Press Statement in response to the attack and massacre at St Francis Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State
A copy of the press statement from the National Director of Church and Society Department and Executive Secretary/CEO of Caritas Nigeria, Rev Fr Uchechukwu Obodoechina in response to the attack by gunmen on St. Francis Catholic Church Owo in Ondo State on Sunday, June 5, 2022, during the
Mortality Surveillance training in Enugu State
Caritas Nigeria and her Enugu partners on June 1st to 4th facilitated an intensive training on Mortality Surveillance and Verbal Autopsy. The Training gave…
MOTHERS ARE PRECIOUS GIFTS FROM ON HIGH!
Beloved Friends and Colleagues
- Today, in the 56 dioceses of the Catholic Church in Nigeria, the Catholic Women Organization (CWO), is celebrating its annual feast of the ‘Mothering Sunday’, which ought to have been celebrated but for the Lenten activities on the 25th of March 2022, re-echoing the feast of the Annunciation of the blessed Virgen Mary by Angel Gabriel for the birth of Jesus, as the Lord and Master of the Universe and the Saviour of mankind .Today we salute all mothers, alive or dead!
VOCATION SUNDAY: CALLED TO LIVE AND WORK FOR ONE ANOTHER!
Beloved Friends and Colleagues
- Today is Vocation Sunday. It is a day in which we remember that each one of us has been called by God for one form of vocation or another. We are not all destined to be the same in our professions and vocations. We are essentially different in our aptitudes and abilities. Our vocations and professions set us apart from one another and make us become stewards of each other in our different ways and means. Hence, our theme of reflection today; called to live and work for one another.
BUSINESS SYSTEMS REVIEW {BSR} AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY!
Beloved Friends and Colleagues
1. Our theme for today’s reflection is Business Review Systems-BSR. I guess a good number of us are at home with that concept. It is being defined technically as “set of principles, practices, and procedures that are applied to specific activities to achieve a specific result’. Since October 2018 we have been implementing a HIV Epidemic control program with CDC in the eastern part of Nigeria. July 18th through 29th 2022 has been set aside for the BSR exercise in Delta and the HQ. It is being designed to review our documents, quality control policies, and the overall nature of our organizational practices in the context of the 4GATES HIV Epidemic control program.
RENEWED FOR GREATER SERVICES!
Beloved Friends and Colleagues
- Today the entire Catholic world celebrates the Feast of the Pentecost, the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles after Jesus’ resurrection and ascension to the Father. It is the feast of that Spirit that is in us, to re-create in us that newness of life and love. It is that Spirit of love that binds us together as members of God’s own family. It is that Spirit that enables us to call God, father and become shepherds of one another.
22 Beneficiaries receive empowerment in Benin
A total of 22 beneficiaries comprising 18 returned migrants, 2 victims of trafficking, and 2 at-risk populations, were provided with startup kits on May 13, 2022, by Caritas Nigeria in Benin, Edo State after completing three months of training in fashion design under the ongoing GIZ-funded Stable Trained and Empowered Me (STEM) Project.
ToT workshop on the use of RDT for COVID -19 testing
A 3-day training of trainers (ToT) workshop on the safe use of approved antigen-based COVID -19 Rapid diagnostic testing (RDTs) for CDC Implementing Partner in the southeast region held at Oxygen Holiday Resort, Owerri, Imo State from May 25th – 27th, 2022.
Memorable 2022 Children’s Day Celebration in Ogoja
Caritas Nigeria Protection Team in Cross River State collaborated with Ogoja Local Government to celebrate yet again, in a most remarkable way, the 2022 Children’s Day.
Programmes/Grants Management Closeout Meeting in Enugu
The close-out planning meeting for Programs and Grants Management in the 4GATES program commenced on Monday, 23rd May 2022, and is still in progress at the Training Hall of Hotel Sylvia, Enugu State.