Caritas Arrives in Eastern Turkey After Quake
Catholic News Service (25 October 2011)
ISTANBUL (CNS) — A team from Caritas offices
in Turkey was headed east to assess needs in the region hit
by the Oct. 23 earthquake.
More Funds Needed as Syrians Flood Jordan
Catholic News Service (30 January 2013)
AMMAN, Jordan (CNS) — As frightened Syrian refugees flood into Jordan and other nearby countries, U.N. officials at a donor conference in Kuwait appealed to the international community for desperately needed funding for victims of the 22-month crisis.
Picture of the Day: Off the Street and On Their Feet
Girls and boys take dance lessons at the Caritas center in Georgia. (photo: Molly Corso)
Picture of the Day: Where Help is on the Menu
In this photo taken in 2003, a woman eats at a soup kitchen run by Caritas Georgia, a social service agency of the Catholic Church in Tbilisi, Georgia. (photo: Dima Chikvaidze)
Picture of the Day: School's Out for the Summer
Campers have fun in the healing mineral waters of the Nunisi resort in central Georgia. (photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
Picture of the Day: A Lifeline to Armenia
Nikolay Vakulin and Melkonian Haykaz exercise in the yard of the shelter for elders run by Caritas Austria. (photo: Justyna Mielnikiewicz)
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Stories of interest for the day.