Aid Success Story Archives - Page 5 of 16

Tide turns in Kreghané, Chad

30/10/2012 Africa, Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Chad, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Sahel, Female face of migration, Food, Migration by Caritas Communications

In August 2011, when it stopped raining during the days of cultivation of the land, not all grain was sown. The amount of grain that grew during the following weeks was a lot less than during a normal year. Cornfields have also been plagued by the locusts just before harvest time.

Good day sunshine: Powering up Darfur

21/03/2012 Africa, Aid Success Story, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

Hazel Williams is the humanitarian coordinator for Darfur of CAFOD (Caritas England and Wales). She recently paid a visit to some of the many camps that house people who have fled fighting in the region. Caritas works with the Act Alliance of Protestant and Orthodox aid agencies in a unique ecumenical cooperation, through the operations of ...

Tsunami Zone: A Day in the Life of a Caritas Japan Volunteer

9/03/2012 Aid Success Story, Asia, Career, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Japan, Volunteers by Caritas Communications

Interview with Ms. Seiko Ise More than 2500 people have volunteered for Caritas Japan programs helping survivors of the March2011 tsunami. Here, a Caritas coordinator describes what the volunteers do–and what motivates them. How do people get started volunteering for Caritas Japan? People find out about volunteering with Caritas through the internet or from friends. ...

Recreating shattered homes and hearts in Japan

9/03/2012 Aid Success Story, Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Japan by Caritas Communications

In March 2011, one of the worst earthquakes in recent memory triggered a massive tsunami off the northeast coast of Japan. The tidal wave killed thousands of people and destroyed huge swaths of seaside towns. Caritas Japan immediately began helping survivors. It mobilized over 2000 volunteers to help clean debris, distribute needed items like heaters, ...

Northern Uganda: Rebuilding Lives, Creating Futures

23/02/2012 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Europe, Ireland, Uganda by Caritas Communications

This film tells the story of a small community of 16 families that were forced to rebuild their lives following an attack by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in 2004. It is a story of hope.

Restocking Ethiopia’s cattle

10/02/2012 Africa, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ethiopia, Ethiopia by Caritas Communications

By Makeda Yohannes/ECS Before drought struck Ethiopia in 2011, Mulu Jaletu owned five oxen, enough to help his farm support his 12 children. But with no rain falling, his crops would often fail. As his money ran out, he was forced to sell one ox at a time so he could buy food for his ...

In southern Haiti mothers are at the heart of development strategy

23/12/2011 Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Female face of migration, Food, Haiti, Latin America, Migration by Caritas Communications

Food security, especially that of children, is a major problem in Haiti. Caritas has put in place various initiatives in the province of Les Cayes in southern Haiti to deal with this issue. With the help of CRS, the local Caritas has set up more than 200 mothers groups. What’s a mothers group? “As the ...

Schools reopen in Haiti after 2010 Earthquake

23/12/2011 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

“When the school collapsed, what was essential was finding the children. The rest was just material,” said Sr. Josette Drouinaud of the Mère Delia Institute for primary and secondary school girls in the bustling Delmas neighbourhood of the Port-au-Prince. When the earthquake of 12 January struck Haiti, the primary school crumbled. The students had finished ...

Quenching the rice fields’ thirst in Haiti

23/12/2011 Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Food, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

Fednor, a farmer, is preparing what will soon be the main source of food for his family – a rice field. In Joque, in the province of Les Cayes, rice growing is the most common agricultural activity. The rice fields extend along each side of the road and provide a living for the majority of ...

Rebuilding rural housing in Haiti

23/12/2011 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

Cap Rouge, a small town in a remote rural area, is perched on a humid plateau around 10 kilometres from Jacmel, which is considered to be the major town in south-eastern Haiti. After the earthquake in January 2010, VEDEK, a farmers’ organisation that is very active in the area, counted more than 500 damaged houses ...