Caritas increases aid as refugees flood out of Syria - CathNews NZ

Caritas increases aid as refugees flood out of Syria

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

Caritas Internationalis is ramping up its efforts to help the growing number of Syrian families who have fled the conflict in their homeland.

“Within Syria, Caritas is distributing food,” Laura Sheahan of Caritas told CNA. “It’s been a little hard in terms of cooked food because it’s difficult to even get fuel in Syria, but we’re providing things like sandwiches. Meanwhile, Boy Scouts are distributing some of the food in places like Aleppo and Homs.”

Caritas Internationalis is the Catholic Church’s confederation of charitable and development agencies. Overall, it is helping more than 13,000 Syrians affected by the present crisis.   The armed revolt against President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, which began in March 2011, shows no sign of abating. Continue reading

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