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Zimbabwe: No country for old men

2/09/2009 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Food, Humanitarian Crisis in Zimbabwe, Malnutrition, Peacebuilding, Zimbabwe by Caritas Internationalis

Until recently, wheelbarrows in Zimbabwe were used to ferry about huge amounts of cash to buy basic food stuffs. The economy was crumbling and hyperinflation meant that even though people were suddenly millionaires, all they could afford was a loaf of bread. Then, as a cholera epidemic swept the country they were used to carry ...

Aid and climate justice key to G8 in Italy

16/08/2009 Advocacy, Climate Change, Development, Europe, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events, Italy, Poverty Elimination, SDG by Caritas Internationalis

Caritas is urging leaders of G8 countries meeting in the Italian town of L’Aquila to return to promises on aid and revitalize climate change negotiations. Caritas says that increased aid flows from G8 countries in the past has led to an improvement in the lives of people living in developing countries. The economic crisis means ...

Changing women’s lives in Chad

3/11/2008 Africa, Agriculture, Aid Success Story, Chad, Conflicts and Disasters, Disaster Preparedness, Emergencies, Female face of migration, Food, Malnutrition, Migration by Caritas Internationalis

By Antoine Adoum Goulgué, SECADEV for Caritas The Al-Nadjah centre is a handsome building in the Chadian town of Adré, about 5 km from the border with Sudan’s troubled Darfur region. With finanancial and technical support from Caritas, the centre provides training for local women, a nursery school, and a playground. The 235 beneficiaries in ...

Fighting Kala-azar: Caritas Somalia Health Centre changes lives in Baidoa

3/09/2008 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Food, Malnutrition, Middle East & North Africa, Somalia by Caritas Internationalis

by David Omwoyo Seated outside the Caritas health centre in Baidoa, Mama Habibo Salad Habibo waits for help. After walking more than 18 km from her home with her two young children, she is glad that her sick child will finally get treatment. Hawo Salad, her two-year-old daughter looks emaciated and sleepy. Yet her stomach ...

Pacific islanders face end of a way of life

26/08/2008 Advocacy, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events, Oceania, Pacific Islands by Caritas Internationalis

Caritas Oceania first raised the issue of climate change with the member organisations of Caritas Internationalis some years ago, when it was not a major issue for the Confederation, and is very pleased that Caritas Internationalis now has a strong focus on climate change.

Hunger and HIV

16/08/2008 Africa, Development, Food, Health, HIV & AIDS, Kenya, Malnutrition, SDG by Caritas Internationalis

“People know that HIV will kill them within months, but hunger might kill them by the end of the week,” said Dr John Mundi Amolo as he makes his tour of the HIV and AIDS patients admitted to Mutomo Hospital in Kenya. “If someone has only 50 bob [35 pence], then they would rather buy ...

G8 falls short on Climate Change

8/07/2008 Advocacy, Asia, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events, Japan, News, Poverty Elimination, Press Release, SDG by Caritas Internationalis

Caritas says the G8 Summit in Japan has not gone far enough on cutting the necessary carbon emissions to stem global warming. G8 leaders announced plans to cut carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2050. Caritas Internationalis says that figure falls short of what is needed to save the planet. Caritas Internationalis Representative Joseph Cornelius Donnelly is at the G8 ...