Clean Water in DR CongoAleana and the other women from her village in the Democratic Republic of Congo don’t know themselves. Since she was a girl she had hated the coming of evening. That was the time, at the end of a hot working day, when the women still had the job of going for water – not just to the tap in the kitchen, but six kilometres away. That intimidating long walk with the real fear of snakes and, even worse, of being attacked or raped...
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Brick Kilns for DR CongoWillie hated the tropical storms in Idiofa,
his hometown in the Democratic Republic
of Congo. Too many of them had blown
down his rickety home again and again
and reduced this proud man to being
a beggar for shelter for his family. But
then the kilns arrived and made possible
the miracle of bricks...
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Earthquake in HaitiBeing Haitian was never easy. But after 5-pm on January 12th last when the earthquake brought death and devastation on a catastrophic scale to Port-au-Prince and other cities and towns, it got considerably worse. As with all natural disasters, the poorer you are the worse the effect. In a remarkable example of Christian solidarity and generosity, the three communities, including the primary schools, that make up Inchicore Pastoral Area...
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