Latin America Archives

Keeping the faith during the Venezuela food crisis

19/10/2018 Conflicts and Disasters, Food, Latin America, Malnutrition, Venezuela by Ffion Dean

The Venezuela food crisis is affected people in unexpected ways. Not only has it left thousands of people hungry and many children at risk of malnutrition - it's now threatening the production of communion hosts. Nuns in Caracas tell us how people are so hungry they're eating the scraps from making the communion host.

Venezuela Crisis

7/09/2018 Emergencies, Food, Health, Latin America, Malnutrition, Migration, Refugees, Venezuela by Ffion Dean

Find out how Caritas is helping vulnerable Venezuelans with food and health care during the current economic crisis.

Venezuela food crisis: Nourishing childhoods

3/09/2018 Aid Success Story, Food, Latin America, Malnutrition, Venezuela by Ffion Dean

Read about Yusmarely and her children who are struggling because of the Venezuela food crisis. The children were at risk of malnutrition so Caritas Venezuela volunteers gave them supplements.

Venezuela crisis: Caritas volunteers restore health and hope

2/09/2018 Emergencies, Food, Health, Latin America, Malnutrition, Migration, Refugees, Venezuela by Ffion Dean

Monitoring children at risk of malnutrition Maria Mendoza opens the doors to her driveway in Punta de Mulato, Venezuela in early July. She’s preparing for a weekly growth monitoring session for children under five. Caritas volunteers who have been inspired to help during the Venezuela crisis carry chairs and tables from the Church grounds. A ...

Vatican convenes ecological leadership summit

3/07/2018 Advocacy, Africa, Asia, Catholic Teaching, Climate Change, Development, Europe, Food, Latin America, Meetings & Events, Middle East & North Africa, News, North America, Oceania, Press Release by Caritas Internationalis

Political leaders and grassroots activists from around the world unite to signal urgent need for increased ambition on climate change and sustainability

Shelters set up in Guatemala after worst volcanic eruption in four decades

6/06/2018 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Guatemala by Patrick Nicholson

Caritas is providing shelter, food and other aid in Guatemala after a volcanic eruptions causes widespread devastation.

Working towards a better Venezuela

26/04/2018 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Latin America, Malnutrition, Venezuela by Caritas Internationalis

Scarcity of staple foods is touching every aspect of life in Venezuela. In the lead up to Easter, the Colombian Church donated 250,000 communion wafers to the Catholic Church in Venezuela.

Migrants and refugees risk being left behind

24/04/2018 Advocacy, Africa, Asia, Domestic servitude, Europe, Female face of migration, Labor exploitation, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, Migration, Minor migrants, News, Oceania, Refugees, Trafficking by Caritas Internationalis

Caritas Internationalis strongly praises efforts to build a collective international response to the large movement of migrants and refugees

Restoring children’s health in Venezuela

17/04/2018 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Food, Latin America, Malnutrition, Venezuela by Caritas Internationalis

Reports reveal a rapidly growing public health crisis in Venezuela where 68 percent of the children show varying degrees of malnutrition and 48 percent of the selected expectant mothers are at risk of malnutrition.

Ministry of hope in Venezuela

9/04/2018 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Latin America, Venezuela by Caritas Internationalis

Galloping inflation has reached 2,735 percent. The Venezuelan economy is crippled. Its citizens are spiraling deeper into hunger. Caritas Venezuela has stepped forward to provide medical, nutritional and spiritual care to those in need.