Caritas Germany

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Caritas Germany
Deutscher Caritasverband
AbbreviationDCV
PredecessorCharitasverband für das katholische Deutschland
Established9 November 1897
Founder Lorenz Werthmann
Founded at Cologne, Germany
TypeNonprofit
Legal statusRegistered association ("Eingetragener Verein")
HeadquartersKarlstraße 40
Location
Coordinates 48°00′15″N7°51′24″E / 48.00418°N 7.85667°E / 48.00418; 7.85667
Origins Catholic Social Teaching
Region served
Germany and worldwide
Fieldssocial work, social policy, humanitarian aid
President
Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa
Affiliations Caritas Europa, Caritas Internationalis, Aktion Mensch
Revenue€247.2 million [1] (2022)
Staff695,921 [2] (2022)
Volunteersseveral 100,000 [2] (2022)
Students46,458 (2022)
Website www.caritas.de

The Deutscher Caritasverband ('German Caritas Association'), also sometimes referred to as Caritas Deutschland [3] and internationally known as Caritas Germany, [4] [5] [6] is a German Catholic not-for-profit organisation and social service provider. It is the largest welfare organisation and largest private employer in Germany. [7]

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It is a member of both Caritas Europa and Caritas Internationalis.

Structure and work

Caritas Germany is the umbrella organisation for the 27 diocesan Caritas organisations and the recognised central specialist associations. It is represented by the President, who is elected by the Assembly of Delegates for a six-year term. A full-time board of three to five members, chaired by the president, is responsible for the management of the organisation. The diocesan Caritas associations are organised on a decentralised basis, i.e. they are legally independent. They are subject to the diocesan structure within the Catholic Church. [7]

Caritas Germany is the largest social employer in the country with around 695,000 employees, 80% of which are women, and several hundred thousand volunteers. They work in roughly 25,000 facilities all over the country. [1]

The work includes general social counselling services (such as suicide prevention or drug counselling), elderly care, health and nursing care, food banks and soup kitchens, as well as programmes supporting struggling families, people with disabilities, youth, unemployed persons, migrants and refugees, homeless people, sex workers, and other support to vulnearable and excluded communities.

Caritas International is the foreign aid arm of the German Caritas Association. It supports partner organisations in the implementation of development and humanitarian projects in over 70 countries around the world. The organisation is one of the NGO partners of DG ECHO. [8]

Caritas Germany is headquartered in Freiburg im Breisgau and maintains a representative office in Berlin as well as one in Brussels. [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Geschäftsbericht (Annual Report) 2022". caritas.de. 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Caritas-Statistik: Millionenfache Hilfe – Die Caritas in Zahlen". caritas.de. 13 September 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Caritas Deutschland". domradio.de. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Caritas Germany". devex.com. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  5. ↑ Mario Galgano and Fr Paweł Rytel-Andrianik (7 March 2023). "Caritas appeals for solidarity for Afghanistan and for its women". vaticannews.va . Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  6. ↑ "Caritas Germany". ReliefWeb.int. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  7. 1 2 Bertsch, Matthias (9 November 2022). "Von kleinen Einzelinitiativen zum größten Wohlfahrtsverband Deutschlands". deutschlandfunk.de. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "List of Non-Governmental Organisations certified as EU Humanitarian partners for the period 2021– 2027". dgecho-partners-helpdesk.eu. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Caritas in Deutschland: Gründung, Mitglieder, Aufgaben". merkur.de . 30 March 2022. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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