The situation on the Aegean islands and on the Greek-Turkish border is escalating dramatically. Caritas supports refugees with emergency aid and with counselling in social centres.
Are you struggling with financial bottlenecks or debts? Caritas Debt Counselling Service offers advice free of charge by phone or online and provides you with personal counselling.
Reem Bou Shaheen, Programmme Officer Education, Syria Crisis Response at Caritas Switzerland, is travelling from Beirut to Syria. There, the education expert will provide training ...
Five years after the devastating earthquake of April 2015, Caritas Switzerland is successfully completing the reconstruction of 36 schools in Nepal. Assessments confirm that the ...
Switzerland has not been able to reduce its poverty
Despite several years of good economic activity and record low unemployment figures, Switzerland is still unable to reduce its poverty: for five years, the number of people ...
Better living conditions for refugees stranded in Bosnia-Herzegovina
More than 7,000 people on their way to Western Europe are stuck in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The refugees are living in appalling conditions. Caritas Switzerland is supporting the aid ...
The humanitarian situation is escalating in north-east Syria
The civilian population in Syria is exposed to fresh violence and need. More than 176,000 people have already fled their homes as a result of the military offensive in the ...
The Prix Caritas 2019 was presented today to Frei Adailson Quintino dos Santos and Lucimar Correa of the Organisation São Martinho. They strive to further youth protection.
