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Moldova: One in every five children grows up without parents
May 6, 2013 Moldova

Moldova: One in every five children grows up without parents

We present you with data from unique research conducted in 2012 in Moldova. It was focused on identification of children who had found themselves in emergency situations after their parents went to work abroad. The research also focused on their needs and concrete problems.

CEDRON association meeting in Prague
April 5, 2013 All news

CEDRON association meeting in Prague

The representative members of the organizations of the CEDRON association (Central European Development and Relief Organizations Network), which started up one year ago met on Friday, 22nd  of March in Prague. The meeting was organized by Caritas CR, and representatives of Slovakia, Austria, Poland, Hungary and Slovenia were among the participants.

Appreciation of our partner in Ukraine
March 19, 2013 Ukraine

Appreciation of our partner in Ukraine

Caritas Kolomyja, one of the partners of Archdiocesan Caritas of Olomouc (ACHO) in Ukraine, won a Ukrainian national competition “Dobročinna Ukrajina in 2012”, in the category of “ Philanthropist – the best regional charity organisation”. ACHO has supported this partner for more than six years now and so is extremely pleasured by this award together with the workers from Kolomyja.

Caritas Japan thanks for support
March 11, 2013 Japan

Caritas Japan thanks for support

Caritas Japan wants to thank people all over the world for their great support, providing humanitarian aid after the earthquake and the tsunami wave two years ago. „We will never forget our friends for their selfless help in a time when the country was struck by an enormous disaster.“

Caritas Czech Republic has a new director
February 5, 2013 All news

Caritas Czech Republic has a new director

Lukáš Curylo, a head of Diocesan Charity Ostrava-Opava appointed as a new director of Caritas CR on February 1st, 2013. The mandate of formal director, Oldřich Haičman ended on January 31st 2013.

January 24, 2013 Myanmar (Burma)

Inside Myanmar’s ongoing conflict

Maurice McQuillan, Emergency Manager from Irish organization Trócaire’s, visited Myanmar. He reports about the situation in the Kachin state in the north of the country.

Mali inhabitants on the runaway for life
January 21, 2013 Mali

Mali inhabitants on the runaway for life

Mali's and its neighboring states’ stability is in danger. From the beginning of 2012, rebel forces usurped a huge area in the north of the country. At this moment, they got further, to the proximity of the capital city, Bamako.

Patchouli Growers in Aceh, Indonesia
December 2, 2012 Indonesia

Patchouli Growers in Aceh, Indonesia

Patchouli is an essential oil used in cosmetics, perfumes, soaps and insect repellents. It is in high demand around the world and cannot be reproduced in the laboratory. The patchouli shrub requires nutrient rich soil, high levels of rainfall and adequate sunlight to thrive. These conditions combine to form a paradise for the plant on the northern tip of the Indonesian island of Sumatra: the Aceh Province.

Ensuring food security in Afghanistan
October 8, 2012 Afghanistan

Ensuring food security in Afghanistan

Caritas CR has been operating in Afghanistan since August 2012. In cooperation with the local non-governmental organization Afghan Women Resource Center and the Slovak humanitarian organization People in Peril, it aims to increase food security within central Afghan provinces Parwan and Kapisa.

Development of Social Work in Mongolian prisons
September 26, 2012 Mongolia

Development of Social Work in Mongolian prisons

During the fall of 2012 Caritas Czech Republic began this project, which aims to humanize the conditions in Mongolian detention centres. Our project is inspired and builds on the success of previous projects in Mongolia, where Caritas CR has been developing the system of social work and education. The new project is co-financed by the EU.