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Singing for peace in Uganda

23/06/2010 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Peacebuilding, Uganda by Caritas Communications

Karamoja is Uganda’s land of warrior nomads. Armed with automatic weapons from Congo and Sudan, young men engage in tit-for-tat cattle raids against rival clans. The scale of the raids can be huge with hundreds of fighters involved and several thousand cattle stolen in a single night. The death toll is high. The government has ...

Surf the web, stop conflict

23/06/2010 Conflicts and Disasters, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Peacebuilding has become crucial in an age in which the nature of war and conflict has changed. In the past, most major conflicts were triggered by territorial ambitions and fought in contained theatres of war. Today it is more likely the enemy is not a far away, foreign army but a fellow citizen or neighbour. ...

Climate change and the risk of conflict in the Middle East

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Climate Change, Conflicts and Disasters, Food, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Climate models predict that the five countries in the Eastern Mediterranean (Western Asia)– Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan and the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) – will face a hotter, drier and less predictable climate in the coming decades. Temperatures are expected to warm by 2.5 to 3.7oC in the region’s summer months; these higher temperatures will ...

Sri Lanka’s children celebrate

23/06/2010 Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Peacebuilding, Sri Lanka by Caritas Communications

In early 2009, the 25-year-old conflict between the Tamil rebels and the government of Sri Lanka reached a bloody end. Up to 250,000 people were trapped between the two sides in the final stages of the war. Caritas was one of the few aid agencies given permission to work in the combat zone throughout the ...

Colombia’s forgotten refugees

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Colombia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Latin America, Migration, Peacebuilding, Refugees by Caritas Communications

More than three million people have been forced from their homes in Colombia. Fighting continues to affect people from all walks of life. The large number of displaced people hinders efforts at making peace. While Colombia has the second largest number of internally displaced people in the world after Sudan, it still does not have ...

Peace: Finding new ways to end conflict

23/06/2010 Conflicts and Disasters, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Caritas peacebuilding is making a difference. From urging dialogue in Uganda, the Holy Land and Sri Lanka to promoting reconciliation between Catholics and Muslims in the Philippines, Nigeria and Tanzania, Caritas plays a critical role in peacebuilding around the globe. The north of Congo experienced renewed attacks by Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) fighters, which also ...

Shelter from conflict in Pakistan

23/06/2010 Aid Success Story, Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Pakistan, Pakistan, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

More than two and a half million people were forced from their homes as a result of clashes between the Pakistan army and militants in the Swat Valley. The district used to be known as the ‘Switzerland of Pakistan’ and attracted thousands of tourists who came for skiing and mountain walking – but that was ...

Helping Palestinian youths say no to drugs

11/06/2010 Conflicts and Disasters, Jerusalem, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Archbishop Óscar Romero – a voice for the oppressed

30/05/2010 Advocacy, Catholic Teaching, Conflicts and Disasters, El Salvador, Latin America, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

For me the death of Archbishop Oscar Romero is one of the saddest moments of my life. By bravely speaking out on behalf of the poor and oppressed he paid with his death.

Empowerment in Colombia

28/05/2010 Advocacy, Aid Success Story, Colombia, Conflicts and Disasters, Development, Emergencies, Latin America, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

When Colombia’s war reached Eva Mape’s home town and her apartment block was blown up, she realised it was time to leave. “We had no choice but to go. The only things we managed to save were some clothes that were outside,” says Ms Mape. Her story echoes that of millions of Colombians who over ...