Today’s European Parliament plenary vote on the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum marks the end of lengthy negotiations to reform the European rules on asylum. Caritas Europa is concerned about its potential negative impact on thousands of people’s lives, as the new rules clearly limit access to protection for those in need. Regretfully, the ...
Address: Popovici 98 A, 85000 Bar, Montenegro
Telephone: +382 30 304 169 Fax: +382 30 304 169
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The first Caritas activities in Montenegro were undertaken in 1979 when a major earthquake affected the southern part of Montenegro. The agency’s next important phase in the development of their work was during the period from 1993 – 1998 when they provided humanitarian assistance to refugees from Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina and later internally displaces persons from Kosovo crossing the border into Montenegro. Originally, the agency was part of the Caritas structure of Yugoslavia, but then in later years was part of a union when the republics of Serbia and Montenegro united. In 2011, the agency established a separate national Caritas agency in Montenegro becoming what it is known as today.
Caritas Montenegro’s range of work includes various programmes and initiatives; development of social services for the elderly and people with disabilities, youth work, healthcare, development of civil society, development of social economy (unemployment), and urgent assistance for people in need.
Caritas Montenegro’s main office in Bar serves as the focal point for the two dioceses Caritas offices: Caritas of Bar Archdiocese and Caritas of Kotor Diocese. The agency’s organisational structure includes 90 paid staff and 150 volunteers that carry out their services in day care centres for children and young people with disabilities, Home Care services for elderly and persons with disabilities, day care centers for the elderly, mobile care for addicted people, educational and informational centers for young and unemployed people.
Caritas Montenegro is a member of the Caritas Internationalis and Caritas Europa.
Updates from Montenegro
If I would be asked to give Caritas a human face, I would give it a woman’s face. We do not need to do a serious research to find out that the majority of care workers in Caritas are women. It is just visible! At the same time, research has shown that the majority of ...
Two years after the beginning of the war and nearly a decade after the conflict in the east of the country, the humanitarian situation in Ukraine continues to deteriorate and will not improve if hostilities do not stop. This is the picture described by the two local Caritas organisations – Caritas Ukraine and Caritas-Spes Ukraine ...
Once upon a time, in a country where laughter mingled with tears and hope shone even in the darkest of times, there lived a little Ukrainian girl named Milana. Milana was a funny, pretty girl with sparkling eyes that held galaxies of curiosity and wonder. Her infectious laughter echoed through the corridors of the Caritas ...
This project, in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, offers 800 children and an additional 200 parents from socially precarious and economically disadvantaged backgrounds help and support, in coping with everyday life every year and now more important than ever. At the beginning of the war, many of the project beneficiaries fled to other parts ...
Yasmine Halalish lives in Aleppo with her husband, Fathi Moustafa, as the stepmother of three children: Raneem, who needs special health care, Tasneem and Mouhammad Moustafa. Their birth mother died. Please tell me about the time after the earthquake. Did you receive any aid? «We did receive aid from Caritas Syria: canned food, hygiene kits ...
One year after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Turkey and Syria on 6 February 2023, local Caritas organisations, supported by the entire Caritas network, continue to support the local population in dire need. In Turkey, the National Caritas, together with Caritas Anatolia, supported by Caritas Istanbul and Izmir, have been active from the first moments, ...
We could finally afford to live in the house of our dreams. It was outside the centre of Homs, the family home, big and spacious. After years of hard work as a teacher, my husband had saved enough money to renovate it. I was happy, finally our children would have enough space to grow up happy. ...
As the Armenian Caritas is already present near the border to assist evacuees leaving Nagorno-Karabakh, the international confederation mobilises funds and calls all parties to respect human rights. As of today, over 60,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh have fled to Armenia following a nine-month long blockade of the region and last week’s military intervention. Caritas Internationalis ...
Torrential rains that affected the area of Thessaly in Greece in early September lead to devastating consequences in all disaster-affected zones and villiages in Volos, Pilion, Trikala, Karditsa and in the Thessalia plain region. A week after the devastating floods, the amount of mud damage to thousands of homes and hundreds of businesses has increased ...
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