Monthly Archives: August 2008
Counting the hidden cost in Georgia
By Laura Sheahen, CRS for Caritas At the end of Week 2 of the Georgia crisis, tens of thousands of displaced people are getting food. Many no longer have to fear hunger, at least for the short term. But a … Continue reading
Filed under Emergencies
Colombia: Fear and cold-blooded killing in the mountains
By Michelle Hough Part 4 See below for parts 1,2 and 3 Credit: Caritas/Michelle Hough I don’t know if it was the altitude, but I was feeling dizzy, disorientated and exhausted. We’d travelled high up into the mountains and were … Continue reading
Filed under Peace and Reconciliation
Caritas volunteers at work in Georgia
By Laura Sheahen, CRS for Caritas The young people–most of them around 18 years old–have worked from 10 am to 10 pm for six days straight. It’s tedious work–unloading trays of bread loaves, sorting them, roaming from floor to floor … Continue reading
Filed under Emergencies
The Forgotten Georgians
By Laura Sheahen, CRS for Caritas “Don’t let me die without you,” 87-year-old Zina Kvanchiani pleaded to her family when violence broke out in the Kodori Valley, a region of northwest Georgia. Paper-thin from illness and unable to walk, Zina … Continue reading
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Caritas takes help to Georgians
By Laura Sheahen, CRS for Caritas No Way Back Home: Displaced Georgians Fear for the Future “I bought that new house last October, borrowing money from friends to do it. It could be destroyed when I go back, or everything … Continue reading
Filed under Emergencies
Humanitarian cost rises in Georgia
By Laura Sheahen, CRS for Caritas “We heard some sounds like shelling. We thought, ‘This is strange.’ But no one told us, ‘Leave!’” Lena, a blond woman from a breakaway region in Georgia, gestures frantically as she recalls the events … Continue reading
Filed under Emergencies
XVII International AIDS Conference
By Francesca Merico International Delegate, Caritas Internationalis Walking around the Global Village, with its colorful booths, slogans, and presentations; passing from a session on the Joint Learning Initiative on children and AIDS to one on the Church response to AIDS; … Continue reading
Filed under HIV and AIDS
XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City
Entry 1 By: Michelle Hough Caritas Communications Officer Hot dogs, pizza, Chinese, European deli… I’d just got off a nine-hour flight from Rome, and despite the vast selection of things to eat at JFK airport, the choice paralysed me. I … Continue reading
Filed under HIV and AIDS
