Caritas Czech Republic carries out humanitarian aid and development cooperation in the following countries.
- Our missions:
- In cooperation with local partners:
Other caritas from Czech republic carry out various programmes abroad (most Caritas have websites only in the Czech language, except Litomeřice and Ostrava-Opava):
Archdiocesan Caritas of Olomouc: Mongolia, Haiti, Sudan, Ukraine and Slovakia
Archdiocesan Caritas of Prague : India, Uganda, Zambia, Democratic Republic of Belarus and Thailand
Diocesan Caritas Brno: Zimbabwe, Ukraine, Romania
Diocesan Caritas Ostrava-Opava – Centre of Humanitarian Aid: Ukraine
Diocesan Caritas České Budějovice: Belarus, Bulgaria, Romania, Kongo and Zimbabwe
Diocesan Caritas Hradec Králové: India
Diocesan Caritas Plzeň: Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru
Diocesan Caritas Litoměřice: Slovakia and Mongolia
Our programs and projects relate to education, restoring livelihoods and improving the skills and knowledge of local partners. More information about our projects can be found on the page How We Help.
Battambang battered by bad weather
Two people died and around 30 houses were destroyed after rainstorms hit Cambodia’s Battambang province on 4 May. An estimated 116 families in seven villages were affected by rainstorm in Preytralach. Among all the destroyed houses, 20 were fully destroyed while 18 were 70 percent destroyed. More information on blog.caritas.org.
Drugged, kidnapped and enslaved in brothel
how one Nepalese woman fought back
by Laura Sheahen
“In the brothel, there were no windows. The only light was from the lightbulb—that was the sun and the moon for us.” Charimaya Tamang grew up in the hill country of Nepal, working on her family’s farm. She was used to the outdoors and sunshine and freedom. But after waking from a drugged sleep thousands of miles from her village, the sixteen-year-old was shut in a room behind three doors, each one locked after the other. Read Charimaya's story on blog.caritas.org
Bekaa - one of the target areas of Syrian refugees
Report from Caritas Lebanon: 8.5 thousand Syrians fled to north Lebanon during the first half of April. It is very difficult to get help to the refugees because they are scattered in different towns and villages. Caritas Lebanon field workers in particular have problems with deliveries to more remote areas such as the village of Masharie el Qaa near the border of Syria. This is due to strict security measures and the recent incidents in this village.
Day visit to a pre-school education centre
In March 2012 Tomáš Tetiva, project manager of Caritas CR, went to Chechnya for a monitoring trip. Among other things, he visited the center of pre-school education in Assinovskaja village which was built by Caritas CR, and is operated by a partner organization called Initiative and co-financed by Caritas Switzerland. Tom has shared with us his experiences of the day that he spent among children and their teachers.
With marmalades to reconciliation
An armed conflict in 2008 separated South Ossetia from the rest of Georgia. The conflict also divided the people living on both sides of the border, not just geographically. Caritas Czech Republic and local organization ABCO Georgia help to restore a sense of mutual confidence between the Georgian and Ossetian population in the border region by establishing a joint venture.
Cambodian girl, Channy, could see for the first time a few weeks ago
Neang Channy lives with her grandfather and grows up with help from aunts and uncles in a small village in Takeo province. After the examination, provided by Caritas Czech Republic, doctors have discovered a defect in her eyes that meant she could see only light and darkness or outlines in the fog. Thanks very thick glasses, she can see the details now, including the facial features of her loved ones. Channy can go to school, play with her friends and help her family with domestic activities.
