CARITAS HUNGARICA - KATOLIKUS KARITÁSZ

Profile:
Caritas Hungarica is a public-benefit, humanitarian organisation helping anyone in need, regardless of gender, age and religion through providing aids of different kinds, and also maintaining social, and health institutions. The charity was founded in 1928, its operation was suspended between 1945 and 1990, in 1990 was registered again, and a national aid network system was completed by 1995. Besides carrying out voluntary tasks, the charity has established social, and health institutions since 1994, while gradually joining the international charity and humanitarian field. The organisation is the official relief agency of the Catholic Church, whose operation is guided by the rules and regulations of acknowledged international aid organisations.

Activities:
The charity coordiantes and manages voluntary and expertise workforce dealing with social and charity issues working in movement-related charity groups, organisations, monasteries, and in the central offices of the Hungarian Catholic Bishop's Conference. The core activities are: fundraising campaigns, social and charity services, providing emergency aid programs in times of catastrophes both nationally and internationally. The charity executed projects for the support of flood-victims in Ukraine-Transcarpathia, for the ethnical conflict in Rwanda, and for the people of war stricken Afghanistan.

International relations:
The charity is a member of Caritas Internationalis (Rome), an alliance of 162 catholic organisations in seven regions of the world, promoting relief and development assistance and social justice. 48 charity organisations cooperate within the framework of the Brussels-based Caritas Europe, in Europe's 44 countries.

Region:
Hungary, Ukraine, Serbia, Rwanda, Afghanistan, any flood-stricken areas

Number of staff: 200

Volunteers: several thousand

Contact:
László Adányi secretary general
e-mail: office@caritas.org.hu
H-1111, Budapest Bartók Béla u. 30.
T.: +36 1 3720910; F.: +36 1 3720914
www.caritas.org.hu