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Top story Caritas at Davos 2010The annual World Economic Forum in Davos brings together business leaders, politicians and heads of state, with artists, academics, religious leaders, and other civil society representatives. >>
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Zero Poverty in Europe Campaign Caritas is calling for an end to poverty in Europe with the launch of its Zero Poverty Campaign. Zero Poverty campaign coincides with the European Year 2010 for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion at the European Parliament in Brussels. >> Stamping out corruption Caritas is joining other faith-based aid agencies and religious leaders in calling for action on stamping out global corruption. >> Imagine globalisation based on solidarity: World Youth Day The Millennium Development Goals were centre stage at the Blueprint for a Better World exhibition. Calling for a renewed focus on the MDGs, Caritas urged us all to be agents for change and to redouble our commitment, at the personal, community, national and international levels in order to grasp this opportunity to truly make poverty history. >> Imagine globalisation based on solidarity: Micro-finance in Africa Caritas Africa and its partners held a forum in September in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on how micro-finance programmes can create livelihoods to lift millions of people out of poverty. >> |
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