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Caritas at the World Social Forum

7/02/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Poverty Elimination, SDG, Senegal, World Social Forum by Caritas Communications

Around one hundred delegates from different Caritas organisations are taking part in the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal, from 6 to 11 February. Almost 70,000 people from all over the world will gather in Dakar to share their experiences and think about how to create a better world. Since its creation in 2001 in ...

Civil society uniting to build a different world

7/02/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Poverty Elimination, SDG, Senegal, World Social Forum by Caritas Communications

By Clémence Richard from Secours Catholique-Caritas France Dakar, 2 pm: Under the burning sun, Sfax Place in the city centre is filling with crowds of marchers. African women dressed in colourful outfits dance to the rhythm of a tune that goes: “Solidarity with the women from all over the world”. Further down, Amnesty International shows ...

Soaring food costs hitting poor from Algeria to India

19/01/2011 Advocacy, Agriculture, Algeria, Asia, Development, Food, India, Malnutrition, Middle East & North Africa, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Millions of people around the world are struggling to cope with rising food prices say Caritas staff. “The price rises in India usually affect the poorest people, but they are now so steep that the middle class is hit hard as well,” said Sunil Simon, in charge of natural resource management at Caritas India. The ...

Zero Poverty in Europe Campaign

28/10/2010 Advocacy, Development, Europe, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas is calling for an end to poverty in Europe with the launch of its Zero Poverty Campaign. “Poverty is a scandal. What else can it be when just over 40 years after man first walked on the moon, there are still humans unable to provide for their most basic needs, like food, shelter, warmth,” ...

Facts about land justice in Brazil

8/09/2010 Brazil, Development, Extractive Industries, Latin America, Paraguay, Poverty Elimination by Caritas Communications

The Caritas Brazilian Bazaar project is also supporting the campaign with urns at each of its businesses – artisans and small, family-based farmers among others.

Stamping out corruption

16/08/2010 Advocacy, Aid Success Story, Development, Governance, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas is joining other faith-based aid agencies and religious leaders in calling for action on stamping out global corruption. In a letter to the UN Secretary General, over 50 faith leaders and agency directors say corruption is a major cause of poverty in developing countries and a major barrier to overcoming it. They say both ...

Economic justice: Putting people first

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Development, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas seeks to challenge unjust systems and promote the common good, addressing the structural causes of poverty. Caritas believes that economic structures should put people before profit; we support fairer trade, further debt cancellation and increased aid,more wisely spent. The fallout from the 2008/2009 global economic crisis pushed more vulnerable communities into extreme poverty. The ...

1 in 6 go hungry

23/06/2010 Advocacy, Australia, Development, Europe, Food, Italy, Malnutrition, Oceania, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

World hunger reached an historic high in 2009 with over a billion people going without enough food every day. Malnutrition increased by 13 percent in Asia, 8 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean and 6 percent in Africa.

“Eye test day” at Aboud Health Center in the West Bank

11/06/2010 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Development, Jerusalem, Middle East & North Africa, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Communications

Poverty in Europe is a scandal

8/06/2010 Advocacy, Development, Europe, Poverty Elimination by Caritas Communications

The global recession of 2008/2009 has increased the number of people living in poverty across Europe to 85 million and also the number of those living on the breadline. Delegates from 35 Caritas members in Europe were in Madrid last weekend for the “European Congress on Poverty and Social Exclusion” to press for action alleviating ...