Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand will support relief and recovery efforts following a devastating earthquake in Christchurch on 22 February. Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is a member of Caritas Internationalis. ‘We are deeply saddened and shocked that this latest quake has caused such loss of life, injury and suffering,’ says Caritas Director Michael Smith. ‘Our thoughts ...
Caritas is appealing for over 300,000 euro to help people in Côte d’Ivoire who have been affected by December’s election violence. The three-month project will focus on 5000 people displaced following last year’s election unrest and 400 families in border towns in Zouan-Hounien province. “The greatest difficulties for those forced from their homes comes from ...
Caritas is appealing for €1.2 million ($1.65 million) to support 5,000 families who are victims of floods and mudslides in South East Brazil. The recent floods and mudslides were the worst natural disaster Brazil has experienced in the last 40 years. More than 800 people died and around 25,000 people were left homeless. “There are ...
Floods and landslides caused by torrential rains have left more than 500 people in Brazil dead and left more than 13,000 homeless. It is being described as the worst natural disaster the country has experienced in the last 40 years. Entire neighbourhoods have been carried away by the mudslides. Rescue and aid operations are difficult ...
Caritas will help 100,000 people in Sri Lanka as it is hit by its worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami. Heavy monsoon rains, especially in the three districts of Batticaloa, Trincomalee and Amparai in the East, have affected over a million people. The North and Centre of the country are affected as well. In ...
Caritas staff from around the world joined with their colleagues in Haiti to express mourning, solidarity and hope one year after a devastating earthquake. The 12 January 2010 earthquake left 230,000 dead and affected three million people. Caritas has been part of international relief efforts to first save lives in the immediate weeks and months ...
Caritas is urging governments to sign the International Convention for the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families. The convention marks its 20th anniversary this month. Caritas says migrants and especially women migrants face abuse and exploitation in the work place. A Caritas conference on the ‘Female Face’ of ...
Governments reached agreement at the climate conference in Cancun, Mexico on Saturday to curb climate change and provide funding for poor countries. Caritas had been asking for deep and urgent cuts in greenhouse gas emissions led by developing countries and secure public finance for poor countries to adapt to climate change, all under a legally ...
Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Lesley Anne Knight attended the European Development Days in Brussels on 6 December in her capacity as Ambassador for the European Year 2010 for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. Lesley-Anne Knight said, “In Europe, today, one in six people are living at risk poverty. It’s one of the successes of the ...
Caritas staff have sent their condolences to the family and colleagues of Bishop Michael Bunlen Mansap, who died in Bangkok 2 December. Bishop Mansap served as Vice President of Caritas Internationalis for the Asia and Oceania Regions from 1979 to 1984. He had previously served as Regional Coordinator for Caritas in Asia and Oceania from ...