Caritas Philippines is a

non-profit organisation A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

active in the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

, founded in 1966. It is the social arm of the

Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines The Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (abbreviated as CBCP) is the permanent organizational assembly of the Catholic bishops of the Philippines exercising together certain pastoral offices for the Christian faithful of their terr ...

and a member of the global

Caritas Internationalis Caritas Internationalis (Latin for ) is a confederation of 162 national Catholic relief, development, and social service organisations operating in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. The name Caritas Internationalis refers to both the ...

confederation and of its regional structure Caritas Asia.

Structure

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Caritas Philippines consists of the national office, the National Secretariat for Social Action (NASSA), which is legally registered as "CBCP – Caritas Filipinas Foundation Inc.", and 85

Diocesan In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associated ...

Social Action Centers (DSACs) which are responsible for coordinating the social welfare work in the

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es and in the local entities named Basic Ecclesial Communities (BECs). An important fundraising tool is its annual

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campaign ''Alay Kapwa'', first launched in 1975.

Work

Caritas Philippines works on different sector, including on peacebuilding, agrarian justice and microfinance. The organisation also provides emergency relief after natural disaster, including after

Typhoon Yolanda Typhoon Haiyan, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Yolanda, was an extremely powerful and catastrophic tropical cyclone that is among the most powerful tropical cyclones ever recorded. Upon making landfall, Haiyan devastated portions ...

(2013) and

Typhoon Odette Typhoon Rai, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Odette, was a deadly and extremely destructive super typhoon, which was the second costliest typhoon in Philippine history behind Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. Rai was a powerful rare tropical c ...

(2021). In addition, NASSA is also engaged in

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References

{{Authority control Charities based in the Philippines Social justice organizations Human rights organizations based in the Philippines Organizations established in 1966 1966 establishments in the Philippines Catholic Church in the Philippines