Monthly Archives: April 2010
Haiti: what matters, is to care about the individual person
By Christine Decker After an over 10 hour-flight and several stopovers, we arrive in Port-au-Prince on Monday afternoon. From a bird’s eye view, we can already spot the countless tents and tarpaulins. Their blue, white or red colour stands off … Continue reading
Filed under Emergencies, Haiti quake
Climate Justice: Back to work after Copenhagen
Posted by Liz Gallagher, CAFOD Head of Climate Finance Policy It’s been seven months since I last ventured by train to Bonn, where the majority of the UN climate change negotiations take place. Last August, I bid farewell to the … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news, Climate change, Copenhagen Summit
Sleeping in cars to get aid to China quake survivors
By Debbie Lo, Caritas Hong Kong Many thanks for the concerns and prayers for the victims of the Qinghai earthquake in mainland China! Just a short note to share with you what Caritas-HK and our local partner, Xian Catholic Social … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news, Emergencies
Help for China quake survivors coming from Taiwan
By Caritas Taiwan staff Caritas Taiwan and its partners in China including the Lama group have immediately responded to the needs of the earthquake survivors in the western province of Qinghai in China. The whole afternoon yesterday, our partners in … Continue reading
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Bringing School Close to Home for Bangladesh’s Children
Available in French I’ve rattled over a lot of dirt roads in trucks to get to CRS projects. We work in very remote areas—we’re everywhere Visa doesn’t want to be. But Bangladesh topped the list when it came to modes … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news, Français
Haiti heading towards reconstruction three months after the earthquake
Read this entry in French By Mathilde Magnier, Port-au-Prince Life is starting to get back to normal in Haiti three months after a devastating earthquake in Port-au-Prince left 230,000 people dead. While the government is working on a reconstruction strategy … Continue reading
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Book launch for La Justice dans la peau
By Éric Fottorino, directeur Le Monde Desclée de Brouwer, a well-known French Catholic publisher, has launched a new book ‘LA JUSTICE DANS LA PEAU: Géopolitique de l’action humanitaire’ by Denis Viénot, the previous president of Caritas Internationalis. Below is an … Continue reading
Filed under Caritas news, Español, Français
Prayer, pain, and reflection. Easter in Haiti
Available in French By Mathilde Magnier From dawn, the faithful gather in the square outside the shattered Port-au-Prince cathedral. Most churches were destroyed in the 12 January earthquake in the capital of Haiti. The memories of the earthquake lay heavy … Continue reading
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Food distributions continuing in Haiti
Available in French By Mathilde Magnier Despite heavy rains, food distributions are continuing in Haiti. This month, Caritas has reached almost 75,000 people in Port-au-Prince and more than 100,000 in the Nippes, Grandes Anse and the southern provinces. At the … Continue reading
Filed under Emergencies, Français, Haiti quake
