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 of transport. It took no fewer than five different kinds—planes, rickshaws, motorcycles, cars, and ferry [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Français’
April 9, 2010
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 for the country, business is springing back up. The international community and the Haitian government [...]
April 7, 2010
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 extract from the the preface in English, French and Spanish. There is a “people” who [...]
April 6, 2010
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 as people mark Easter Sunday. They come in small groups, with stools in hand, to [...]
April 6, 2010
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 Pétionville Club camp, there is turmoil. Armed soldiers, human barricades and makeshift security services are [...]
March 10, 2010
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 an emergency. It is help of utmost importance though. Our mission was to show people [...]
February 22, 2010
Haiti quake: Storm clouds ahead
Available also in French By Mathilde Magnier, Caritas Communications Officer, Port-au-Prince One month after the dramatic earthquake that devastated Port-au-Prince, the coming rainy season presents another major challenge to Caritas and other aid agencies. The quake killed 217 000 people and left over one million Haitians without shelter. With most quake’s survivors living in overcrowded [...]
February 12, 2010
President of Caritas Lebanon retiring
Available in French Caritas expresses its best regards and wishes to Fr Louis Samaha, retiring from his position as president of Caritas Lebanon. Lesley-Anne Knight, Secretary General of Caritas Internationalis, described Fr Samaha as “a great servant to the poor for many years”. Fr Samaha led the Caritas relief operations during the Israel-Lebanon 2006 conflict, [...]
January 25, 2010
Interview du Père B. Chadic, directeur général de la Caritas Haïti
Comment avez-vous vécu le séisme du 12 janvier ? Avec mon équipe, nous étions à KaliKo Beach, sur la côte des Arcadins, à une trentaine de kilomètres d’ici, pour une mission de planification et de suivi. Nous travaillions dans la salle et tout à coup ça s’est mis à trembler. Nous avons a couru vers [...]
January 21, 2010
Haiti: à l’hôpital de la Renaissance
By Jacques Duffaut, Secours Catholique/Caritas France Ce matin, à l’hôpital de la Renaissance, est arrivé en même temps que moi, une moto taxi sur laquelle, coincé entre le conducteur et une femme à l’arrière, un homme inconscient. Des infirmiers l’ont immédiatement réceptionné sur un brancard de métal. Il venait de recevoir une balle dans la [...]
