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Current AffairsIcy temperatures pose threat to Prague homeless, Czech capital opens tent shelter
With temperatures in Prague expected to drop as low as minus 20 degrees in
the coming days, the Czech capital’s homeless are at high risk. Due to
the harsh weather, homeless shelters are already close to operating at full
capacity. To help battle deaths from exposure city hall officials have
arranged for a large heated tent to be put up for those with no roof over
their heads. More
Current AffairsInjured Libyans to receive treatment in Prague hospitals
A Czech military plane brought five injured Libyans to Prague for treatment
on Monday night. All are in need of surgery which overcrowded hospitals in
their homeland are unable to provide. An appeal from Libya for European
countries to help treat their wounded has led to the Czech government
extending its Medevac aid programme for children to adults with serious
medical problems. More
Current AffairsPeople in Need finds six thousand starving refugees in Ethiopia
The Czech charity organisation People in Need working in south-eastern
Ethiopia has found a group of roughly six thousand people suffering from
hunger and malnourishment. Known for working in remote areas, the
organisation was near the Somali border looking into the state of a group
of local herdsmen whose cattle had died out and found that they had been
joined by several thousand drought refugees from neighbouring Somalia.
Local communities have been trying to care for the refugees so far, but
their material support - water, food and firewood – is quickly running
out, children are dying on a weekly basis, and the group has not yet even
received refugee status by the Ethiopian government. Earlier today I spoke
by phone with People in Need’s coordinator Marek Štys, who is currently
in the Somali region of Ethiopia and described the situation. More
PanoramaCaritas providing all-round assistance in Uganda
The Prague branch of the Christian charity Caritas is involved in aid and
development projects in many parts of the world, among them India, Zambia,
Congo and Uganda. Its work in Uganda, east Africa, spans a decade and
involves a broad range of activities. Petra Matulova, Caritas development
centre director, explains how one form of assistance led to another. More
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