Climate change threatens the survival of the poorest in particular. Caritas is actively involved in climate change mitigation and adaptation as well as disaster risk reduction.
Ensuring protection and care to people affected by female genital cutting
According to estimates, up to 15,000 girls or women living in Switzerland have undergone or are at risk of female genital cutting. They all have a right to protection and ...
A potato sorting machine helps to improve the income of farmers and farmworkers in Lebanon
In autumn 2018, Caritas Switzerland launched a new project in Lebanon, together with the Union of Agricultural Workers Lebanon. It involves a big agricultural machine, knowledge ...
Caritas is calling on Switzerland to take responsibility at the climate conference starting on Monday - out of solidarity with the poorest, but also in the country's own interest.
Caritas emergency relief in Indonesia: Water, hygiene and childcare
Caritas Switzerland is supporting the victims of the earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi at the end of September, by providing extensive emergency relief.
The Prix Caritas 2018 was presented in Lucerne to the Cambodian doctor Sovannarith Sam, who has been actively engaged in promoting child protection in Cambodia for decades.
