By Lorenzo Figueroa, Secretary General of Caritas Chile One year on from the earthquake and tsunami the poor are in a more precarious state. Indeed, an official government study reports ...
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One year after a devastating earthquake followed by a tsunami that hit Chile, Caritas is continuing to help thousands of victims rebuild their homes and lives. Altogether, the Caritas response ...
Just last week, another 20 families in Curanilahue in Chile could move into their new houses. Providing people who have lost their homes with decent shelter has been a major ...
Caritas Internationalis has been supporting earthquake victims from the first day of the disaster with emergency aid and long term rehabilitation projects. Altogether, the Caritas response reached more than 800,000 ...
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 ...
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 ...
We, the Catholic Bishops of IMBISA (Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa - Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique, Sao Tome e Principe, South Africa & Zimbabwe) gathered in ...
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake, depth 5km, occurred 10 km south-east of Christchurch last night in New Zealand. Current reports are that large parts of the city have been damaged and ...
Caritas Italiana’s interview with Fr. Joseph Alimamy Turay, Director of Justice Peace Human Rights Commission of Makeni Diocese in Sierra Leone [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAj8ADH30Pk&w=480&h=390]
Nguyen Thi Phi (1), a volunteer who was previously welcomed by Secours Catholique in Val de Marne, was invited by the association to attend the World Social Forum held in ...
On Tuesday 8 February, Secours Catholique (Caritas France), together with the Association des cités du Secours Catholique (ACSC), ran a workshop on the lack of free movement of persons. The ...
On 9 February at the WSF in Dakar, Secours Catholique and its partners held a workshop called "Migrants: give them a dignified welcome!" Bagayoko Seckna, coordinator of the Malian branch ...
On Tuesday 8 February, during the World Social Forum, Caritas Internationalis held a workshop on migration as a consequence of climate change. Caritas members will return to this issue in ...
By Clémence Richard from Secours Catholique-Caritas France Dakar, 2 pm: Under the burning sun, Sfax Place in the city centre is filling with crowds of marchers. African women dressed in ...
Read in French By Clémence Richard from Secours Catholique-Caritas France The World Social Forum that currently takes place in Dakar, Senegal, started this Monday with a Pan-African day. Representatives of ...
An African proverb that would best sum up the global movement that is the World Social Forum would be: “Many small people in many small places will do many small ...
Around one hundred delegates from different Caritas organisations are taking part in the World Social Forum in Dakar, Senegal, from 6 to 11 February. Almost 70,000 people from all over ...
By Clémence Richard from Secours Catholique-Caritas France Dakar, 2 pm: Under the burning sun, Sfax Place in the city centre is filling with crowds of marchers. African women dressed in ...
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 ...
Bishop Joseph Coutts, President of Caritas Pakistan, talks about the challenges Caritas faces in Pakistan six months after the country was devastated by extensive floods. How would you describe the ...
Pakistan is still struggling to cope six months after devastating floods that affected 20 million people. “There is still a lot to be done,” said Bishop Joseph Coutts, President of ...
By Kamran Chaudhry, Communications Officer Caritas Pakistan Caritas Pakistan will support the construction of 2500 shelters for people displaced by super floods that swept away homes and crops in the ...
More than 20 million people were affected by the floods that devastated Pakistan six months ago. The water covered roughly a fifth of the country and washed away or damaged ...
By Christine Campeau, Climate and Food Security Advisor, Caritas Internationalis Working on climate justice issues over the past few years, I spend a lot time learning how people around the ...
By Christine Campeau, Climate and Food Security Advisor, Caritas Internationalis The sixteenth conference of parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change concluded on 10 December 2010 with ...
Caritas Slovenia and Caritas Slovakia began a three years public awareness project on climate change last year with the support of the European Commission. They’re explaining to people in Slovenia ...
By Samson Malesi Shivaji, National Livelihoods Coordinator, Caritas Kenya Unusual rain, inconsistent water supply, high temperatures overall and extreme heat in some places, windy conditions, reduced farming outputs with greater ...
By Salvador Urteaga, Consultant Emergency for Caritas Mexico Mexicans have recently experienced larger and more frequent natural disasters previously unknown in our history. The list includes hurricanes, heavy rains, landslides ...