Asia

• 6 August 2015
  ASIA/BANGLADESH - Child labor: illegal but cheap in a Country with 8 million working children Dhaka (Agenzia Fides) - With 200,000 inhabitants, Korail is one of the largest slums of Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh. Among its labyrinthine streets, mud and garbage, there are thousands of homes of just 10 square meters ...
• 5 August 2015
  ASIA/SYRIA - The "Water project" for Aleppo to provide water to the martyred Syrian city has concluded Damascus (Agenzia Fides) - Aleppo has again been without water since 31 July. A heat wave is expected for this week that will bring the temperature up to 45 degrees", said a statement sent to Agenzia Fides by the NGO "Le ...
• 5 August 2015
  ASIA/MYANMAR - Thousands of victims because of heavy flooding Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - The Burmese government has declared a state of calamity in the central and western regions of Myanmar's Chin, Rakáin, Magwe and Sagaing, the most severely affected by the floods that continue to ...
• 4 August 2015
  ASIA/INDIA – Over half a million children engaged in risky work in cotton fields New Deli (Agenzia Fides) – The number of children working in cotton fields continues to rise. According to a survey by the Indo-Dutch Committee and the private body Stop Child Labour Coalition, in India this activit ...
• 3 August 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Floods and monsoon rains continue to strike the country causing major damage to people and structures Islamabad (Agenzia Fides) – Heavy flooding for several weeks in Pakistan has left thousands homeless and many dead. The weather is particularly bad in the northern mountainous regions where many villages are still isol ...
• 1 August 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL - Post earthquake aggravates situation of early marriages: 2 out of every 5 girls married before the age of 18 Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) –Three months after the earthquake, NGO Plan Internacional, warns of the danger of an increase in the trafficking of early marriages. In Nepal it is known that two out of five girls are marrie ...
• 30 July 2015
  ASIA/NEPAL – Months after the earthquake prime necessities still needed Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) – Despite a slight improvement in the humanitarian situation in the past three months, hundreds of children are still without shelter, food, water, sanitation, schooling and protection. Many c ...
• 28 July 2015
  ASIA/INDIA - Tribal priestesses help preserve millet ASIA/INDIA - Tribal priestesses help preserve millet Niyamgiri (Agenzia Fides) – Until 60 years ago millet was grown in 40% of cereal producing land in India. Despite its enormous nutritive value of protein, vitamin ...
• 27 July 2015
  ASIA/YEMEN - Almost 2 million children forced to abandon school ASIA/YEMEN - Almost 2 million children forced to abandon school Sana’a (Agenzia Fides) – Warfare continues in Yemen and among many serious consequences, children, some 2 million, are forced to abandon school. So ...
• 25 July 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Every year a thousand Christian and Hindu girls suffer forced conversion to Islam and abuse Karachi (Agenzia Fides) – In Pakistan every year at least a thousand girls, from local Christian and Hindu communities are forced to convert to Islam and marry Muslim men. This was affirmed in a recent report produced ...
• 25 July 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Young Christian woman abducted and forced into Islamic marriage Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Fouzia, 25 year old Christian woman, married and mother of three children, was abducted on July 23 by Muhammad Nazir a Muslim aged 55, father of eight children. The man forced Fouzia to convert ...
• 24 July 2015
  ASIA/KOREA – Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon ASIA/KOREA – Appointment of Auxiliary Bishop of Suwon Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy Father, Pope Francis, on 23 July 2015, appointed Auxiliary of the diocese of Suwon (Korea) Rev. John Moon Hee Jong, paris ...
• 24 July 2015
  ASIA/THAILAND – Jesuits provide assistance for women refugees victims of violence and human trafficking Bangkok (Agenzia Fides) –Women refugees from Asian and African countries such as Pakistan or Somalia, reach Bangkok, the capital of Thailand. They have experienced situations of war, sexual abuse and systematic oppress ...
• 23 July 2015
  ASIA/CHINA – China’s six major seminaries offer 79 new workers for the Lord’s vineyard Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – The six major seminaries in mainland China authorised by the authorities recently ended the academic year with the conferral of the baccalaureate upon 79 seminarians at the end of a first cyc ...
• 23 July 2015
  ASIA/PAKISTAN – Minor Christian girl sold and abused Lahore (Agenzia Fides) – Tarfa Younis a twelve year old Christian orphan girl was sold to 55 year old Bashir a Muslim and repeatedly raped. Fides heard from “The Voice”, organisation, founded and directed by lawyer ...