Syria

One Year after the Earthquake in Syria. Caritas was the First Light of Hope after the Disaster

One Year after the Earthquake in Syria. Caritas was the First Light of Hope after the Disaster

Yasmine Halalish lives in Aleppo with her husband, Fathi Moustafa, as the stepmother of three children: Raneem, who needs special health care, Tasneem and Mouhammad Moustafa. Their birth mother died. Please tell me about the time after the earthquake. Did you receive any aid? «We did receive aid from Caritas Syria: canned food, hygiene kits ...

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

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

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 ...

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OVER 150,000 FAMILIES WITHOUT ADEQUATE SHELTER IN SYRIA AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

OVER 150,000 FAMILIES WITHOUT ADEQUATE SHELTER IN SYRIA AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

According to UNHCR, widespread destruction of buildings and homes has displaced 150,000 households across Syria and 900,000 people are in urgent need of shelter. To date, an estimated 50,000 people are dead and an additional 110,000 have been left injured by the earthquake on February 6th. These figures continue to rise as search and rescue ...

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HUMANITARIAN EXEMPTIONS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE IMPACT OF SANCTIONS ON VULNERABLE PEOPLE

HUMANITARIAN EXEMPTIONS ARE NOT ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE IMPACT OF SANCTIONS ON VULNERABLE PEOPLE

In conjunction with the 52nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (27- February – 4 April), Caritas Internationalis (CI) together with the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), World Council of Churches (WCC) and ACT Alliance have launched their joint report ‘Assessing the Impact of Sanctions on Humanitarian Work’ in partnership with the Geneva Graduate ...

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

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

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 ...

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Stop sanctions. After 10 years of war Syria is now under the ‘bomb’ of poverty

Stop sanctions. After 10 years of war Syria is now under the ‘bomb’ of poverty

Ahead of the fifth European Union donor conference on Syria, Caritas Internationalis shed light on the situation in Syria and urges the international community to act during the conference “Church and Caritas: 10 years of humanitarian response in Syria”.

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