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On the menu for children in Haiti

12/03/2010 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Haiti, Food, Haiti, Latin America, Malnutrition by Caritas Communications

The risks to children following Haiti’s earthquake include not only trafficking but also hunger. Up to 24 percent of children under five suffer from chronic malnutrition in Haiti. In poorer areas, this figure is even greater. One of Caritas’ priorities in the earthquake’s aftermath has been to supply regular food to the survivors. So far, ...

Caritas aid in Chile getting to the people who need is most

9/03/2010 Aid Success Story, Chile, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergency in Chile, Latin America by Caritas Communications

Ruben Sebulbeda hugs his little 18 month granddaughter Anina to his chest. Just like he did a week ago. When the earthquake struck Chile on Saturday, February 28th, in the dead of night, he woke up. Everything in his little house in the village of Santa Clara had fallen on the floor. Ruben Sebulbda and ...

Expulsions from Congo and Angola cause humanitarian crisis

1/03/2010 Africa, Angola, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo by Caritas Communications

Some arrive barefoot, others in rags and all of them exhausted and without possessions. Tens of thousands of people are suffering hunger, disease and hardship as Congo and Angola take part in a tit-for-tat immigration quarrel involving mass expulsions.

Food emergency in South Sudan

1/03/2010 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in Darfur and South Sudan, Food, Malnutrition, South Sudan by Caritas Communications

Over 1.5 million people in South Sudan are facing a widespread food emergency caused by droughts and conflict. Caritas is appealing for US$ 3,4 million (EUR 2,3 million) to give vital food aid in Western and Eastern Equatoria states. South Sudan is one of the poorest, most underdeveloped countries in the world with 16 percent ...

After the tsunami: Voices from Samoa

1/03/2010 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Oceania, Samoa by Caritas Communications

Over 150 people are reported dead as a result of massive tsunami waves which hammered the South Pacific islands of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga, after a huge earthquake at sea.

Faith helps Filipinos face typhoon tragedies

1/03/2010 Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Philippines, Philippines, Prayers and Reflections by Caritas Communications

The residents of Mary Grace neighbourhood in Bulacan, Philippines, are used to adversity. Most lived in slums by the railroads for years before being relocated by the government to a new riverside neighbourhood. From time to time, the river rises and floods their homes. While inconvenient, they say prayers to God for keeping their families ...

Sumatra earthquake appeal

1/03/2010 Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Indonesia by Caritas Communications

On 30 September, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of West Sumatra, killing at least 787 people and leaving 241 missing. Over 180,000 houses were severely to moderately damaged. Assessment teams have witnessed between 70 percent and 100 percent of houses damaged beyond repair in remote villages. Caritas Internationalis humanitarian Director Alistair Dutton ...

Caritas appeal for refugee crisis in North-West Congo

24/02/2010 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Caritas is providing humanitarian relief for 12,000 families forced from their homes by ethnic conflict in the north west of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo DR). The fighting is taking place in a remote part of the country. Over a hundred thousand people have fled their homes due to the violence. Caritas is helping ...

Six million dead in Congo’s war

24/02/2010 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Emergencies, Emergencies in Congo, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Over six million people have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the deadliest conflict since the Second World War.

Myanmar still suffering two years after cyclone

22/02/2010 Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Myanmar by Caritas Communications

Caritas says more needs to be done to help the survivors of a deadly cyclone in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) nearly two years ago. Cyclone Nargis devastated the Irrawaddy Delta in May 2008. The storm killed nearly 140,000 people and left 2.4 million homeless. Nearly half a million people there don’t have a place ...