Monthly Archives: January 2010
Haiti quake: the original humanitarians
By Conor O’Loughlin, Communications Officer, Trócaire (Caritas Ireland) Port-au-Prince In a small brick house under the shadow of the church of Louis Marie de Montfort church in Port-au-Prince live three nuns. The house is by the airport and the constant thumping … Continue reading
Filed under Emergencies, Haiti quake
Caritas Europa launch ‘Zero Poverty’ campaign
By Marius Wanders, Secretary General, Caritas Europa The official ‘launch event’ of the Caritas Europa campaign ‘Zero Poverty’ and the official publication of the study paper ‘Poverty Among Us’, both in the context of the European Year 2010 for Combating … Continue reading
Filed under Economic Justice
Peru hit by floods and landslides
Read this entry in Spanish Torrential rains have caused a state of emergency in Cusco and Apurimac in Peru with floods and landslides affecting over 2000 people. Buildings have collapsed and road and rail transport has been seriously affected. Much … Continue reading
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Davos Blog 2: a focus on values
Read this entry in Spanish or French By Lesley-Anne Knight, Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis Last year at Davos an absence of values within society – and especially within the business world – was identified as a key contributory factor … Continue reading
Filed under Economic Justice, Español, World Economic Forum 2010
Davos 2010: Day 1
Read this entry in Spanish Read this on the Huffington Post By Lesley-Anne Knight, Secretary General, Caritas Internationalis The theme of this year’s World Economic Forum annual meeting at Davos is “Rethink, Redesign and Rebuild”. When the theme was chosen … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news, Haiti quake, World Economic Forum 2010
Carmen Charles: Haiti will live again.
Available in Spanish By Conor O’Loughlin, Trócaire (Caritas Ireland) in Port-au-Prince The camp is chaos. What little grass remains has been tramped down by the tens of thousands of homeless, most of it churned by now churned to dust and … Continue reading
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Love thy neighbour: Haiti and the Dominican Republic
By Conor O’Loughlin, Trócaire (Caritas Ireland) in Port-au-Prince With the airport in Port-au-Prince still not fully functional, most aid workers are getting to Haiti via the Dominican Republic. The road across the island of Hispaniola forms a line between two … Continue reading
Filed under Emergencies, Haiti quake
Human rights for Haiti’s quake survivors
Caritas and eight other Catholic organizations are calling for human rights to be upheld among Haiti’s earthquake survivors. At a ‘Special Session on the Recovery Process in Haiti’ at the UN Human Rights Council on 17 and 18 January 2010 … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news, Emergencies, Haiti quake
Haiti quake: Feeding the thousands
By Lane Hartill, CRS Communications Officer, Port-au-Prince. CRS is a Caritas member in the USA. A lot of people around the world are asking the same question about Haiti: What’s taking so long for food to get out. Spend a … Continue reading
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Haiti quake: Hospital of Hope
By Lane Hartill, CRS Communications Officer, Port-au-Prince. CRS is a Caritas member in the USA. A lot of the stuff I saw at the hospital, I can’t tell you about. It’s the kind of stuff that makes you cover your … Continue reading
Filed under Emergencies, Haiti quake
