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 ...

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 ...

Haiti two years after the earthquake

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

In Haiti, two years after the earthquake of 12 January 2010, Caritas Confederation members are keeping up their efforts to help the people affected by the disaster. The earthquake, measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale, caused 230,000 deaths and affected more than three million people by destroying up to 90% of infrastructures in the hardest ...

In Haiti’s Port-au-Prince, Cordaid is helping communities to reinvent their neighbourhoods

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

Around 100 families like Bénisette's have benefited from Cordaid's assistance in rebuilding or repairing their houses. Henk Meijerink is head of the shelter building programme at Cordaid. "More than 2,000 families are affected in Villa Rosa.

Healing trauma after Haiti’s earthquake

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

Some were trapped in rubble for hours. Other lost loved ones. Thousands saw their homes destroyed. For survivors of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, grief and pain became constant companions. As Caritas raced to get families water, food, and shelter, its aid workers realized that mental health care was just as great a need. “More than a ...