Every year we, the team of Caritas Moldova, celebrate International Volunteer Day, held on 5 December. It is a perfect chance to appreciate the efforts of the youth involved, to share their experience, values and to promote their work in community.
We have taken educational work with disadvantaged families to the European level. Our aim in this was to involve as many colleagues as possible in transnational exchanges in order to give them the opportunity to establish European contacts, gain international experience and familiarise themselves with examples of good practice. Kinga…
We shouldn’t think about Mercy in terms of profitability. The Caritas ethos is one based on self-giving. Self-giving that does not ask what we might receive, or that is performed from a sense of obligation, but rather, is a free act of love. One might think that our societies do…
There is a constant reproach made against ideas that they are only ideas, imaginations, unfit to become practice. It is also a constant reproach towards the European idea that it is abstract, or even elitist, its different agents more concerned about their own profit than a common perspective, and without…
Albania has been a transit country for refugees and migrants since 2015, and more recently, a country of destination for asylum-seekers. In 2019, the situation remains much the same. In April 2016 an agreement between the European Union and Turkey came into force. The agreement aimed at curbing the flow…
Every year on October 13th we celebrate the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction. It should be an occasion to reflect on the achievements in this area, to celebrate successes in vulnerable and disaster prone countries, and to share stories of resilient communities. The idea of sharing good practice is…
Serbia is vulnerable to several types of natural disasters - floods, landslides, fires and earthquakes. In the last five years, the territory of Serbia has been affected by small tornadoes and hailstorms with high speed winds. These are the direct consequence of global warming and climate change. Serbia is at…
Caritas Europa welcomes the agreement on the disembarkation and relocation of asylum seekers rescued in the Central Mediterranean Sea reached in Malta on 23 September by France, Germany, Italy and Malta. This agreement will be presented to the EU ministers of interior and migration at the Justice and Home Affairs…
Children in street situations are particularly prone to becoming victims of trafficking. Caritas Albania works with local actors and supports cross-border coordination with an inclusive response to protecting child victims and potential victims of trafficking. The phenomenon of children in street situations has affected the Albanian society for the last…
Between 23 and 24 May 2019, Caritas Bosnia and Herzegovina organised with the support of Caritas Banja Luka a study visit “learning from best practises” for staff working on migration issues in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim of the visit was to learn about our own good practices, but also…