Georgia Archives

“Let us Build Supporting Structures Around Women”

1/03/2024 Europe, Georgia, Women by daniele piccini

If I would be asked to give Caritas a human face, I would give it a woman’s face. We do not need to do a serious research to find out that the majority of care workers in Caritas are women. It is just visible! At the same time, research has shown that the majority of ...

One year on from the Georgia conflict

2/02/2010 Aid Success Story, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Europe, Georgia, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Once the war was over, Caritas started giving out food, hygiene kits and offering access to health care and counselling to help people deal with the trauma what they had gone through. This went on through the winter months and right up until May 2009.

Aid reaches Georgia

3/11/2008 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Europe, Georgia, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

“Then the bombs started falling from the planes,” said Lena, one of the 150,000 people made homeless by the conflict in Georgia. “We ran.” Most ran without food, clothing or shelter – just what they were wearing. Women and children, the sick and elderly were all forced from their homes as fighting broke out over ...

Caritas Vice President in solidarity visit to Georgia

3/11/2008 Advocacy, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Europe, Georgia, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

“People were not prepared for the Russians entering their homes. They just fled. They didn’t know where they were going. They didn’t know where they were going to stay.” Caritas Internationalis Vice President and President of Caritas Europe, Fr Erny Gillen, has just returned from a visit to Georgia where tens of thousands of people have fled their homes to escape recent conflict.

A Week in the Life of an Aid Worker in Georgia

3/11/2008 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Europe, Georgia, Peacebuilding by Caritas Communications

Laura Sheahen, an information officer for Catholic Relief Services (Caritas USA), was deployed to Georgia during the recent conflict. Here, she reflects on the first frantic week in the field.