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OLHA BISYK: WORKING IN CARITAS, I CAN ALSO BECOME THE PERSON WHO LENDS A HAND TO SOMEONE

20/06/2022 Emergencies in Ukraine, Refugees by daniele piccini

No one plans to have to urgently leave their home, to leave behind everything you have gained over the years of effort and work. On the early morning of February 24 millions of Ukrainians woke up in the horrific reality of the war due to the Russian invasion. Millions of Ukrainians were forced to take ...

CARITAS UNITED TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE “ONE PERSON AT A TIME” FOR VICTIMS OF THE UKRAINE CONFLICT

16/05/2022 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ukraine, Ukraine by daniele piccini

After meeting with His Holiness Pope Francis over the weekend, the President of Caritas Ukraine, Tetiana Stawnychy, together with the Secretary General of Caritas-Spes Ukraine, Fr. Vyacheslav Grynevych SAC, emphasised the important work of Caritas in creating communities of loving care and safety for all those who turn to Caritas within Ukraine, as well as in neighbouring countries, as a result of the ongoing ...

Caritas committed to support victims of war in Central Africa amidst latest violence in the country

3/05/2022 Central African Republic, Emergencies, Emergencies in Central African Republic, Food, Fundraising, Malnutrition by daniele piccini

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 stands by families affected by tropical storm Agaton

29/04/2022 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Emergencies in the Philippines, Philippines by daniele piccini

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 VOLUNTEERS AT THE POLISH-UKRAINIAN BORDER

28/03/2022 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ukraine, Migration, Ukraine by daniele piccini

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 AND HER SON NIKITA HAD TO LEAVE THEIR FAMILY BEHIND IN UKRAINE

27/03/2022 Conflicts and Disasters, Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ukraine, Migration, Refugees, Ukraine by daniele piccini

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 FROM UKRAINE IS NOW A REFUGEE IN POLAND

26/03/2022 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies, Emergencies in Ukraine, Ukraine by daniele piccini

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 ...

ONE MONTH AFTER THE START OF THE WAR, CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS URGES FOR PEACE IN UKRAINE AND NOT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE HUMANITARIAN CONSEQUENCES AT AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

24/03/2022 Crisis in Ukraine by Francesca Frezza

Exactly one month after the start of the conflict in Ukraine, Caritas Internationalis urges for an end to the hostilities and to guarantee unhindered humanitarian assistance. “Political interests cannot continue to prevail at the expense of an entire people in dire need of humanitarian assistance. We join the Holy Father’s repeated appeals for the “abhorrent” ...

Crisis in Ukraine, two Polish fiancée work as Caritas volunteers for the first time

23/03/2022 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Refugees, Ukraine by daniele piccini

Kuba Sadecki and Anna Gurnikewicz are volunteering for Caritas for the first time. A long time ago, Kuba had once volunteered to help out during a flood disaster when he was in school. Why he was drawn to the Ukrainian border, he can’t answer exactly – it just felt like the right thing to do. He’s ...

Rodina Vronyny, Kiril (2), and Nadya (9) come from a suburb of Kyiv. They reached the border with Poland by car

22/03/2022 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Refugees, Ukraine by daniele piccini

When the bombing near Kiev became unbearable, Rodina Vronyny, Kiril and Nadya left their home in a suburb of Kiev by car. They spent the night in Lviv, then Nadya and Kiril’s father drove them to the border. There, he had to say goodbye and go back to Kiev to fight in the war. It ...