by Sean Reilly | Jul 3, 2008
The world’s most critical environmental and social problems will only be solved by “a new vision of development”, a Catholic agency has told the United Nations. The comments came from Progressio’s Head of Advocacy Joanne Green at a summit meeting of the United Nations...
by Sean Reilly | Jul 1, 2008
Five aid agencies today announced that they have signed an agreement with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to deliver US government food assistance to North Koreans suffering from severe food shortages. It comes as a food crisis looms and reports...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 6, 2008
With an estimated 850 million people suffering from hunger worldwide, nine out of ten of whom live in developing countries, “the scandal of hunger demands the immediate attention of the churches”, affirmed a statement yesterday from World Council of...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 23, 2008
Recent riots in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, which left five people dead and hundreds injured, stemmed from several months of increasing food insecurity in the country says Christian agency World Vision. The agency is providing relief to hungry children and families...
by Sean Reilly | Apr 15, 2008
A Catholic aid agency has warned that the spiralling cost of food will exacerbate global malnutrition already affecting over 820 million people in developing countries. “Currently we have over 40 times the population of Australia who are malnourished”, said Caritas...
