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South Sudan: Preparing for independence

7/07/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, North America, Peacebuilding, Prayers and Reflections, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan, United States by Caritas Communications

By Kim Pozniak When I arrived in South Sudan’s future capital Juba yesterday, the joyous preparations for independence were immediately apparent. Landing at the airport, another passenger pointed out the newly installed lights along the runway to allow for night flights. Everywhere you look there are small signs of progress. Driving along Juba’s bumpy, dusty ...

Caritas anniversaries

7/07/2011 Africa, Asia, Cambodia, Latin America, North America, Pakistan, Peru, Rwanda, Uncategorised, United States by Caritas Communications

The strength and history of the Caritas confederation shone strongly in 2010 with several members celebrating significant anniversaries.

Taking the long view in Sudan

6/07/2011 Africa, Aid Success Story, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, North America, Peacebuilding, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan, United States by Caritas Communications

Andy Schaefer, CRS technical adviser for emergency coordination, was in Agok as part of the Caritas response in Sudan that supports more than 100,000 people forced from their homes by recent violence in the contested border area of Abyei. CRS is a Caritas member. One thing that has become apparent to me while working to ...

Delivering help in Sudan

6/07/2011 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, North America, Peacebuilding, South Sudan, Sudan, United States by Caritas Communications

Andy Schaefer, CRS technical adviser for emergency coordination, was in Agok as part of the Caritas response in Sudan that supports more than 100,000 people forced from their homes by recent violence in the contested border area of Abyei. CRS is a Caritas member. The situation here in Agok is still very fluid. It’s been ...

Live chat with bishop from southern Sudan

10/06/2011 Africa, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Migration, North America, Peacebuilding, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan, United States by Caritas Communications

The first miracle in Eduardo Hiiboro Kussala’s life happened when he was just a few months old. During a military raid on his village in southern Sudan, soldiers entered his family’s house and killed his mother and sister. They left baby Eduardo unharmed and didn’t burn down the house. Now, 47 years later, he is ...

Ideas for Lent by Catholic Coalition on Climate Change in USA

14/03/2011 Advocacy, Blog, Climate Change, Food, North America, United States by Caritas Communications

Available in French and Spanish by Dan Misleh, Executive Director of Catholic Coalition on Climate Change In an article appearing in U.S. Catholic magazine this coming month (April 2011—and posted in December 2010 online), I suggested that those of us in developed nations have an addiction to oil. To overcome this addiction, we might learn ...

Pakistan floods: shelter saved us

18/02/2011 Aid Success Story, Asia, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, North America, Pakistan, United States by Caritas Communications

By Jessica Howell, Catholic Relief Services (CRS is a Caritas member) The early days of last August seemed fairly unremarkable for the small Pakistani village of Rajo Bhayo, until the Indus River – swollen from days of unending monsoon rains in the north – breached a protective embankment nearby and came swirling towards the village. ...

Pakistan 6 months after floods: Dulshan’s story

27/01/2011 Asia, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, North America, Pakistan, United States by Caritas Communications

By Jessica Howell, Programme and Advocacy Officer, Catholic Relief Services Dulshan Bajkani looks to be about 23 years old, but she says she doesn’t know for sure. Regardless of her age, she’s endured more in the last six months than any woman in her twenties should have to bear. Her nightmare began in early August, when record ...

Pakistan 6 months after floods: Soomri’s story

27/01/2011 Aid Success Story, Asia, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, North America, Pakistan, United States by Caritas Communications

By Jessica Howell, Programme and Advocacy Officer, Catholic Relief Services “Ours was a love marriage,” said Soomri, a frail woman with almond-shaped eyes that seem to dance when thinks about her youth. “He was the only literate man in town,” she said of her husband, “And we were both favored by our parents.” The 75-year-old mother of ...

Pakistan 6 months after floods: Ariz’s story

27/01/2011 Aid Success Story, Asia, Blog, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, North America, Pakistan, United States by Caritas Communications

By Jessica Howell, Programme and Advocacy Officer, Catholic Relief Services A wizened man whose mirthful eyes suggest more mischief than age, Ariz smirks when asked how old he is. “More than 50,” he said, to the chuckles of his friends and family standing nearby. There hasn’t been a lot to smile about lately though. The floods that ...