That was one of the answers to the question, if and why the students of elemterary school in refugee camp in Meheba would like to become enterpreneurs.
On Sunday 7th December 2014 representatives of NGOs and state institutions working in the field of child and family protection arrived in Prague from Moldova. They met several Czech experts who shared their experience and introduced the Moldovans to models of their work functioning in the Czech Republic.
The Catholic Church together with Nassa/ Caritas Philippines started preparing for the possible devastating impact of typhoon Ruby (Hagupit) that is approaching to Philippine Islands from the east. Nassa/Caritas Philippines donated 1,954 million of Philippines Pesos from the Church fund for special events/occasions and also from Caritas International funds so that it would be possible to buy what is needed for areas threatened with the typhoon.
Since the new year Caritas Czech Republic has supported the maintance of five mobile clinics in Syria, where doctors and nurses treat or provide help to more than 1 000 patients. Nearly two thousand Syrian refugees now living in Jordan signed up an educational series being held by Charity Jordan in cooperation with Caritas CR. These are just two examples of the current urgent need of help of Caritas CR in the Middle East.
Says Kelly Schut, a Caritas Czech Republic representative who arrived in the Philippines in January 2014. Three years ago she was working on charity projects in Indonesia. In the autumn of 2013 she returned to the Netherlands, her mother country. After typhoon Haiyan afflicted the Philippines, Caritas Czech Republic was looking for project manager to work there. Kelly accepted the post and departed for the Philippines. In following interview she describes her experience and charity work on Samar Island.
Caritas Czech Republic, with the support of the Erasmus + programme, organized a training called “Wear the COAT, bring the change! Youth involvement in COmmunity AcTions” in October 2014. Young people from Poland, Belarus, Moldova (including the Transnistria region) and the Czech Republic took part in the training.
One of the areas hit by typhoon Haiyan last year was the village of Panan-awan. Although a lot of time has passed since then, local women feel its consequences every day. Just look at their houses or ask about the source of their income or about their relatives. Jennifer Barcial and Lolita Germones, who are being helped by Caritas Czech Republic, are also trying to get their families back on their feet.
Joper Conarco has worked with the Social Action Center in Calbayog since 2006. “I started as a volunteer”, he says. He soon got the opportunity to receive a two-years hands-on training in sustainable agriculture. “I was delighted”, Joper said. “I wanted to learn more on how I could practically help the Samar people. People in Samar are either farmers or fishermen. The poverty rates are high in our province. There is not much else”.
Caritas has helped almost 800,000 people affected by the Super Cyclone Haiyan in the first twelve months since the storm hit the Philippines on 8 November. Known locally as Yolanda, it was the largest storm ever to make landfall. Thousands died in the storm surge and the damage was catastrophic. Read more on caritas.org.
In a week beginning of the 13th October a special training for Ukrainian psychologists took place. How it came about, how it proceeded and what will be the next steps, were reported by Vladislav Vik, program manager of Caritas Czech Republic and Liudmila Sukhareva, training participant and project coordinator from the Ukrainian side.
