Recent clashes during the month of April between militia groups in the Central African Republic have not deterred Caritas staff and volunteers from providing dedicated humanitarian support to vulnerable communities and victims of war in the country. For nearly as decade, political volatility and instability has ravaged the Central African Republic following the deposition of ...
Caritas Philippines, through its Alay Kapwa Operations, is calling for donations for families after tropical storm Agaton made landfall in the Visayan region earlier this month on April 9. Torrential rains and major flooding have affected the livelihoods of over 1.6 million people living in the southeast Asian country. The Philippine Government’s Disaster Response Operations ...
Sister Paula Jagoda has been volunteering in Przemyśl for Caritas Poland for three days. A native of Poland, she has lived in Ukraine for 27 years. It was difficult for her to leave her country of choice. She has tears in her eyes. A week ago, she left the convent in Malyns’kyi near Kiev. Together ...
Tanya Garhin sits pensively on her bed. Her son Nikita is looking for her shoulder to lean on. Again and again, she looks at her cell phone. She can’t seem to find what she’s looking for. Her gaze wanders into the void. Mother and son are the only ones from her family who have so ...
Viktoria Christianko can even smile a little again. Her daughter Sonya is playing in a sea of cuddly toys that volunteers have piled up in a handball goal. Together with her one-year-old daughter Sonya and her four-year-old son Daniel, Viktoria Christianko has temporarily moved into two of the 80 Caritas beds in the gymnasium of ...
Sven Klimaschewski, 35, spent the weekend tinkering at a car with a friend. The radio news about the war in Ukraine made him want to provide support himself. He contacted various organizations. He didn’t want to just drive to the Polish-Ukrainian border. That made no sense, says Sven Klimaschewski. “Nothing is worse than blocking the ...
The future was too uncertain for Khalina Stoyanowka. She waited for days for the war to end. She would have preferred to go back to work. She teaches Polish and Ukrainian. There was no end in sight. She decided to flee to Poland together with her daughters Alexandra and Veronika. There, her eldest daughter Irena ...
Alyona Sushko, 26, woke up to a dull rumble. The walls of her apartment in Kharkiv were shaking. She thought the neighbors were having a boisterous party. Her cat Wenya was hiding under the covers. At first, there was nothing noticeable on social media. It wasn’t until a friend called her 10 minutes later and ...
In the last months, with the build-up of Russian troops on the border of Ukraine, the press has been reporting on the immediate threat of a potential military attack. “We have all witnessed high-level meetings between officials in attempts to de-escalate the situation and return to a path of diplomacy,” Tetiana Stawnychy, President of Caritas ...
In the last months, with the build-up of Russian troops on the border of Ukraine, the press has been reporting on the immediate threat of a potential military attack. “We have all witnessed high-level meetings between officials in attempts to de-escalate the situation and return to a path of diplomacy,” Tetiana Stawnychy, President of Caritas ...