Caritas Switzerland provides emergency disaster relief and cooperates with partners around the globe to implement reconstruction projects and promote sustainable development. Among other activities, it provides special services for peace-building, micro-credit and institutional development and produces regular publications on humanitarian themes.

Budget

Approx. US$ 66 million on international
cooperation / US$ 195 million total
Administrative costs: 6.5 percent

Paid staff 

100 - 500

Volunteers

Under 1,000

Beneficiaries

Under 500,000

Domestically, Caritas Switzerland works to combat poverty and is committed to social integration, supporting refugees and asylum seekers. Its activities include advocacy to raise awareness of humanitarian issues. Caritas Switzerland also runs the Fairtrade organization, which markets products from developing countries at fair prices, and the Clothing Centre, which collects clothing for emergency relief.

Themes

Caritas Switzerland works to promote:

  • Sustainable development and secure livelihoods;
  • Human rights;
  • Peace and social justice;
  • Prevention of humanitarian crises;
  • Emergency relief and reconstruction;
  • Awareness building;
  • Gender equality.

Operational Areas

Caritas Switzerland supports projects in:

  • Africa : Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, Somaliland, Sudan, Uganda
  • Asia: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Europe: Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chechnya, Czech Republic, Kosovo, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey
  • Latin America: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
  • Middle East: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territories.