In the municipalities of Umala, Santiago de Machaca and Calacoto, which are participating in the project, 80% of the population on average have no access to clean drinking water. This means that people fall ill more often...

Cambodia is particularly hard hit by the effects of climate change. Floods have increased in intensity, periods of drought are longer. Caritas supports rural communities in adapting better to the changed conditions. This involves important aspects such as establishing a good water infrastructure and disseminating knowledge about ecologically respon...

After more than fifty years of conflict between the government and various guerrilla groups, several million people in Columbia are displaced persons in their own country. The multitrack programme ‘Semillas de Esperanza’ promotes local development, contributes to building trust between different interest groups and supports movements which are acti...

Many young women leave their home villages to work in Delhi as domestic workers. There, they are often exploited or even abused. Caritas has built a self-help organisation with 4,000 members and offers training and legal advice.

The majority of Mali’s population are smallholder farmers who mainly practise subsistence agriculture. The increasing number of droughts, floods and pest infestations leads to ever more frequent crop shortfalls and threatens people’s food security. In the Mopti region, the project aims to safeguard the basic food requirements over the long term. Th...

The Sahel zone is characterised by structural poverty and chronic food insecurity. Changing climatic conditions and swarms of locusts jeopardise agricultural production, there is a lack of technical equipment, adapted seed and appropriate knowledge. The project improves the nutritional situation of the rural population. The families learn about new...

Wood is one of the most important energy sources in Tajikistan’s households. Due to uncontrolled logging, the country has lost such large forest areas that deforestation is having a massively negative impact on the ecosystem, and ultimately on the population’s food security. In the absence of alternative sources of energy, the project promotes the ...

Nursery school is central for a child’s learning development – especially for disadvantaged children. However, in the Cantons of Sarajevo and Zenica-Doboj in Kosovo, many children do not have access to a nursery school. Caritas carries out educational work, supports the communities in improving the range of nursery schools and the services they off...

In Kenya, two-thirds of the population use firewood and charcoal as their primary sources of energy. Forests have shrunk dramatically as a result – with devastating consequences for the environment. A lot of wood is also used in the tea-processing factories in Kericho County. The objective of this project is to develop sustainable strategies for cl...

Uganda has an unemployment rate of between 61 and 83 per cent, and young people have few prospects. Faced with this hopeless situation, many young people turn to crime. At the same time, the country has to cope with food shortages and the consequences of people’s unbalanced diet. As part of the Caritas project, moringa plantations are established o...

The number of people with mental health problems in Palestine continues to rise, but there is a lack of infrastructure, resources and qualified staff to provide treatment. Currently, international experts provide help, but this is expensive and not sustainable. As part of this project, Caritas offers training in psychotherapy. The aim is for the po...

For quite some time now, Ethiopia has been investing heavily in education, so today, many young people are able to attend school. However, the infrastructure of the buildings often leaves much to be desired. Caritas installs sanitation in selected schools and provides a basic water infrastructure. In addition, using playful learning methods, it tea...

After seven years of civil war, the devastation in Syria is greater than ever. More than 11 million people have been forced to flee their homes, approximately half of them children. Since 2012, Caritas Switzerland has provided emergency relief and long-term support amounting to over 36 million Swiss francs in Syria, but also in the neighbouring cou...

The main thrust of Caritas Switzerland’s programme in Colombia is centred on dealing with the conflict and the country’s peacebuilding process, which will continue to dominate the national agenda over the coming years. Another focus is given to addressing migration, as well as measures which increase and mitigate impacts of climate change. 

The overarching objectives of the Ethiopia Country Programme are to contribute to combating the root causes of poverty, especially for the marginalised strata of the rural population, and to create opportunities by using a participatory approach to enable smallholders to live in a sustainable way.

Since mid-2015, well over 2 million refugees have come to Europe. Many of them were fleeing from the war in Syria. Their living conditions in Europe are often deplorable. Caritas Switzerland is providing humanitarian aid to refugees in Greece.  

The overall objective of Caritas Switzerland's country programme in Haiti is to contribute to poverty alleviation. This contribution focuses on equitable development of the agricultural sector, access to quality education and, if necessary, emergency aid.

In India, Caritas Switzerland works in the fields of Climate Change Adaption & Disaster Risk Reduction, Food Security & Markets and Migration.

In April 2015, a devastating earthquake claimed the lives of thousands of people in Nepal and destroyed hundreds of thousands of houses and 7,000 schools. Caritas Switzerland’s approach is to intervene with rapid emergency relief, but also to provide long-term support. The reconstruction of earthquake-resistant schools ensures that children have a ...

Caritas Switzerland's engagement in Kenya focuses on the fields of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) and Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction (CC&DRR). In addition, we provide humanitarian aid in case of emergencies.

The overall goal of Caritas Switzerland in Kosovo is to contribute to poverty reduction, to support marginalised communities and to offer alternatives to migration, through the creation of job opportunities, sustainable living conditions, and quality education.

Mali is a country highly exposed to climate change in terms of changing temperatures and precipitation. It has to cope with the risks of events such as droughts, floods and epidemics, which reduce the resilience of the rural population. The Mali country programme 2017-2020 contributes to alleviating poverty and improving food and nutrition security...

Tajikistan is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. Through judicious application of evidence, participatory learning and sound environmental underpinnings, Caritas Switzerland's programme in Tajikistan focuses on improving agricultural livelihoods within mountainous environments, while simultaneously reducing vulnerability to nat...

The overall objective of Caritas Switzerland’ programme in Uganda is the socio-economic empowerment and integration of vulnerable youth and other at-risk populations so as to enable genuine human development.