CARITAS CATHOLICA VLAANDEREN

Caritas Vlaanderen covers the Flemish dioceses of Belgium and belongs to the worldwide Caritas network of Caritas Internationalis of the Roman Catholic Church. Caritas Vlaanderen is a social non-profit organization, rooted in Christian tradition, that focuses on poverty reduction, supporting people in vulnerable situations, promoting (qualitative) voluntary engagement and pastoral and spiritual care in the field of health and well-being. We are actively contributing to a warmer society which is based on love for all human beings, especially for people in vulnerable situations and poverty, where everyone can exploit their rights and where everyone gets a chance to participate in all one’s freedom and responsibility. We attain our goals by informing and sensitizing the greater public, calling for solidarity and just societies, advocating for more human policies and supporting specific projects in the field. We accompany people in vulnerable situations to find answers to their needs. We support other health care and welfare providers and organisations through our funding programme or by providing tools and training sessions to help them increase their impact. We sensitize youth groups by facilitating social summer camps with other Caritas organisations worldwide. Through our advocacy team, we also try to weigh on policies and decision making processes that affect people in vulnerable situations. In Belgium, Caritas Vlaanderen not only connects local Caritas organisations, but also collaborates with an ever wider network of humanitarian or welfare organisations and action groups on the field, in the Church and the Christian community as in the wider society.