Monthly Archives: March 2010
Palestinians receiving Caritas aid as Gaza marks 1000th day of siege
Available in French Over the last weeks, Caritas has distributed 11,000 blankets and 3,000 hygiene kits in Gaza. More than 4,500 families deeply affected by the ongoing blockade benefited from this aid. For more than 1,000 days, Gaza has been … Continue reading
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“Monseñor Oscar Romero lives on”
Available in French and Spanish By Sarah Smith-Pearse, Cafod* This weekend, I was chatting to a friend called Carol. With great animation, she spoke about a delightful young man from Brazil who had come over during the thick blizzards of … Continue reading
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Women of the world gathered at the United Nations
By Joseph Donnelly, Caritas Head of Delegation at the UN in New York Women from major urban landscapes to remote villages, traveled to the UN headquarters in New York at the beginning of March. Eight thousand women from eighty countries were there … Continue reading
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From Haiti to Chile and back again
By Andreas Lexer After having spent four weeks in Haiti and one week in Chile following earthquakes in each country, the two emergencies offer important lessons in comparison. In Haiti, the 7.0 magnitude earthquake on 12 January has caused severe … Continue reading
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Chile United
Available in Spanish By Carlos Carvacho, Caritas Chile A ‘Chile for Chile’ telethon has raised more than US $ 60 million for quake survivors. The marathon 24 hour long programme is usually an annual event in Chile. It normally takes … Continue reading
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Taiwan’s caregivers and domestic workers need a day off
By Caritas Taiwan For the occasion of Women’s Day, Caritas Taiwan participated in the rally organized by Migrant Empowerment Network in Taiwan in front of Executive Yuan on March 5, 2010. The NGOs have been lobbying the concerns of domestic … Continue reading
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Haiti quake: Healing the whole person
Available in French By Caritas Lebanon staff Our team of three staff from the Caritas Lebanon Migrants’ Center (CLMC) left for a mission to Haiti to offer counselling support to quake survivors. Psycho-social support is not always a priority in … Continue reading
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International Womens’ Day prayer: The Woman Next to You
Available in French and Spanish and eleven others here Look around Sisters, look around you! WHO IS THE WOMAN sitting next to you? The woman next to you is an inexhaustible reservoir of possibility… With possibilities that have never been … Continue reading
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Ugandan mudslides
In the late hours of Monday, March 1st, mudslides buried three villages in Uganda’s eastern Bududa district, which has experienced exceptionally heavy rainfall. CRS is currently procuring essential relief items for distribution in affected areas. Yesterday, CRS staff (CRS is … Continue reading
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