Caritas Moldova

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Caritas Moldova
Fundația de Binefacere Caritas Moldova
Established10 May 1995;29 years ago (10 May 1995) [1]
Founder Anton Coșa [2]
Type Nonprofit
Registration no.1015620003945 [1]
Legal status Foundation [1]
Purpose social services, humanitarian relief
Location
Coordinates 47°00′15″N28°49′28″E / 47.0043°N 28.8244°E / 47.0043; 28.8244
Origins Catholic Social Teaching
Region served
Moldova
Services social services
Official language
Romanian, English
Director
Edward Lucaci
President
Petru Ciobanu
Affiliations Caritas Europa, Caritas Internationalis
Website www.caritas.md

Caritas Moldova is a Catholic not-for-profit social welfare and humanitarian relief organisation in Moldova. Caritas Moldova is a member of both the Caritas Europa and the Caritas Internationalis networks. [3]

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History

On 10 May 1995, the "religious catholic mission" Caritas Moldova was registered as the social department of the Roman Catholic Church in Moldova, at the initiative of the Apostolic Administrator for Moldova, Anton Coșa. It operated through the Caritas branches in local parishes, consisting of a local director - the parish priest - and volunteers. On 2 June 2015, Caritas Moldova was reorganised as a charitable foundation under the same name. [3] [2] [4]

Work

Caritas Moldova implements projects to support vulnerable persons at the margins of Moldovan society. This includes educational programmes for children in four centres located in Tiraspol, Rașcov, Petropavlovca and Zârnești, and activities to improve the quality of life of elderly people. They benefit from a wide range of medical and social services provided by professionals at the home of the elderly in four locations. Another vulnerable group are the Romani people who struggle with low literacy rates. Caritas Moldova supports them with their "Reintegration Through Literacy" project. [5] [6]

People who return from EU countries are targeted by the activities from Caritas Moldova who provides them with reintegration support. [5]

After he Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Caritas Moldova implemented large-scale relief projects to support the high number of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Moldova. This assistance consisted in cash and voucher support, accommodation, the provision of food and hygiene items and psychosocial and medical support. [5] In 2022 alone, Caritas Moldova assisted 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, providing shelter, food, money and psychological support, and at least one hot meal a day to over 42,000 individuals in eight different national refugee centres. [7] For this purpose, it received funding from other Caritas organisations around the world, as well as from institutional donors such as UNHCR. [8] [9]

Caritas Moldova's youth division "Young Caritas" organised activities for children and teenagers, including summer camps. [5]

In its humanitarian work, Caritas Moldova applies the Sphere Standards. [10]

Caritas Czech Republic has also been active in Moldova since 2004, through its own country office which opened in 2017. [11] The American Caritas, Catholic Relief Services, is present in the country with its own country office as well. [12]

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  2. 1 2 "About Us". caritas.md. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Charity Foundation "Caritas Moldova"". salto-youth.net. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Caritas Moldova diversifies provided services". ipn.md. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Annual Report 2023". caritas.md (in Romanian). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  6. ↑ Ana-Maria Sîrcu (5 August 2024). "A fost lansată campania de caritate "Ajută-mă să-mi pregătesc ghiozdanul de școală". Cum poți să contribui". Diez (in Romanian). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Caritas Europe visits Moldova still welcoming Ukrainian refugees". Vatican News . 12 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  8. ↑ "UNHCR, WFP and the Government of the Republic of Moldova announce cash assistance for refugees fleeing Ukraine and host families in Moldova". UNHCR . 25 March 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "Echipele mobile ale Agentiilor Teritoriale de Asistență Socială și cele ale fundației de binefacere Caritas vor colabora pentru a susține cetățenii moldoveni și persoanele strămutate din Ucraina care sunt vulnerabile". Ministry of Labour and Social Protection (in Romanian). 12 April 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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  11. ↑ "Caritas Czech Republic celebrates 5 years of work in Moldova". Caritas Czech Republic in Moldova. 11 January 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Where We Work". crs.org. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
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