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Educators in Darfur discuss ways forward

14/06/2010 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

By Edwyn Shiell, Act for Peace – Campaigns & Communication Coordinator Since the expulsion of 13 International non- government agencies in March 2009 the ACT-Caritas Darfur Programme, implemented by Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) and its two National Partners the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC) and Sudanaid, have had to deal with the significant gaps in ...

Improving hygiene and sanitation in Darfur

14/06/2010 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Sudan by Caritas Communications

By Edwyn Shiell, Act for Peace – Campaigns & Communication Coordinator The Norwegian Church Aid (a Caritas partner) Water and Sanitation facility in Bilel Camp is a humble thatched building. At the entrance are a series of heart shaped flower boxes made from red brick which bring the surrounding dry desert ground to life. On ...

It’s difficult to talk about AIDS in Darfur

14/06/2010 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Health, HIV & AIDS, Sudan by Caritas Communications

By Edwyn Shiell, Act for Peace – Campaigns & Communication Coordinator “It’s difficult to talk about HIV and AIDS in Darfur. You can’t really talk about it openly in the camps”, says Gloria Gwoka Nakoboji, the HIV/AIDS Project Officer for the Sudan Council of Churches – SCC (A Caritas partner) in Nyala, Darfur. Estimates of ...

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem: Gaza siege needs to be lifted

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

The situation in the Holy Land has escalated again following to the assault on a flotilla headed towards the Gaza Strip on May 31. However, His Beatitude Fouad Twal, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem and President of Caritas Jerusalem, hopes that the young generation of Palestinians and Israelis will one day know peace. Question: The international ...

Finding a new home after Haiti quake

7/06/2010 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

By Mathilde Magnier “For the past three months there’ve been 16 people sitting down to eat every evening,” says Sébien Danbrevil. Up to 600,000 people fled Port-au-Prince for outlying areas following Haiti’s 12th January earthquake. For months after the disaster, Caritas has been helping people in the Nippes area to settle into their new lives. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bringing Solar Power to the People of Darfur

26/05/2010 Africa, Climate Change, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Food, Sudan by Caritas Communications

As climate change is heatedly debated by world leaders, communities in Darfur are finding sustainable solutions to water shortages in Internally Displaced Peoples (IDP) Camps. The rainy season in South Darfur typically lasts five or six months of the year. For the remainder, the land is dry, arid and desolate. With the length of the ...

Doctor on call in Gaza

24/05/2010 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Jerusalem, Middle East & North Africa by Caritas Communications

More than a year after the war, people in Gaza continue to suffer from poverty, poor access to health care and psychological distress. The Caritas mobile clinic is composed of Dr. Jebril Barood and his team of a nurse, a psychologist, a laboratory technician and a driver. They visit six different areas every week in ...

The forgotten ones in Haiti

24/05/2010 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Haiti, Latin America by Caritas Communications

By Mathilde Magnier In Port-au-Prince there are a number of neighbourhoods which aren’t considered a priority but which were hard hit by the earthquake.Caritas is working in these communities At first appearances, Sibert seems to have stood up well to Haiti’s January 12th earthquake. There’s little damage in this almost rural neighbourhood in the north ...