Emergencies Archives

Survivors of Cyclone Idai are still in need of help

15/04/2019 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe by Caritas Internationalis

“We had lost everything” Isabel Joao’s family lost everything after Cyclone Idai hit Mozambique on March 15. “We were all at home when the cyclone struck,” she says. “It was very frightening. We were inside our house and huddled together. The two youngest children were screaming and crying.” “The next day we saw our house ...

Caritas continues aid to families affected by Cyclone Idai

5/04/2019 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe by Caritas Internationalis

Some 843 people were killed by Cyclone Idai. Hundreds of thousands of people are displaced and in need of food, water and shelter. Caritas Mozambique and its global partners are providing support to affected families.

Caritas Mozambique: “Cyclone Idai could be the worst crisis in decades”

18/03/2019 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Mozambique by Caritas Internationalis

Caritas Mozambique is importing 1,500 tarps that will go to Beira as soon as possible. Officials say 90 percent of Beira has been destroyed, a port city of half a million people.

Lent 2019 Appeal for health crisis in Gaza

5/03/2019 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Palestine, Jerusalem, Middle East & North Africa by Caritas Internationalis

The acute health needs of the most vulnerable communities in the occupied Palestinian territory need $32 million for 2019. There are 900,000 people out of the 1.2 million Palestinians in need of humanitarian health assistance.

New archbishop is symbol of hope in Iraq

28/02/2019 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Iraq, Iraq, Middle East & North Africa by Caritas Internationalis

A restoration of a bishop in Mosul is so symbolic for Iraq and the Christian community in Ninawa. For many, his appointment is seen as a blessing of hope.

Caritas reports from inside Syria

18/02/2019 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Middle East & North Africa, News, Press Release, Syria by Caritas Internationalis

While many aid agencies are pulling out of the city, Caritas Syria has started its next three-year, €4.1 million project for Aleppo, aimed at reaching 70,000 of its most vulnerable residents.

Life in Syria eight years into the war

14/02/2019 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Syria, Middle East & North Africa, Syria by Caritas Internationalis

Syria reaches a grim anniversary in March: eight years of civil war. After half a million deaths, with 11.6 million people forced from home, the nation is on its knees. Caritas is working inside Syria to help rebuild shattered lives.

Venezuela exports migrants with acute malnutrition

12/02/2019 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Latin America, Venezuela by Caritas Internationalis

Caritas warns that 90% of households in Venezuela have a poor diet. Damage caused by chronic malnutrition is irreversible for thousands of children.

Two million earthquake survivors continue to suffer in Indonesia

22/01/2019 Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Indonesia by Caritas Internationalis

More than 87,000 survivors of the devastating earthquake and tsunami are living in evacuation centres or informal camps, with many more staying with relatives or friends.

How Caritas is helping people to recover from the Indonesia earthquake

31/10/2018 Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Indonesia by Ffion Dean

Umi Sumbajono and her family had seconds to react when a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on September 28. The 55-year-old grabbed her two grandchildren and fled from their home in Jono Ono village. “I panicked and prayed,” Umi said. “We saw the land, the ground, splitting and cracking, with mud and water ...