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Every voice counts to save Millennium Development Goals from failure

31/08/2010 News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas is launching a new campaign to put pressure on governments to live up to their anti-poverty promises. ‘Caritas Voices Against Poverty’ aims to mobilise its supporters behind the Millennium Development Goals campaign. Please visit the website: mdg2015.caritas.org to find interactive resources, actions, downloads, blogs, and more. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a series of targets ...

Caritas Colombia President Bishop Prieto dedicated life to peace

26/08/2010 Colombia, Latin America, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Bishop Jaime Prieto Amaya , President of Caritas Colombia. Msgr Prieto, 69, Bishop of Cúcuta died in Bogotá last night on 25 August following a serious illness. “Msgr Prieto was dedicated to bringing peace to his country. Right up until the final months of his ...

More money needed for Pakistan

24/08/2010 Asia, News, Pakistan, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas is urging donors to boost support to operations in Pakistan following floods that have affected 17 million people. Caritas will appeal for funds to extend its three month emergency operation to six months. Caritas is concerned that large numbers of people have not yet been reached. “An enormous number of people need help and ...

World Humanitarian Day: invest in disaster preparedness

18/08/2010 News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

On World Humanitarian Day Caritas calls for more investment to help people prepare for disasters. Celebrated on 19 August, World Humanitarian Day is when the humanitarian community renews its commitment to helping vulnerable and suffering people all over the world. It is also a day on which to pay tribute to all humanitarian aid workers. ...

Flood-hit Pakistan desperate for help

12/08/2010 Asia, News, Pakistan, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas is appealing for US$5.5 million (4.3 million euro) to help Pakistan’s flood victims as the situation grows increasingly desperate. Over 1,600 people have died in the disaster and up to 14 million people are affected. Raging floodwaters have washed away homes, bridges, schools, water systems and medical facilities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Balochistan ...

Caritas tackling Pakistan’s widespread floods

3/08/2010 Asia, News, Pakistan, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas says the challenge to getting aid to flood victims in Pakistan is massive as communities are still cut off by high waters and some areas can only be reached by foot. Floods in the north have affected an estimated three million people and killed over 1500. Houses, bridges and roads have been washed away ...

Many people flooded out in Pakistan

30/07/2010 Asia, News, Pakistan, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Caritas Pakistan says hundreds of thousands of people are homeless and over 300 people have died following constant heavy monsoon rains in mainly the north of the country. Following recent assessments, Caritas will initially provide emergency relief items to 1300 families in two districts of southern Punjab, one of the worst-affected areas. “The rains have ...

Caritas to stress delivering for the poor at World Economic Forum in Davos

17/08/2008 Advocacy, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, News, Poverty Elimination, Press Release, SDG, World Economic Forum by Caritas Communications

Vatican City, 17 January – Caritas Internationalis Secretary General Lesley-Anne Knight will call for a renewed commitment to tackling poverty from the world’s most powerful political and economic leaders as she attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. The Secretary General of the Caritas Confederation’s 162 national Catholic charities says that reviving momentum ...

G8 delivers false dawn in land of the rising sun

9/07/2008 Advocacy, Asia, Development, High-Level Meetings and Events, Japan, News, Poverty Elimination, Press Release, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas says that the G8 Summit in Japan has delivered a plan of inaction on Africa, aid and climate change. Caritas Representative at the G8, Joseph Donnelly said, “The outcomes of the 2008 G8 are stalemate on climate change and a broken record on aid for Africa. The world was looking for fresh leadership, but ...

G8 falls short on Climate Change

8/07/2008 Advocacy, Asia, Climate Change, Development, Food, High-Level Meetings and Events, Japan, News, Poverty Elimination, Press Release, SDG by Caritas Communications

Caritas says the G8 Summit in Japan has not gone far enough on cutting the necessary carbon emissions to stem global warming. G8 leaders announced plans to cut carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2050. Caritas Internationalis says that figure falls short of what is needed to save the planet. Caritas Internationalis Representative Joseph Cornelius Donnelly is at the G8 ...