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Syrian children learning to hope
May 17, 2014 Syria

Syrian children learning to hope

Once Syria prided itself on the quality of its education. Primary school enrolment was 97 percent, two-thirds of children went on to secondary school and literacy rates surpassed the regional average. Read more on caritas.org.

Research of possibilities of using ash for green building in Mongolia
May 15, 2014 Mongolia

Research of possibilities of using ash for green building in Mongolia

Czech Research Institute of Building Materials (VUSTAH) provides within the Caritas CR project testing of five kinds of building materials (eg. concrete, bricks and blocks) produced with the use of fly ash from coal-fired plants in Mongolia. It is another step on the road to environmentally sustainable construction in this Asian country.

Shattered Syrian families wait in Jordan
May 13, 2014 Jordan

Shattered Syrian families wait in Jordan

There are over half a million Syrian refugees who have fled the war to Jordan. Caritas Jordan has helped over 217,000 people, providing €20 million worth of aid including shelter, healthcare, education and counseling. Caritas Switzerland’s Monica Matarazzo and Dana Shahin of Caritas Jordan spoke with two families that Caritas supports. Read more on caritas.org.

Serioshka benefits from rehabilitation
May 13, 2014 Moldova

Serioshka benefits from rehabilitation

With help from Caritas CR and Czech donors, a little Moldavan boy named Serioshka has a better life. Serioshka has cerebral palsy, and with it, pathological contraction of the muscles. Thanks to the financial contributions of Czech donors, he had the first of two surgeries in February 2013 followed by a second operation in October of that year. These were followed by rehabilitation.

No place like home as families rebuild in the Philippines
May 12, 2014 Philippines

No place like home as families rebuild in the Philippines

“They’ve lost everything.” You’ve seen the pictures as newscasters utter these words after a disaster—people standing in front of homes blown away by wind, washed away by water or crumbled to the ground by trembling earth. Read more on caritas.org.