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Caritas Germany

Coordinates:48°00′15″N7°51′24″E/ 48.00418°N 7.85667°E/48.00418; 7.85667
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Caritas Germany
Deutscher Caritasverband
AbbreviationDCV
PredecessorCharitasverband für das katholische Deutschland
Established9 November 1897
FounderLorenz Werthmann
Founded atCologne,Germany
TypeNonprofit
Legal statusRegistered association ( "Eingetragener Verein" )
HeadquartersKarlstraße 40
Location
Coordinates48°00′15″N7°51′24″E/ 48.00418°N 7.85667°E/48.00418; 7.85667
OriginsCatholic Social Teaching
Region served
Germany and worldwide
Fieldssocial work,social policy,humanitarian aid
President
Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa
AffiliationsCaritas Europa,Caritas Internationalis,Aktion Mensch
Revenue(2022)
€247.2 million[1]
Staff(2022)
695,921[2]
Volunteers(2022)
several 100,000[2]
Students(2022)
46,458
Websitewww.caritas.de

TheDeutscher Caritasverband('German Caritas Association'), also sometimes referred to asCaritas Deutschland[3]and internationally known asCaritas Germany,[4][5][6]is a GermanCatholicnot-for-profit organisation and social service provider. It is the largest welfare organisation and largest private employer in Germany.[7]

It is a member of bothCaritas EuropaandCaritas Internationalis.

Structure and work

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Caritas Germany is the umbrella organisation for the 27diocesanCaritas 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 theCatholic 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 assuicide preventionordrug counselling),elderly care,healthandnursing care,food banksandsoup kitchens,as well as programmes supporting struggling families,people with disabilities,youth,unemployedpersons,migrantsandrefugees,homeless people,sex workers,and other support to vulnearable and excluded communities.

Caritas Internationalis the foreign aid arm of the German Caritas Association. It supports partner organisations in the implementation ofdevelopmentandhumanitarianprojects in over 70 countries around the world. The organisation is one of the NGO partners ofDG ECHO.[8]

Caritas Germany is headquartered inFreiburg im Breisgauand maintains a representative office inBerlinas well as one inBrussels.[9]

References

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  1. ^ab"Geschäftsbericht (Annual Report) 2022".caritas.de.2023.Retrieved20 April2024.
  2. ^ab"Caritas-Statistik: Millionenfache Hilfe – Die Caritas in Zahlen".caritas.de.13 September 2023.Retrieved20 April2024.
  3. ^"Caritas Deutschland".domradio.de.Retrieved20 April2024.
  4. ^"Caritas Germany".devex.com.Retrieved20 April2024.
  5. ^Mario Galgano and Fr Paweł Rytel-Andrianik (7 March 2023)."Caritas appeals for solidarity for Afghanistan and for its women".vaticannews.va.Retrieved20 April2024.
  6. ^"Caritas Germany".ReliefWeb.int.Retrieved20 April2024.
  7. ^abBertsch, Matthias (9 November 2022)."Von kleinen Einzelinitiativen zum größten Wohlfahrtsverband Deutschlands".deutschlandfunk.de.Retrieved20 April2024.
  8. ^"List of Non-Governmental Organisations certified as EU Humanitarian partners for the period 2021– 2027".dgecho-partners-helpdesk.eu.Retrieved20 April2024.
  9. ^"Caritas in Deutschland: Gründung, Mitglieder, Aufgaben".merkur.de.30 March 2022.Retrieved20 April2024.
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