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September 5, 2018

D&P given a boost for Rohingya refugees

A group of Rohingya refugee women participate in an Aug. 25 protest to mark Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day at a camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. A U.N. fact-finding mission said senior military officials in Myanmar must be prosecuted for genocide and war crimes against Rohingya Muslims and other ethnic minorities.

Development and Peace has received an additional $500,000 from Global Affairs Canada to spend between now and Christmas to keep Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh safe, warm and dry.

Published in Canada
September 5, 2018

Cardinal Bo condemns Myanmar military for brutality in Kachin

A displaced ethnic Kachin family is seen in early May at a temporary camp on the grounds of a Catholic church in Myitkyina, Myanmar. Myanmar's military still is persecuting ethnic Kachin, the predominant Christian group in a conflict-torn part of the country, as well as Rohingya Muslims, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon said.
MANDALAY, Myanmar – Myanmar's military continues to persecute ethnic Kachin, the predominant Christian group in a conflict-torn part of the country, as well as Rohingya Muslims, said Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon, Myanmar.
Published in International
August 7, 2015

Ethnic minorities in Myanmar struggle on many fronts, U.S. bishop says

Ethnic Kachin refugees are seen inside a shared kitchen at a camp in Myitkyina, Myanmar, July 30.

WASHINGTON - Displaced members of Myanmar's Kachin ethnic minority are struggling with being away from their homes and the limited services available in a Catholic-run camp near the Myanmar-China border, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Migration.

Published in International
February 24, 2013

Myanmar’s Kachin seek Canadian support

Pri Ja N-Jang, a Catholic Kachin living in Toronto, is reaching out to Canadians for support for her people.

TORONTO - A bishop in the remote northern Kachin State of Myanmar has asked Catholic Register readers for their prayers as Caritas Myanmar struggles to care for at least 100,000 internally displaced people in camps in and around his diocese.

Published in Features