Caritas - Ending poverty, promoting justice and restoring dignity

Promoting clean water and hygiene in Catholic health facilities

The Catholic Church is the largest civil institution that provides healthcare in the world. It builds and runs healthcare facilities (HFCs) and is present – ...

Stop sanctions. After 10 years of war Syria is now under the ‘bomb’ of poverty

Ahead of the fifth European Union donor conference on Syria, Caritas Internationalis shed light on the situation in Syria and urges the international community to ...

Caritas with Syrians through ten years of war, displacement and humanitarian crisis

The closeness of Caritas with the vulnerable people of Syria has grown stronger and stronger during ten years of war. We look back at just ...

Caritas Syria staff Elias : “helping people while experiencing the same crisis ourselves”

Elias Hamwi has worked as a Caritas Syria project coordinator in the eastern part of Aleppo for over three years. Here he reflects on the ...

Caritas confederation close to the Syrian population throughout ten years of war serving ten million people

Caritas Confederation has served more than 1 million Syrians annually over the past 10 years as they faced bombings, hunger and one of the most ...

Caritas helping people cope with displacement and conflict in Iraq

Caritas has served almost 400,000 people in Iraq since ISIS started attacking communities in 2014. Caritas Iraq currently helps 5000 families a month with programmes ...