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One Year after the Earthquake in Turkey. We could not Survive without Caritas Help and our Neighbours’ Solidarity

5/02/2024 Earthquake Syria Turkey 2023, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria by daniele piccini

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the southeast of Turkey on February 6th, 2023, changed many people’s lives, including Kamile’s. She used to live in Ovakent and had just finished secondary school. Now, she lives with her family and wants to marry but cannot yet due to economic problems. «When the earthquake destroyed our ...

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

5/02/2024 Earthquake, Earthquake Syria Turkey 2023, Emergencies in Syria, Syria, Turkey by daniele piccini

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 ...

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

5/02/2024 Earthquake, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Press Release, Turkey by daniele piccini

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, ...

Caritas staff in Gaza determined to go out and serve others

6/12/2023 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Jerusalem, Middle East & North Africa by Maria Kristina Millare

For the seven days of pause in hostilities since November 24th, 2023, our dedicated Caritas Jerusalem team, led by our medical consultant Dr Jihad Al Hisi, provided primary health care to the most vulnerable communities in southern Gaza. Across the Gaza Strip, the Israeli bombing has destroyed more than 46,000 homes and otherwise damaged over ...

‘THERE IS NO WORSE SUFFERING THAN THIS’: CRIES OF HELP FROM BURKINA FASO

27/11/2023 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies by Maria Kristina Millare

Nearly 10 years on, terrorism and violence instigated by militia groups continues to threaten the peace and safety of tens and thousands of families throughout Burkina Faso. Since 2015, men, women and children have been forced to flee their homes and leave everything behind. In more recent years, Burkina Faso has witnessed unprecedented levels of ...

SUDAN WAR: CARITAS COMMITTED TO SUPPORT REFUGEES AND RETURNEES IN CHAD

16/11/2023 Africa, Chad, Emergencies, Sudan by Maria Kristina Millare

Due to the conflict that broke out in Sudan last April, several men and women have been forced to leave their homes and villages behind in search of safety and for the survival of their families in other parts of the country and beyond, including Chad. In their flight, many displaced families did not have ...

Pope Francis releases apostolic exhortation ‘Laudate Deum’

4/10/2023 Advocacy, Emergencies, News by Maria Kristina Millare

Today, on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi (October 4), Pope Francis has released his apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum, that completes his encyclical Laudato si’ published in May 2015, and is addressed “to all people of good will on the climate crisis”. Eight years after Laudato si’, and based on the reflections and events ...

Caritas Morocco, alongside the earthquake-affected people

13/09/2023 Earthquake, Earthquake in Morocco, Emergencies, Morocco, Press Release by daniele piccini

“The needs are enormous: food, clothes, tents, as well as hygiene kits and blankets for the cold of the night. There are entire villages destroyed,” said Father Oscar Arturo Padilla, director of Caritas Rabat. Yesterday, Fr. Padilla visited Amizmiz, a small city in Morocco about 50 kilometres from Marrakech, and some small towns in the ...

Caritas faces ongoing conflict in Sudan and neighboring countries

3/07/2023 Africa, Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Emergencies, Ethiopia, Migration, Refugees, South Sudan, Sudan by daniele piccini

Sudan has been embroiled in a devastating armed conflict since last April, triggered by power struggles among the country’s military factions. The fighting, primarily between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has had a profound impact on civilians, resulting in large-scale displacement and shattered access to food, water, health care, fuel, ...

AUXILIARY BISHOP OF KHARTOUM

9/06/2023 Africa, Emergencies, News, Press Release, Sudan by Maria Kristina Millare

“Everybody is trying to leave Khartoum because practically no one is sure of his remaining there and being safe. And so people run away. I also had to leave, I crossed the border by car. There is a huge need for help both in Sudan and in neighbouring countries to accommodate people fleeing the conflict”. ...