Nations Centre Geneva as part of the 22nd Session of the Human Rights Council, which was held during March. The exhibit aimed to raise awareness among government officials and human rights experts about the need to ...

Two years after Japan earthquake search for peace continues

8/03/2013 Aid Success Story, Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Japan by Caritas Communications

It’s two years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit eastern Japan and killed over 15,800 people. Despite an impressive government operation to clean up and rebuild, the disaster has left a dark shadow over many communities which they are still dealing with today.

A Decade in Darfur: Caring for the Sick

8/03/2013 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

Ten years ago, when thousands of families first crowded into Darfur’s camps, there were few medical options. Many turned to hit-or-miss traditional remedies, or simply hoped for the best. For life-threatening problems like scorpion stings, difficult childbirth, and malaria, camp residents were at the mercy of fate.

A Decade in Darfur: Healing Relationships

21/02/2013 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Peacebuilding, Sudan by Caritas Communications

“When I entered my farm, it was so pretty that I was singing.” Abubakar, a 37-year-old father of ten, was happy with the rainy season in Darfur in mid-2012. “I saw I’d have a good harvest.” Abubakar had put a lot of work into his crops of groundnuts, millet, maize and okra. “At the beginning ...

Darfur: ten years of service

21/02/2013 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Peacebuilding, Sudan by Caritas Communications

War broke out in Sudan’s Darfur region in 2003. It has remained one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises over the last decade. At least 3.4 million people in Darfur need humanitarian assistance today, a figure which includes 1.4 million displaced people (IDPs) in camps receiving food aid. Life is difficult in the camps, but ...

A Decade in Darfur: Mothers and Children at Risk

21/02/2013 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Female face of migration, Food, Malnutrition, Migration, Sudan by Caritas Communications

With thousands of others, Nawal escaped to one of Sudan’s camps for displaced people. They were safer there, but could no longer earn a living by farming. Some camp residents do tasks like brickmaking, making enough money to buy the day’s kilo or two of grain.

Refugee helping refugee: inspiring stories from the Syrian crisis

21/02/2013 Aid Success Story, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Migration, Peacebuilding, Refugees by Caritas Communications

Tahani and Rahaf are both Syrian refugees who volunteer for Caritas Jordan to help their compatriots. “We had a normal life,” said Rahaf Al Jaber, a 20 year old woman from the Syrian capital Damascus. “We went to university. We had friends. We were even a little spoiled by our parents. And then suddenly we ...

A Decade in Darfur: Voices from the Camps

In Darfur, hundreds of thousands of people who fled violence now live in camps for displaced people. Life is difficult in the camps, but families receive support from health, water, and other programmes funded by ACT Alliance and Caritas.

The Least of These: Helping Leprosy Patients in Darfur

21/02/2013 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

The NCA programme also teaches people how to recognize the signs of leprosy quickly, because if the disease is caught early on, it can be stopped in its tracks. Since the training, medical assistants have identified new cases and patients have started treatment with tablets provided by the government.

Creative solutions to helping Malian refugees in Niger

8/02/2013 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Sahel, Mali, Migration, Niger, Refugees by Caritas Communications

CADEV, Caritas Niger is working in four camps helping 18,000 Malian refugees. They fled there after rebels seized the north of Mali last year, triggering a flow of refugees in Africa’s Sahel region. Caritas Niger is registering an increase of refuges since the French military intervention in January.