Helping India’s Most Vulnerable Flood Victims
By Laura Sheahen, Catholic Relief Services’ regional information officer Sixteen-year-old Renuka works twelve hours a day in a garbage dump in southern India, sorting cans, bottles, and glass. Each day...
View ArticleCaritas reaching flood hit North India
The early monsoons have brought misery in the life of the people in Uttrakhand, which has been severely affected by floods and landslides following the torrential rainfall in the region since mid-June....
View ArticleSoaring food costs hitting poor from Algeria to India
Children living off the rubbish heaps in the slums of India. Andreas Schwaiger/Caritas Switzerland. Millions of people around the world are struggling to cope with rising food prices say Caritas staff....
View ArticleEarthquake shakes India, Nepal and Bangladesh
Jalpaiguri after the quake. Credit Caritas India A strong earthquake shook areas of India, Nepal and Bangladesh on Sunday night, 18 September. The epicentre of the 6.8-magnitude quake is in Sikkim,...
View ArticleAid reaching survivors of Cyclone Thane in India
A car damaged by Cyclone Thane. More than 300,000 houses were damaged and people were evacuated from low-lying coastal areas to state-run relief camps. Credit: Caritas India Caritas India is helping...
View ArticleHappy golden jubilee Caritas India
Caritas India is marking its golden jubilee by reconfirming its commitment towards the poor and oppressed. Celebrations are underway in New Delhi today and tommorrow. Caritas India staff have been...
View ArticleHomily on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee Celebration of Caritas India
By Mar Andrews Thazhath Archbishop of Trichur & President of KCBC ‘Do not despise any of these little ones. The son of man has come to save the lost’ Dear friends in Jesus Christ, We are gathered...
View ArticleFloods in India and Bangladesh
A house submerged in water in Satkania, BangladeshCredits: Caritas Severe flooding has struck Bangladesh and northeast India, claiming over 150 lives and destroying farms and homes. Around two million...
View ArticleCapital punishment no answer to rape crimes in India
Credit: Caritas India Caritas India says capital punishment is not a deterent against crimes of sexual violence, but improved protection for women and a national school curriculum that tackle these...
View ArticleTropical storm threatening coastal areas in Bay of Bengal
Credit: Jennie Carmichael/CRS The tropical cyclone ‘Mahasen’ is heading towards coastal part of the Bay of Bengal and at any time it may cross any parts of Bangladesh or India or Myanmar on 15 – 17,...
View ArticleRelief efforts start in India after Cyclone Phailin leaves trail of destruction
Credit: Caritas India Hundreds of thousands of people in India need help after Cyclone Phailin flattened their homes and destroyed their livelihoods. Many people remain marooned with their villages cut...
View ArticleAppeal for flood survivors in India
Caritas India emergency team travel by boat in areas flooded in Odisha. Credit: Caritas India Caritas Internationalis has launched an emergency appeal for €768,796 to help people hit by floods in the...
View ArticleEpic floods in India and Pakistan
Srinagar in Kashmir remains mostly cut off. Credit: Caritas India Heavy monsoon rains have caused widespread flooding in Jammu and Kashmir in India and across the border in Punjab and Azad Jammu and...
View ArticleCaritas marks 10 years since Asia tsunami
Tsunami affected communities in Sri Lanka. Caritas organisations from India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand joined confederation members from around the world, Church and other religious leaders in...
View ArticleBeyond the tsunami waves
Fishermen returned to their villages on the morning of the 26 December 2004 to discover their homes washed away and their loved ones lost. An apocalyptic tsunami had devastated coastal communities...
View ArticleIndia’s poor await the Sustainable Development Goals
Blog by Dr. Varikkotil Raman Haridas, Caritas India India’s economy is said to have doubled since 2008, but the growing disparity between the poor and the rich is still appalling. India is still a home...
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