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A Caritas distribution in Pakistan: Khursheed’s story

24/08/2010 Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, Pakistan by Caritas Communications

By Shahzada Irfan Khursheed Bibi stood out amongt the recipients of relief goods with a bandage worn around her fractured arm. Being over 60 her arm would take a long time to heal. Besides, she knew the treatment would prove a heavy burden on the limited resources she had at her disposal. Khursheed recalled the ...

More money needed for Pakistan

24/08/2010 Asia, News, Pakistan, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas is urging donors to boost support to operations in Pakistan following floods that have affected 17 million people. Caritas will appeal for funds to extend its three month emergency operation to six months. Caritas is concerned that large numbers of people have not yet been reached. “An enormous number of people need help and ...

Life as a Caritas aid worker in the Pakistan floods

23/08/2010 Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, Pakistan by Caritas Communications

By Shahzada Irfan For Ameen Babar the working days are long, there are no days off in sight and no plans for a holiday. As Disaster Management Programme Coordinator with Caritas Pakistan in Faisalabad, his days are filled by trips to areas devastated by rainstorms and flashfloods. With road networks destroyed or submerged under water, ...

Flood-hit Pakistan desperate for help

12/08/2010 Asia, News, Pakistan, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas is appealing for US$5.5 million (4.3 million euro) to help Pakistan’s flood victims as the situation grows increasingly desperate. Over 1,600 people have died in the disaster and up to 14 million people are affected. Raging floodwaters have washed away homes, bridges, schools, water systems and medical facilities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Balochistan ...

Caritas tackling Pakistan’s widespread floods

3/08/2010 Asia, News, Pakistan, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas says the challenge to getting aid to flood victims in Pakistan is massive as communities are still cut off by high waters and some areas can only be reached by foot. Floods in the north have affected an estimated three million people and killed over 1500. Houses, bridges and roads have been washed away ...

Many people flooded out in Pakistan

30/07/2010 Asia, News, Pakistan, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas Pakistan says hundreds of thousands of people are homeless and over 300 people have died following constant heavy monsoon rains in mainly the north of the country. Following recent assessments, Caritas will initially provide emergency relief items to 1300 families in two districts of southern Punjab, one of the worst-affected areas. “The rains have ...

Warm shelters for conflict-hit Kyrgyzstan

9/07/2010 Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies by Caritas Communications

Caritas is launching an appeal for USD 5.8 million 29,240 (EUR 4.6 million) to help families affected by conflict in Kyrgyzstan. Over 14,000 people will be supported in building warm shelters before winter arrives. They will also receive warm bedding. In mid-June 2010, violence broke out suddenly in the southern Kyrgyz cities of Osh and ...

Cambodia threatened by climate change

30/06/2010 Advocacy, Asia, Cambodia, Climate Change, Food by Caritas Communications

On 1 June Caritas along with the Ministry or the Environment and other agencies such as UNDP and Oxfam organised a seminar on climate change in the capital Phonm Penn. About 100 people, including environmentalist, members of government institutions, NGOs and benefactors attended the seminar aimed at discussing strategies to deal with climate change. Most ...

Water woes in Pakistan

30/06/2010 Asia, Climate Change, Food, Pakistan by Caritas Communications

By Mumtaz Bashir Bhatti, Caritas Pakistan Pakistan contributes little to global warming – responsible for one 35th of the world’s average carbon dioxide emissions. Temperatures in the country’s coastal areas have risen from 0.6 to 1 degree centigrade since the early 1900s. Over the last 40 years, precipitation has decreased 10 to 15 percent in ...

Lessons from Typhoon Morakot

30/06/2010 Advocacy, Asia, Climate Change, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Food, Taiwan by Caritas Communications

Typhoon Morakot was the most distressing catastrophe to hit Taiwan in 50 years, devastating several areas in the south of the country. The heavy rainfall on August 8, 2009 caused mudslides and flooding that buried the entire town of Xiaolin. Hundreds of lives were lost and hundreds more were left homeless and displaced. Morakot’s aftermath resulted in billions of dollars in damage to infrastructure, as well as to agriculture that supported the aboriginal people.