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Colombia: Life without fear

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

For some people, life’s certainties don’t even stretch to the safety of a home. Fighting in Colombia between rebels, paramiliatries and the Government for over 45 years has forced millions of people to leave their homes to seek safety. “When I was a child, I heard rumours about war and people killing each other, but ...

Peace in Colombia is Possible

30/04/2010 Advocacy, Colombia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Latin America, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

[youtube id=”rnNbyirvJ8k” width=”600″ height=”350″] A forty-five year war, millions of displaced and millions of lives damaged by killings, kidnappings, landmines and fear. This is Colombia and this is the place where Caritas is working to ensure “Peace is Possible”. Caritas is there for the people of Colombia with material and moral support. Caritas also lobbies ...

Nigerians live in fear after brutal attacks

30/04/2010 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Nigeria, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

The killing of hundreds of people around the Nigerian city of Jos has terrorised the local population. Caritas is running peacebuilding programmes and providing aid to those caught in the ongoing conflict, but say more needs to be done to provide security.

Baghdad’s beehive: a day in the life of Caritas Iraq

30/03/2010 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Development, Emergencies, Iraq, Middle East & North Africa, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Caritas centres are dotted across the poorer areas of Baghdad. The typical working day of a Caritas employee begins with traffic jams, road checkpoints, closed streets, and, in some cases, bomb explosions. It takes some workers up to two hours to get to the centres, although they live less than 10 km away. They need ...

Caritas appeal for refugee crisis in North-West Congo

24/02/2010 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Caritas is providing humanitarian relief for 12,000 families forced from their homes by ethnic conflict in the north west of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo DR). The fighting is taking place in a remote part of the country. Over a hundred thousand people have fled their homes due to the violence. Caritas is helping ...

Six million dead in Congo’s war

24/02/2010 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Over six million people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the deadliest conflict since the Second World War.

One year on from the Georgia conflict

2/02/2010 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Europe, Georgia, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Once the war was over, Caritas started giving out food, hygiene kits and offering access to health care and counselling to help people deal with the trauma what they had gone through. This went on through the winter months and right up until May 2009.

Zimbabweans’ struggle as asylum refugees

2/02/2010 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Humanitarian Crisis in Zimbabwe, Migration, Peacebuilding, Refugees, Zimbabwe by Caritas Communications

Many people are leaving Zimbabwe for a better life elsewhere rather than go hungry and not have a job at home. But some people leave the country because of intimidation resulting from their political beliefs. Gloria* is one such person. When she lived in Zimbabwe, she supported the opposition and attended rallies. By doing so, ...

Imagine compassion in a crisis: More than bread alone

2/12/2009 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Peacebuilding, Sudan by Caritas Communications

The crisis in Darfur worsened, with 290,000 people fleeing their homes during the first nine months of 2008. Many people fled to Chad and the Central African Republic. Caritas is part of one of the biggest programmes in south and west Darfur, helping 250,000 people. Caritas covers basic needs, including access to clean water, sanitary ...

Imagine compassion in a crisis: Ballots not bullets

2/12/2009 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Kenya, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

2008 began badly for Mary, her three daughters, and six grandchildren. Post-election violence in Kenya escalated into ethnic conflict that saw families driven from their homes. “I don’t even want to remember the picture of that day. They were running in all directions, setting fire to crops and houses,” said Mary. Her family was taken ...