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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. A project co-funded by Swiss Solidarity amounting to CHF 450,000 is designed to help 2,000 families in villages in the vicinity of the destroyed city of Palu. 

The situation in East Africa has deteriorated sharply in the past few months. Caritas is stepping up its emergency relief in the region and is providing a total amount of two million Swiss francs for this purpose.

The Prix Caritas 2018 was presented in Lucerne to the Cambodian doctor Sovannarith Sam. Yves Serra, CEO and President of Georg Fischer, paid tribute to the award winner’s commitment. He has been actively engaged in promoting child protection and children’s rights in Cambodia for decades. At the core of his efforts are disadvantaged children who hav...

Caritas Switzerland is intensifying its emergency aid and survival support for the Rohingya who fled Myanmar to Bangladesh in September of last year. In the face of the upcoming monsoon rains and associated storms, Caritas is providing emergency relief of one million francs.

Exactly three years have passed since Nepal was struck by a devastating earthquake. Together with Swiss Solidarity, Caritas Switzerland supports the people in the severely affected Sindhupalchok district in the reconstruction of their schools. Because their need is so great, Caritas has now embarked, in cooperation with the Swiss Red Cross and Helv...

The Syrian conflict has now been going on for seven years. Assad is more firmly in the saddle than ever. The people who have fled to neighbouring countries or to Europe cannot return home in the near future. Greater support for the Syrians displaced by the war is urgent.

The facts are sobering: Two billion people worldwide do not have access to clean drinking water, and more than 2.5 billion are not able to use sanitary facilities. World Water Day on 22 March draws attention to these serious shortcomings. Caritas is committed to promoting universal and equitable access to water and hygiene for all. 

In 2017, Caritas Switzerland recorded an outstanding donation income of 34.3 million Swiss francs. 

6 February is the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, also an issue in Switzerland. Affected women have the right to protection and support.  

In Syria and Jordan, many impoverished families are vulnerable to the cold winter weather. Caritas Switzerland has taken measures to enable them to better protect themselves. 

In Switzerland, around 14,700 women and girls are affected by or threatened with female genital cutting (FGM/C). They have a right to protection and support. For the first time, a nationwide Swiss platform is providing key information.