Interviews

Oyuntugs from Mongolia designs a website for people with disabilities to better integrate them into local communities
March 25, 2023 Stories

Oyuntugs from Mongolia designs a website for people with disabilities to better integrate them into local communities

Accessible work places in Mongolia are the exception, not the rule. Oyuntugs lives with vision impairment and she wants to use her knowledge and lived experience to change the way we work. With the support of Caritas Czech Republic, Oyuntugs is designing a website that shares accurate information in Mongolian about accessibility and the rights of people with disabilities for the first time in Mongolia.

Women play an essential role in humanitarian aid. Why are they so important?
March 6, 2023 Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce Charity ČR

Women play an essential role in humanitarian aid. Why are they so important?

What is it like to be a woman affected by war or natural disaster? What do women and girls need in such situations? This is often better understood by other women, humanitarian aid workers. Up to 40 per cent of the more than half a million aid workers worldwide are women. Our colleagues, women humanitarian and development aid workers, explain why they think it is important for women to be involved in this field.

“In reality, we need to be focusing on reducing and reusing,” says Pierre Guerber
September 7, 2022 Interviews

“In reality, we need to be focusing on reducing and reusing,” says Pierre Guerber

Pierre Guerber is committed to the global fight for social and environmental justice, with a primary focus over the past several years on waste-related issues. He has co-founded with Nara (Narantuya Gursed), the NGO EcoSoum in her hometown in Mongolia. EcoSoum is one of the partners of Caritas Czech Republic working on Sustainable Plastic Waste Management along with other project partners. In this interview, he explains what they are doing to solve waste-related problems in the local community and shares practical issues that they have encountered. 

Behind the scenes of Caritas Czech Republic: Meet Delgermaa, our project manager from Mongolia
April 29, 2022 Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce Charity ČR

Behind the scenes of Caritas Czech Republic: Meet Delgermaa, our project manager from Mongolia

Would you like to know more about the Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation department in Caritas Czech Republic? We launched a series of interviews with our colleagues who will tell you more about our work across the world. This time we interviewed Delgermaa, our project manager who focuses on working with youth in Mongolia.

Behind the scenes of Caritas Czech Republic: Meet the Head of our department Jiří Škvor
December 10, 2021 Humanitární pomoc a rozvojová spolupráce Charity ČR

Behind the scenes of Caritas Czech Republic: Meet the Head of our department Jiří Škvor

Would you like to know more about the Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation department in Caritas Czech Republic? We launched a series of interviews with our colleagues who will tell you more about our work across the world. This time we interviewed Jiří Škvor, the Head of the Humanitarian Aid and Development Cooperation department.