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Caritas launches appeal to help 400,000 people as food crisis hits Niger

23/03/2012 News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

A third of the population of Niger is threatened by hunger as the food crisis in West Africa’s Sahel region grows. Caritas is launching its third appeal for the region, following similar interventions in Mali and Burkina Faso. Caritas is concerned because the population have not recovered from acute food shortages in 2010, leaving them ...

Caritas urges action now to avoid future crisis in Burkina Faso

22/03/2012 News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas nutritional centres in Burkina Faso will be protecting over 21,000 under-fives from malnutrition as fears of a food crisis grow across West Africa’s Sahel region. Nearly two million people face hunger in Burkina Faso, where the price of corn has increased by a third compared to 2010 and the production of grain has fallen ...

Justice and care for migrant women

7/03/2012 Female face of migration, Migration, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

More women than ever before are migrating alone in search of a better life, but Caritas Internationalis says systems aren’t in place to prevent them from being exploited or abused. In a report published today, Caritas says governments and social services dealing with migration need to address migrant women’s needs. In its report The female face ...

Growing crisis in South Sudan’s Jonglei as fighting continues

26/01/2012 Africa, News, Press Release, South Sudan by Caritas Communications

Fears are growing over the increasingly ethnic and violent nature of the conflict in South Sudan’s Jonglei State. It’s the latest fighting in the region following independence for South Sudan last July. Aid workers from Caritas and Catholic Relief Services (CRS is a Caritas member) joined an assessment team to Boma in South Sudan at ...

Hunger warning for North Korea

21/12/2011 Asia, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

As world attention focuses on the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, Caritas urges the international community not to neglect millions of hungry people in the isolated Asian nation. Floods, a harsh winter, poor farming infrastructure in North Korea and rising global food prices have left two-thirds of the 24.5 million populations without enough ...

Caritas teams on the ground in flood-hit southern Philippines

17/12/2011 Asia, News, Philippines, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas teams continue to fan out over the southern Philippine island of Mindanao to help families suffering because of massive flash flooding. Over 600 people died in the flood, and parts of Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City were washed away. Tens of thousands of people are living in evacuation centres like university gyms. ...

Europe 2020 Strategy Must Include both Economic and Social Dimensions

14/12/2011 News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas Europa delivers a “Shadow Report” on the Europe 2020 Strategy from the perspective of 16 Organizations in the Caritas network across the EU. A new report addressing several key aspects of the Europe 2020 Strategy concludes that the issue of poverty and social exclusion and the policies to address them should be framed in an integrated ...

Durban disappoints with lowest common denominator climate change deal

12/12/2011 News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas says a deal reached at climate talks in Durban leaves the world facing a catastrophic 4C increase in global temperatures. The Durban COP17 summit ended with governments agreeing to work towards a legal treaty that will bind developed and developing countries to cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The U.N. talks in South Africa extended the ...

Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga to call for climate justice at UN talks in Durban

24/11/2011 News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga will travel to UN climate talks in Durban, South Africa 29 November to 5 December. He will urge governments for a deal on climate change that puts poor communities in developing countries first and provides for a sustainable future. Cardinal Rodriguez and Caritas South Africa will be leading ...

Caritas Internationalis Executive Committee 100th meeting focuses on economic crisis

15/11/2011 News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Bishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Chancellor of Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, addressed representatives of Caritas Internationalis on the economic crisis facing much of the world. Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga had invited the academic to address the 100th Executive Committee meeting of the confederation’s founding 60 years ago. The Caritas Internationalis Executive Committee ...