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CARITAS WAREHOUSE BURNS TO THE GROUND FOLLOWING OVERNIGHT RUSSIAN ATTACK, 300 TONNES OF AID DESTROYED

19/09/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Europe, Press Release, Ukraine, Ukraine by Maria Kristina Millare

“Russia’s attack on the Caritas-Spes Ukraine warehouse in Lviv last night, destroying 300 tonnes of humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine, was an outrage and a flagrant violation of International Humanitarian Law,” states Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis Alistair Dutton from New York, where he is attending the UN General Assembly and where Ukrainian ...

CARITAS WAREHOUSE BURNS TO THE GROUND FOLLOWING OVERNIGHT RUSSIAN ATTACK

19/09/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Europe, News, Ukraine, Ukraine by Maria Kristina Millare

A Caritas humanitarian aid warehouse has burnt to the ground overnight in Lviv following a Russian attack. Caritas staff were unharmed but an estimated 300 tonnes of humanitarian goods were completely destroyed in the fire, which included food, hygiene kits, generators and clothes. “On the night of September 19, 2023 Russian troops hit an industrial ...

CARITAS SYRIA AND TURKEY: SIX MONTHS AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE, THE NEEDS ARE TREMENDOUS

4/08/2023 Earthquake, Middle East & North Africa, Press Release, Syria, Turkey by daniele piccini

Six months after the tragic earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria on the night of February 5-6, the people are still in dire need. Caritas Confederation continues to assist the two local Caritas in the response. In Turkey, the earthquake toll was more than 50,000 casualties, 3 million people displaced and 9 million affected, and despite ...

A partnership of hope for the good of our peoples and a more fraternal world

18/04/2023 Advocacy, Europe, Latin America by daniele piccini

In view of a renewed people-centred and hope-giving EU-CELAC partnership, Caritas Europa, Cáritas de América Latina y Caribe, COMECE and CELAM, in collaboration with Caritas Internationalis, wish to contribute to the upcoming Summit and beyond with reflections, best practices and recommendations based on their daily experience of accompaniment and engagement at the side of people ...

EARTHQUAKE IN SYRIA AND TURKEY: WE TRY TO HELP PEOPLE AND TO BE TOGETHER IN THE FACE OF THIS TRAGEDY

6/03/2023 Syria, Turkey by daniele piccini

One month has now passed since two powerful earthquakes struck Turkey and north-west Syria on 6 February. Since then, Caritas’ emergency response efforts on the ground have been led by local organisations in Anatolia in Turkey, and in the Syrian cities of Aleppo and Lattakia. In Turkey alone, it is estimated that 44,200 people have ...

ONE YEAR OF WAR IN UKRAINE. PEOPLE OF THE DUNGEON

24/02/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine by daniele piccini

A family from Kharkiv lived in a basement for 200 days It is cool and drafty in the basement of this 16-story building on Northern Saltivka. Dusty communication pipes stretch along the walls, wires hang from the ceiling. It is hard to believe that people lived in these conditions for a long time. They didn’t ...

ONE YEAR OF WAR IN UKRAINE. TODAY CARITAS PRAYS THE STATIONS OF THE CROSS

24/02/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine by daniele piccini

Today, February 24, 2023, is the anniversary of the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine. Caritas Internationalis and the National Office team of Caritas-Spes Ukraine would like to invite you to join the prayer of the Way of the Cross. We want to call this Way of the Cross “The 366th station” to symbolize ...

ONE YEAR OF WAR IN UKRAINE. CARITAS POLAND PROVIDED 176,000 UKRAINIANS IN NEED WITH SHELTER

23/02/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Poland, Ukraine, Ukraine by daniele piccini

“My name is Tetyana Bilyaeva, I come from the Kherson region in the Goloprystansky district, village Novaya Zburjivka. I worked as a methodologist in a kindergarten. I worked as a director of a community centre, which means I always had to deal with people, with children. That’s what I always liked. And when the war ...

ONE YEAR OF WAR IN UKRAINE. CARITAS SLOVAKIA EXTENDED A HELPING HAND TO THOSE IN NEED

21/02/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Emergencies in Ukraine, Slovakia, Ukraine, Ukraine by daniele piccini

Tetiana, doctor In Ukraine, she worked as a paediatrician in a local hospital. Tetiana’s family managed to literally escape to safety, to Slovakia. After a difficult period, she enjoys completely ordinary activities such as cooking jam or working in the garden which make her happy. Irina, teacher The English and Bulgarian teacher’s home was ...

“THE KIDS ARE HOMESICK AND SO AM I,” SAYS THE TEACHER OF THE UKRAINIAN ADAPTATION CLUB RUN BY CARITAS

20/02/2023 Crisis in Ukraine, Czech Republic, Emergencies in Ukraine, Ukraine by Maria Kristina Millare

More than 300,000 Ukrainian refugees have already found asylum in the Czech Republic. 40 per cent of them are children. But many of them do not go to educational institutions because there is not enough place for them. Caritas Czech Republic has therefore set up the Young Caritas club for Ukrainian children, which currently consists ...