Job Description The Chief Operations Officer is a Senior Manager who assists the Secretary General in the implementation of the General Secretariat’s mandate by managing the day-to-day operations and being responsible for managing Administration and Financial Services, Human Resources and IT. The Chief Operations Officer deputises for the Secretary-General in the running of the General ...
Address: Harbiye Cayiri sok 64, Elmadağ 80230, Istanbul, Turkey
Telephone: +90 212 23 44 564 Fax: +90 212 23 31 193
Email: caritas@caritas-tr.org
Caritas in Turkey works with a variety of groups needing support: refugees, migrants, ill-treated women, children, the elderly, handicapped people and minorities. Caritas Turkey helps to provide services in the fields of emergencies, health, education, social adjustment and employment.
Among its activities are projects for assistance in securing personal documentation, providing food aid for the needy and response to emergencies such as flooding, earthquakes and refugee influxes.
Since 1991, Caritas Turkey has been working for refugees. Large numbers of refugees from Iraq have received considerable support from Caritas, which has provided medical and food assistance and legal advice, helped children with their education and sought employment opportunities for adults.
With the outbreak of the Syrian conflict in 2011, Turkey, along with Jordan and Lebanon has welcomed thousands of Syrian refugees, some staying in refugee camps and other sharing crowded households, mainly in south and southeastern Turkey. The refugees attended by Caritas have received not only medical assistance, food and provisions, but also support and solidarity from its staff.
Caritas Turkey works in collaboration with other Caritas members such as Caritas Italy, Spain, Germany, France, the Netherlands (Cordaid) in carrying out its humanitarian work. One of its guiding principles is that the poor are not objects of pity but the authors of their own development.
The main areas of work of Caritas Turkey include:
- Emergency response
- Disaster preparedness
- Social development
- Care for the elderly and the handicapped
- Support for refugees
- Assistance for the poor and needy
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