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Memory is the horizon of hope: peacebuilding exhibition in Bosnia and Herzegovina

21/09/2020 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Uncategorised by Michelle Hough

The people of Bosnia and Herzegovina lived through a brutal war in the 1990s in which 100,000 people died and 2 million people were displaced. Many people are still suffering from Post-Traumatic Distress Syndrome following the conflict.

Caritas Colombia building peace through river-side community

21/09/2020 Colombia, Peacebuilding, Uncategorised by Michelle Hough

Caritas in Colombia helped plan and rebuild a river port in the Catatumbo region, near Venezuela. Rebuilding the port contributed to efforts to link up communities in a zone previously at the mercy of rebel and paramilitary activity. The Colombian government and FARC rebels signed an historic peace agreement in 2016 following decades of civil ...

Caritas assessing survivors’ needs after the Indonesia tsunami and earthquake

1/10/2018 Asia, Conflicts and Disasters, Donation, Emergencies, Indonesia, Uncategorised by Ffion Dean

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast of Sulawesi island, Indonesia on Friday 28 September. The earthquake caused a tsunami with waves 6 meters high in the city of Palu. A Caritas emergency team is making its way to Palu to assess the needs of the Indonesia tsunami and earthquake survivors. Please donate ...

Caritas helps mudslide survivors in Sierra Leone

7/09/2017 Uncategorised by Caritas Internationalis

The national Caritas and Caritas Freetown were amongst the first responders after torrential rain brought floodwaters tearing down from Mount Sugar Loaf at tremendous speed around 2am on 14 August.

Las fronteras de Europa se cierran, dejando tiradas a miles de personas

14/03/2016 Uncategorised by Caritas Internationalis

“No tenemos suficiente comida. No tenemos más ropa. No podemos cuidar nuestra higiene”, dice un joven sirio de 26 años de edad, que lleva bloqueado 10 días en la frontera entre Grecia y Macedonia, en Idomeni. Según se van cerrando las fronteras europeas, los refugiados y migrantes quedan varados y desesperados: “No hay manera segura ...

An advent of compassion

30/11/2015 Uncategorised by Caritas Internationalis

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. As the end of the year approaches some of you may start to look back on what has happened during 2015. In some parts of the world, you may come to the end of the year with a certain fatigue as the nights get darker and ...

Hands-on ways to beat hunger

6/05/2015 Uncategorised by Caritas Internationalis

“We used to run out of wheat to eat after six or seven months. Then we’d have to buy it.” Lalita Bhalla, a grandmother living with her husband in a farming village in central India, saw her food situation improve after joining a Caritas farming project. “Now it lasts year round.” Throughout the world, Caritas ...

Syrian refugee children take a holiday

3/10/2013 Uncategorised by Caritas Internationalis

And there are school places for only a quarter of the Syrian children now in the country. Many are expected to work to support their families, either picking fruit or selling on the side of the street. And added onto this is the trauma of being away from home and from loved ones. Wouldn’t it ...

Caritas draws attention to worsening situation of Roma people in Europe on International Roma Day

29/09/2013 Europe, Migration, Uncategorised by Caritas Internationalis

Caritas Europa has expressed its concern about the situation of Roma across EU Member States today on 8 April, the International Day of Roma, and is calling for a renewed effort by the EU to promote the full inclusion of Roma people. According to the most recent Caritas Europa ‘Europe 2020 Shadow Report’, the Roma ...