CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS ADVOCATE AT UN OCEAN CONFERENCE 29th June to 1st July, 2022 “We are the Ocean and the Ocean is us, we have lived and thrived here throughout generations, ...
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Caritas Internationalis is calling on Confederation members to support Cordaid in response to the developing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. On 22 June a 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Patika province killing ...
The world is emerging from an historic health crisis that has exacerbated existing conflicts, poverty, inequalities, polarization, and threats to the environment. While the pandemic led to unprecedented cooperation and ...
No one plans to have to urgently leave their home, to leave behind everything you have gained over the years of effort and work. On the early morning of February ...
Nisreen is a Jordanian woman who is married to holder of a Syrian nationality. She has a 3 year old daughter. She is an optimistic person who lives a simple ...
A recent UN report has revealed that around 1.3 million Afghan refugees are currently residing in Pakistan. Since the takeover of the Afghanistan government by the Taliban in August last ...
Caritas Internationalis calls for the intellectual property rights waiver necessary for developing countries to overcome challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. On the occasion of the Twelfth World Trade Organization (WTO) ...
MALI IN DESPERATE NEED OF EMERGENCY FOOD AND NUTRITIONAL AID AS SEVERE DROUGHTS PERSIST IN THE SAHEL
With currently 4.8 million people food insecure due to the impacts of severe drought in addition to nearly a decade of ongoing inter-community violence and unrest, Mali is facing and ...
This World Hunger Day (28th May), Caritas Internationalis denounces the dramatic rise in hunger due to the climate crisis, the impact of COVID-19, and conflicts, particularly highlighting how the war ...
Caritas Internationalis asks to enhance legal protection for climate migrants and create conditions for people to remain in their homelands On the occasion of the International Migration Review Forum (IMFR), ...
After meeting with His Holiness Pope Francis over the weekend, the President of Caritas Ukraine, Tetiana Stawnychy, together with the Secretary General of Caritas-Spes Ukraine, Fr. Vyacheslav Grynevych SAC, emphasised the important work of Caritas in creating communities of ...
Recent clashes during the month of April between militia groups in the Central African Republic have not deterred Caritas staff and volunteers from providing dedicated humanitarian support to vulnerable communities ...
Caritas Philippines, through its Alay Kapwa Operations, is calling for donations for families after tropical storm Agaton made landfall in the Visayan region earlier this month on April 9. Torrential ...
Since 24 February, Caritas Internationalis and the Caritas Confederation continue to work tirelessly to support vulnerable persons and communities whose lives have been devastated as a result of the ongoing ...
“This dramatic news leaves our Caritas family horrified and shocked. We join in grief and solidarity with the suffering of the families and our colleagues of Caritas Ukraine who are ...
Sister Paula Jagoda has been volunteering in Przemyśl for Caritas Poland for three days. A native of Poland, she has lived in Ukraine for 27 years. It was difficult for ...
Tanya Garhin sits pensively on her bed. Her son Nikita is looking for her shoulder to lean on. Again and again, she looks at her cell phone. She can’t seem ...
Viktoria Christianko can even smile a little again. Her daughter Sonya is playing in a sea of cuddly toys that volunteers have piled up in a handball goal. Together with ...
Exactly one month after the start of the conflict in Ukraine, Caritas Internationalis urges for an end to the hostilities and to guarantee unhindered humanitarian assistance. “Political interests cannot continue ...
Kuba Sadecki and Anna Gurnikewicz are volunteering for Caritas for the first time. A long time ago, Kuba had once volunteered to help out during a flood disaster when he was ...
When the bombing near Kiev became unbearable, Rodina Vronyny, Kiril and Nadya left their home in a suburb of Kiev by car. They spent the night in Lviv, then Nadya ...
Sven Klimaschewski, 35, spent the weekend tinkering at a car with a friend. The radio news about the war in Ukraine made him want to provide support himself. He contacted ...
The future was too uncertain for Khalina Stoyanowka. She waited for days for the war to end. She would have preferred to go back to work. She teaches Polish and ...
Paweł Szuzdak is a firefighter through and through. He works professionally in the fire department and helps out at the local volunteer fire department after work and on his days ...
Ilyena Kamarolena, together with her husband Andrei and their 9-month-old son Bagdan, left Kharkiv on March 4. When the first bombs fell, they fled to the Zavod Imeni Malysheva metro ...
She regularly works for Caritas when help is needed. This time, again, she couldn’t just stay at home. Anna felt that her hands were tied far away from the border. ...
Alyona Sushko, 26, woke up to a dull rumble. The walls of her apartment in Kharkiv were shaking. She thought the neighbors were having a boisterous party. Her cat Wenya ...
Katarzyna Kręglicka and her daughter Wiktoria, 6, have been volunteers at the Caritas Logistics Center in Lublin for about a week. They stopped counting the days. After connecting with people ...
Just over a week following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, the UNHCR has reported over 1,045,459 people have fled to neighbouring countries, including Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Moldova, Romania as ...
At first, I couldn’t believe that there’s a war. But then you open your Instagram and you realize that your country is being bombarded and it’s going on right next ...