Global Stories

  • growing through drought in Kenya
    Growing Through Drought in Kenya

    Kenyan woman Elizabeth Lomoe is not one to lie down in the face of adversity. Coming from a nomadic family, Elizabeth did not get any formal ...

  • shrubs for food
    Shrubs for food in drought affected Sahel

    A young woman in the village of Bano Koira, north Niger, prepares the leaves of shrub collected in the morning. When there is nothing left i ...

  • nuba_mountains
    Conflict and Hunger in Nuba Mountains, Sudan

    A conflict in southern Sudan illustrates the human causes of hunger. More than half a million people have been displaced or severely affecte ...

  • Nepal rice harvest
    A Visible Increase in Food Security, Nepal

    Participants in Caritas Nepal’s Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programme are taught methods of increasing harvests through crop cultivat ...

  • timor_leste
    Income generation from local produce, Timor Leste

    Timorese women who are members of Hamahon Feto Timor (HAFOTI – Umbrella for the Timorese Women) are being helped to develop their own ...

  • Lunchtime Chiga school Kenya
    Chiga Livelihoods Support Project, Kenya

    Being fed lunch at Mayenya Model Primary school in Chiga, Kenya has contributed to a higher attendance and achievement rate. Previously chil ...