Issue 47
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Teaching Bangladeshis to catch fish, and more
The quote
from Confucius acts as a guiding philosophy for many NGOs, including
Caritas: "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach the man how to
fish and he eats for a lifetime".
 
 NGOs urge investigation of use of depleted uranium in war
The NGO Nuclear Policy Research Institute said that the US and the UK, as the occupying powers in Iraq, "must take action immediately to prevent further civilian exposure" to depleted uranium left over from the invasion of Iraq this year. - UNwire
NGOs push for more press freedom in Aceh
International and local NGOs have demanded that the martial law administrator in Aceh to give the media the greatest possible access and lift any restrictions on journalists reporting on the conflict in the province. - Jakarta Post
Dominicans at UN raise issue of religious discrimination in Pakistan
In a statement at the 2003 UN Commission on Human Rights, the Dominicans for Justice and Peace NGO called attention to the systemic and institutional religious discrimination experienced by religious minorities in Pakistan. - Dominicans for Justice and Peace
 
Why I work for Caritas Manila
It may not give me the ticket to the top of the social ladder but at least it gives me the ticket to view the real, wretched, and most of the time frustrating life most of our brothers and sisters have. - Marivic de Guzman, CM Barkada (Caritas Manila workers' website)
 
Advocacy is a key role for the Caritas Confederation
We're concerned that international policies have an increasing direct negative impact on the poorest of the poor, as globalisation takes shape regardless. - Caritas Internationalis
 
 Global Policy Forum - NGOs
This site looks at the role of NGOs in achieving a better world, in particular how it complements that of the United Nations. It doesn't contain any classroom activities, but a set of explanations and articles for research that can help teachers explain how emergency aid and development work goes hand in hand with lobbying for political change.
 
Lord make me an instrument of your peace
Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console, to be understood, as to understand, to be loved, as to love. - Franciscans International (NGO)
 
No Experience Necessary SBS TV, 1:00 am, Monday 16 June
Looks at the brutal reality of the illegal sex trade that transports half a million women into virtual slavery in Europe every year.
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Staff from Caritas Australia arrived in the Solomon Islands Friday, August
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Mr Jack de Groot, National Director of Caritas Australia, said Caritas Australia supports the regional intervention in the Solomon Islands, while expressing caution that a blanket amnesty is not introduced which allows offenders to go unpunished.
Caritas Australia has released a position paper calling on the Australian government to rethink the proposal to ignore serious crimes committed in the Solomon Islands before its intervention commences.
"Justice is a precondition for permanent reconciliation and peace. Amnesties do not provide justice," Caritas Australia spokesman, Jamie Isbister, Acting National Director said today.
The paper also highlights the growing crisis caused by the increasing number of small arms concentrating in Melanesia, particularly in the Solomon Islands. See the Policy
The objectives of Australia's intervention in the Solomon Islands need to be clarified. For Australia's aims to be justifiable, there should be commitment to the Solomon Islanders which includes the elimination of guns and the flow of weapons, says the latest Caritas Policy brief.
See the Policy
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