Survivors of Cyclone Nargis wait for local donors on a road at a destroyed village in the south of central Yangon May 12, 2008 [REUTERS/Stringer, courtesy www.alertnet.org]

Cyclone: Church aid gets through

Local Catholic church partners of Caritas Internationalis have begun delivering aid to the people of Myanmar following the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis.

Partners are providing food and other aid items to 10,000 people in Yangon and Irrawaddy, with numbers expected to rise to 40,000.

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Catenians launch appeal for Zimbabwe

To mark 100 years of "friendship, faith, and family", the Catenians are launching a major fundraising appeal to help provide water for people in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa