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Voices from Syria: Ahmed
Help us deliver aid to those who need it most>> “My family and I had to leave because the situation in Syria was so serious. It was insecure and very dangerous. My home was destroyed. We moved...
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Syria crisis: Easter in Aleppo
Please donate to our Syria Crisis appeal>> This article was written by staff from Caritas Syria, and first appeared on the Caritas International blog. Last week was particularly difficult and...
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Mayday: pray for Bangladesh
By Michelle Hough, Caritas International This article first appeared on the Caritas International blog. Many workers around the world are having a welcome day off today to mark International Workers...
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What’s changed in Zimbabwe: Reap what you sow
by Nana Anto-Awuakye Chivi Mapaike is a 65 kilometre drive from Masvingo town. The tarmac soon runs out and the rest of the journey is a bumpy dirt-track ride. The Masvingo boulders now seem to loom...
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Voices from Syria: Hama
Please donate to our Syria Crisis appeal>> My husband and I fled to Lebanon eight months ago because of the war in Syria. I was heavily pregnant. My daughter Maya was born just a few days after...
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Darfur ten years on: mothers and children
Nawal, 27, was a little confused when people showed up at her thatched hut one day, asking about her baby daughter. “They measured her arm to see how thick it was,” she remembers. One thing wasn’t...
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Democratic Republic of Congo: generosity and sacrifice
CAFOD’s Catherine Mahony writes: When we think of humanitarian relief, we tend to envisage outsiders bringing things in to help people in need. However, the reality is that most of the time the first...
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Voices from Syria: Rahaf
“We had a normal life. We went to university. We had friends. We were even a little spoiled by our parents. And then suddenly we had nothing. We were cold, hungry and alone…. My father received a phone...
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Voices from Syria: Rosan
“I cannot describe my daily life. It is empty. I have nothing. I have no food to cook with. I have no friends. My husband is trapped in Syria. Apart from my child, I’m completely alone.” Rosan is one...
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Voices from Syria: Fawaz
“I don’t know what will happen to us next. We thought the crisis would be over in a month. It’s now been two years… Each Syrian you meet will tell you a different story; but they are all the same …...
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World Humanitarian Day
by Patrick Nicholson, Director of Communications for Caritas International “Children were dying of hunger. There was no milk to feed newborn babies,” says Amal, a 27-year-old mother who recently fled...
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World Humanitarian Day – a day with Syrian refugees
Each year since 2009, World Humanitarian Day has been held on 19 August to mobilise support for people affected by crises around the world and to pay tribute to all those who risk their lives in...
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