Card. Tagle: ‘Humanitarian summit to promote faith in
religious organisations’
(Vatican Radio)
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, President of Caritas Internationalis,
says the way we help people caught in emergencies can be more efficient and
effective by engaging local organisations, including faith-based institutions.
Cardinal Tagle will speak at
the Special Session on the Religious Engagement on the first day of the World
Humanitarian Summit, which takes place on 23-24 May in Istanbul.
In a press release ahead of
the summit, Cardinal Tagle said, “We know that growing inequality, climate change,
water scarcity, urbanisation, conflict for resources and the spread of
extremism will put millions more in peril. We need a humanitarian system
fit for purpose to address these growing needs.”
“Despite local organisations,
including faith-based institutions, offering extensive networks of
infrastructure serving as a source of shelter, care and education, the current
humanitarian system of donors too often fails to recognise them.
“As resources are stretched,
if donors want to reach more people with better quality help then they must
utilise better the readymade tools that they have at their disposal. The World
Humanitarian Summit offers us the chance to transform the current humanitarian
system by giving local organisations their rightful seat at the table.”
Caritas Internationalis says
the current top-down approach to humanitarian response must be replaced by an
investment in local action, strengthening grassroots capacity, and improving
partnership and coordination.
Caritas organisations from
the USA, Austria, the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Sierra
Leone and Niger will be attending the meeting in Istanbul.
Caritas speakers include Sean
Callahan of Catholic Relief Services and president of Caritas North America,
Sabine Attama of CADEV-Caritas Niger on natural disasters and climate change,
Chris Bain of CAFOD (Caritas England and Wales) on investing in humanity and
Fr. Peter Konteh, executive director of Caritas Freetown in Sierra Leone on the
Ebola epidemic.
The Caritas confederation is
pledging to promote global leadership on conflict prevention, upholding
humanitarian principles, strengthening local capacity, improving coordination
and partnership and ensuring those affected by the emergencies are agents of
their own destiny.
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