Caritas Niger, known locally as Caritas Développement Niger (CADEV Niger), works in partnership with a number of national and international humanitarian organizations to support the poor and needy in Niger. Its main projects focus on emergency assistance, rehabilitation and development, provision of medicines, capacity-development and technical support.

Programmes

Caritas Niger is involved in numerous humanitarian and development projects, including:

• Literacy – supporting poor communities by offering literacy training with a view to increasing educational levels, competence in languages and employment skills;
• Health for all – improving health services by rehabilitating infrastructures, providing medicines and transport, organising health and hygiene training and enhancing communications with a view to changing attitudes to healthcare in the target populations;
• Increasing food production – enhancing food security by improving crop and livestock management, diversifying crops, adding value by preparing and packaging food products and setting up marketing organisations;
• Non-violence and peace education – contributing to a peaceful and just society by promoting harmony among the various ethnic and religious groups and advocating for the rights of the poorest people;
• Fighting HIV and AIDS – working with partners to halt the spread of HIV and AIDS;
• Refugees – supporting the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in assisting those seeking refugee status;
• Prisoners – helping with the rehabilitation and social adjustment of ex-prisoners;
• Children in difficulty – seeking solutions to the problems of children from broken families, street children, orphans and sick children.