Posted on 15. Nov, 2006 in Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty
Viatores Christi recruits, prepares and facilitates the placement of volunteers who wish to serve in areas of need, mainly in the developing world. It is an Irish Catholic lay missionary movement founded in 1960 which provides a six months preparatory programme for volunteers. Professionals and non-professionals alike are given the opportunity to experience a very […]
Posted on 01. Nov, 2006 in Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty
The civil war in Sri Lanka continues to escalate as government soldiers’ battle with the Tamil Tigers. During this conflict Fr Jim Brown, a catholic priest, working in Sri Lanka has gone missing and has not been seen since August 20th. The last place he was seen was at a checkpoint on his way to […]
Posted on 18. Oct, 2006 in Charity, Church Teachings, Faith and Justice, Health, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty
Christian Aid is an organisation that believes in life before death. They are present in more that 50 countries throughout the world, helping to improve the lives of those living on the margins of society and wipe out the injustices that cause poverty. Rev. Ian Poulton met Dr. Daleep Mukarji (Muckargee), Director of Christian Aid […]
Posted on 04. Oct, 2006 in Charity, Church Teachings, Death, Environment, Health, Humanitarian Aid, Poverty
Violence erupted in Darfur in 2003, between Arab nomadic farmers and a settled African community competing over land. Two rebel groups from the African community, who have been largely neglected by an Arab dominated nation, rose up in rebellion in 2003. The government armed the local militia who have spent the last 3 years attacking […]
Posted on 02. Nov, 2005 in Crime, Death, Faith and Justice, Humanitarian Aid
Breda Hegerty presents a short news bulletin from around the world with the latest updates on current topics including the UN appeal for more donations to help the Pakistan earthquake, news from the Vatican including cooperation between Vatican & Russian foreign policy and the exploitation of migrants,naming of a media find in honour of the […]
Posted on 30. Mar, 2005 in Charity, Humanitarian Aid
Dedicating all your time to charity is an incredibly generous and noble thing to do. Sean Farrell spent a number of years in the Philippines living in shanty towns and helping communities to emerge from poverty. He talks to Miriam Gormally about this experience and the challenges he faced and why he became interested in […]
Posted on 16. Mar, 2005 in Economy, Humanitarian Aid
Bishop Berhaneyesus talks to Miriam Gormally about the problems surrounding trade in Ethiopia and how prices determined outside the producing country is putting small farmers in the situation where they can no longer feed their families. He feels trade policies are now required to give the poorer producing countries more control over their products and […]
Posted on 02. Mar, 2005 in Charity, Death, Health, HIV/Aids, Humanitarian Aid
As many children die in Ethiopia every six months as were said to have died in the Asian tsunami, according to Archbishop Berhaneyesus of Addis Ababa. Speaking with Miriam Gormally about the importance of the Trocaire Lenten Campaign, he reminded us that a million people will die in Africa this year from malaria. A further […]