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Second Year of War in Ukraine: Caritas Prepares Long-Term Plans

Second Year of War in Ukraine: Caritas Prepares Long-Term Plans

Two years after the beginning of the war and nearly a decade after the conflict in the east of the country, the humanitarian situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate and will not improve if hostilities do not stop. This is the picture described by the two local Caritas organisations – Caritas Ukraine and Caritas-Spes Ukraine ...

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Ukraine. The Creative Center Kharkiv helps Children to Cope with War

Ukraine. The Creative Center Kharkiv helps Children to Cope with War

This project, in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, offers 800 children and an additional 200 parents from socially precarious and economically disadvantaged backgrounds help and support, in coping with everyday life every year and now more important than ever. At the beginning of the war, many of the project beneficiaries fled to other parts ...

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One Year after the Earthquake in Syria. Caritas was the First Light of Hope after the Disaster

One Year after the Earthquake in Syria. Caritas was the First Light of Hope after the Disaster

Yasmine Halalish lives in Aleppo with her husband, Fathi Moustafa, as the stepmother of three children: Raneem, who needs special health care, Tasneem and Mouhammad Moustafa. Their birth mother died. Please tell me about the time after the earthquake. Did you receive any aid? «We did receive aid from Caritas Syria: canned food, hygiene kits ...

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EARTHQUAKE IN SYRIA AND TURKEY, ONE YEAR OF CARITAS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE AND THE CALL FOR SILENCE NOT TO FALL

EARTHQUAKE IN SYRIA AND TURKEY, ONE YEAR OF CARITAS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE AND THE CALL FOR SILENCE NOT TO FALL

One year after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on 6 February 2023, local Caritas organisations, supported by the entire Caritas network, continue to support the local population in dire need. In Turkey, the National Caritas, together with Caritas Anatolia, supported by Caritas Istanbul and Izmir, have been active from the first moments, ...

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Nagorno-Karabakh: Caritas urges the EU and UN to increase their humanitarian response

Nagorno-Karabakh: Caritas urges the EU and UN to increase their humanitarian response

As the Armenian Caritas is already present near the border to assist evacuees leaving Nagorno-Karabakh, the international confederation mobilises funds and calls all parties to respect human rights. As of today, over 60,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh have fled to Armenia following a nine-month long blockade of the region and last week’s military intervention. Caritas Internationalis ...

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CARITAS WAREHOUSE BURNS TO THE GROUND FOLLOWING OVERNIGHT RUSSIAN ATTACK, 300 TONNES OF AID DESTROYED

CARITAS WAREHOUSE BURNS TO THE GROUND FOLLOWING OVERNIGHT RUSSIAN ATTACK, 300 TONNES OF AID DESTROYED

“Russia’s attack on the Caritas-Spes Ukraine warehouse in Lviv last night, destroying 300 tonnes of humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine, was an outrage and a flagrant violation of International Humanitarian Law,” states Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis Alistair Dutton from New York, where he is attending the UN General Assembly and where Ukrainian ...

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