Caritas India, on behalf of the Church in India makes an earnest appeal to support the victims of the Myanmar devastated by Cyclone Nagris.
The Catholic Church in Myanmar says that the immediate needs for people are medical help, food, water and shelter following the devastation caused by Cyclone Nagris.
By S Stalin Caritas India introduced a Community Mobilisation (CM) programme for tsunami-affected communities in the Southern part of India. In the Community Mobilisation programme 35 diocesan social service societies in three region and a few other NGOs started working as facilitating partners along with Caritas India.
“Caritas India is the shining witness of the Church in India”, said His Eminence Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil, President of Caritas India.
Caritas India celebrated Women’s Day involving college students and Head Office staff and ventured in to broadcasting the celebration on a leading FM Radio channel in Delhi. This year Caritas India decided to make a twofold celebration of Women’s Day.
By PM Jose Caritas India - CRS - KSSS combine has constructed a township for 329 tsunami affected families of Colechal and Simon Colony parishes. It took nearly two years to level the low-lying saltpan and subsequently to construct shelters in this atypical site.
Caritas Internationalis is sending its tributes to member organization Caritas Côte d’Ivoire as it marks 50 years of working with the most marginalised in the country.
Caritas Internationalis joins with Caritas Sri Lanka in condemning the death of Rev. Fr Karunaratnam, who was killed in a bomb blast on 20 April in the north of the country.
Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga is urging the UN Security Council to impose an immediate arms embargo on Zimbabwe. Church leaders in the country said that without international intervention Zimbabweans face genocide.
Vatican City: The international Caritas network has launched an appeal for Chadian refugees who have fled fighting in their own country to seek safety in neighbouring Cameroon.
The Caritas submission to the Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna, February 2008:
Vatican City: Amidst the widespread reports of carnage and tribal fighting engulfing Kenya following disputed general elections, individual stories of both suffering and courage have begun to emerge.