In response to the Lebanon emergency exacerbated by Israel’s indiscriminate attacks, Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada is calling the faithful to give generously to help a people facing displacement, disruption and death.
On Friday, September 8, 2023, a powerful earthquake struck Morocco. Development and Peace – Caritas Canada launched an emergency appeal and, thanks to the generosity of Canadians, was able to raise over $300,000 to support those affected. One year on, we present the main results and future actions.
Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada has launched a six-month nutrition project to address the Sudan hunger crisis, which, exacerbated by over 500 days of civil war, has placed half the country’s population in a situation of acute hunger.
In a moving display of solidarity, some 200 Christians from various Canadian churches gathered in prayer and reflection in Ottawa for the culmination of the Gaza Ceasefire Pilgrimage movement.
A devastating fire; the coming cyclone season; an ongoing funding crunch; and diminishing prospects of their safe return to their Burmese homeland remind us that the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh still need our attention, solidarity and generosity.
With displacement, disease and hunger now widespread in Sudan after a year of war, civil society organizations, including Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada, have issued a joint statement calling for increased funding, humanitarian access and efforts for peace.
When the deadliest storm in its history struck the Philippines just over a decade ago, Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada implemented one of its most comprehensive relief and rehabilitation programs ever.
Will the international community finally go beyond statements and resolutions to actually make Israel stop the brutal bloodletting it has been visiting on Gaza for 183 days?
Gaza’s only Catholic church has become a refuge for a dwindling but defiant community that is hanging on to peace and hope even as Israeli bombs and shells are raining death and destruction all around it.
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