Caritas Europa is a Catholic network of 49 member organisations in 46 European countries working with people of all faiths to end poverty and promote the dignity of all. It makes up the European region of Caritas Internationalis, the global confederation that encompasses 162 national members and is the 2nd largest humanitarian organisation in the world. Caritas Europa has a heartfelt commitment to fighting the injustices which lead to poverty and the exclusion of people in the most marginalised and vulnerable situations. 

WHAT THEY DO

The Caritas Europa network is represented by a permanent secretariat in Brussels. Drawing from their member organisations’ wide and exceptional grassroots experience, the secretariat brings the voices of those they serve to the European policy level, ensuring that policy decisions take the realities and experiences of people living in the poorest and most vulnerable situations into account to ensure a life in dignity for all.

HOW THEY WORK

Their mission is to work through coordinated actions within the Caritas Europa network, in communion with Caritas Internationalis and its regions, and through strategic partnerships and cooperation with church actors, faith-based organisations, civil society, social partners, European institutions and governments to promote social and environmental justice through inclusion, integration, integral human development and humanitarian response.The daily work is guided by their multiannual Strategic Framework with four areas for action where Caritas Europa aims to achieve change to fulfil its overall mission. It is underpinned by four crosscutting themes: innovation, Laudato Si’, Agenda 2030 on Sustainable Development and youth engagement.