Monthly Archives: September 2009
Volunteers give out aid in Typhoon-hit Philippines
By Laura Sheahen, Catholic Relief Service (A Caritas Internationalis member) Tropical storm Ketsana (local name: Ondoy) struck Manila and surrounding areas on Saturday, Sept. 26. The massive flooding that resulted killed over 200 people and forced hundreds of thousands to … Continue reading
Filed under Emergencies
Still a long road ahead for Climate Justice after New York
CIDSE and Caritas Internationalis delegation at the UN Climate change meeting in New York By Roeland Scholtalbers, CIDSE Even though last week’s UN climate summit in New York delivered in terms of declared good intentions by some leading countries, it … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news
Lesley-Anne Knight , au service des plus pauvres
La Croix, 25 séptembre 2009 Secrétaire générale de Caritas Internationalis depuis deux ans, cette humanitaire polyglotte née dans l’ancienne Rhodésie conjugue engagement au sein de l’Église et dans le monde et se bat contre l’injustice et la misère Une femme … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news, Uncategorized
Domestic workers getting a rough deal in Europe
By Maria Suelzu, Caritas Internationalis Warsaw, 17-19 September 2009 I had attended the Caritas Europa Migration Forum meeting in the past and they were big events with a lot of participants from Europe and other parts of the world. This … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news, Migration and Trafficking
Philippines:Flooding in Manila wrecks millions of lives
Caritas Philippines (NASSA) has launched a national appeal for the flood victims of Tropical Storm Ketsana. The diocesan Caritas are responding throughout the country. We spoke with Fr Anton Pascal, Executive Director of Caritas Manila, earlier this morning. There has … Continue reading
Filed under Emergencies
For whom the bell tolls
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory … Continue reading
Filed under Climate change
Ugandans talk peace
By Patrick Nicholson Religious, political and cultural leaders met for the first time together to discuss peace and reconciliation in Kampala 10-12 September. The “Conference on Sustainable Reconciliation, Justice and Peace” was organized by the Interreligious Council of Uganda and … Continue reading
Filed under Peace and Reconciliation
Riots breakout in Kampala as peace builders meet in Uganda
By Patrick Nicholson in Kampala Sometimes scripts write themselves. As delegates at a peacebuilding conference for Uganda spoke about the need to seek reconciliation, gunfire cracked outside and the black smoke from burning tires blew past the window.
Filed under Caritas news, Peace and Reconciliation
Indonesia’s Quake Victims Struggle to Rebuild
By Laura Sheahen, Catholic Relief Services As hard as I try to skirt broken glass and shattered roof tiles, my footsteps crackle as our Caritas USA (Catholic Relief Services – CRS) team moves through a quake-damaged village in Indonesia. In … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news, Emergencies
