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Caritas Turkey supporting Syrian refugees

20/12/2012 Europe, Middle East & North Africa, News, Press Release, Turkey by Caritas Communications

Caritas is launching a programme in the New Year to help Syrian refugees who have fled over the border to Turkey. Official figures show there are over 120,000 Syrians in refugee camps in south and southeastern Turkey, but tens of thousands more have not been registered yet. Camps are filled to capacity and the number ...

Caritas mobilises in Pacific for cyclone relief

17/12/2012 News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas agencies in the Pacific are mobilising to provide cyclone relief and assistance to thousands of people in Samoa, Fiji and elsewhere affected by Cyclone Evan. The Cyclone hit Samoa late last week, killing four people, while eight people are missing. The category four cyclone is currently hitting Fiji, where at least 37 evacuation centres ...

UN and humanitarian partners launches US$8.5 billion appeal to help 51 million people in need in 2013

14/12/2012 Mauritania, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

(Rome/Geneva/New York, 14 December 2012): Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, called today for US$8.5 billion to help an estimated 51 million people who will need urgent humanitarian relief in 2013. Ms. Amos made the appeal on behalf of the UN and international humanitarian organisations working in 16 crisis-affected countries around ...

Caritas appeal for crisis-hit Congo

30/11/2012 Africa, Congo, Democratic Republic of, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas is appealing for more than US $2.6 million to assist people caught up in the latest conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. M23 rebels seized Goma, the provincial capital of Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern North Kivu province on 20 November from government forces. Recent clashes have forced more than 140,000 people to ...

Catholic Church in Africa outraged by Congo violence

22/11/2012 Africa, Congo, Democratic Republic of, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

African Catholic Church leaders meeting in Kinshasa say that escalating violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo is causing a major humanitarian tragedy. Presidents of Bishops’ Conferences and Bishop-Presidents of national Caritas organisations from 34 countries in Africa signed a statement condemning the conflict, which has seen the city of Goma fall ...

Doha summit must lay foundations for climate justice, Catholic development networks say

22/11/2012 News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

(Brussels/Rome, 22/12/2012) According to CIDSE and Caritas Internationalis, greater cuts in Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, money on the table to support the vulnerable communities most affected by climate change, and a clear work plan towards a global climate deal in 2015 are the main ingredients for a successful COP18 climate summit in Doha, Qatar ...

Earthquake survivors in Guatemala need shelter and aid

9/11/2012 Guatemala, Latin America, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas Guatemala is calling on communities to show solidarity with those affected by the country’s earthquake by donating goods which are in short supply.

Caritas behind the fight against trafficking

9/11/2012 Migration, News, Press Release, Trafficking by Caritas Communications

COATNET (Christian Organisations Against Trafficking NETwork) is an ecumenical network of organisations working with Christian churches which is coordinated by Caritas Internationalis.

Greater protection for migrants in the time of crisis

21/10/2012 Female face of migration, Migration, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas urges governments to fight the exploitation of migrants by offering decent work, social protection and greater opportunities for human development. In a statement for the Global Forum on Migration and Development, Caritas warns that the economic crisis which has led to cuts in public spending, unemployment and the tightening of borders to restrict migrant ...

Caritas struggling to meet Syria crisis needs

16/10/2012 Middle East & North Africa, News, Press Release, Syria by Caritas Communications

Caritas Syria is struggling to meet people’s needs as the conflict situation in the country worsens. More than a year of conflict has left over one million people displaced in the country. Three hundred thousand have fled Syria, giving rise to increasing humanitarian needs across the region. Pascal Kateb, Director of Caritas Syria said, “The ...