Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 is a global confederation of 164 organisations under the umbrella of the , which responds to humanitarian disasters, promotes integral human development and lobbies on the causes of and violence.

Inspired by Christian faith and gospel values, Caritas works in most of the world’s countries with the poor and oppressed, vulnerable and excluded, regardless of race or religion. It promotes just and fraternal societies where the dignity of every human being is enhanced.

Depending on the size of the Catholic community and the will of their bishops’ conference, Caritas national members range from small entities to some of the world’s largest social, humanitarian and development organisations. Combined, they have over a million staff and volunteers.

Caritas Internationalis has a General Secretariat in , which coordinates the confederation’s response to major humanitarian emergencies, supports members and advocates on their behalf for a better world, based on justice, compassion and fraternity.

Caritas Internationalis also has delegations in New York and Geneva representing the confederation at the . The Caritas delegations work with other international institutions and nongovernmental organisations and in close association with the Permanent Missions of the Holy See.

Caritas Internationalis is made up of seven regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, North America and Oceania.

2 Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 Contents

4 One Human Family, Zero Poverty By Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, President 5 Introduction By Michel Roy, Secretary General 6 60th anniversary and the General Assembly: Caritas looking back, moving forward 10 Emergencies: Compassion in action 18 Advocacy: A voice for change 24 Building the confederation 26 Summary of Emergency Appeals 2011 30 Financial information

Front Cover: Caritas supports a water project in this Kenyan South becomes village after a independent. devastating drought. Sara Fajardo/CRS Laura Sheahen/Caritas

Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 3 Cardinal Rodríguez re -elected president. Elodie Perriot/Caritas

One Human Family, Zero Poverty By His Eminence Óscar Andrés Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga, SDB, President

Caritas Internationalis marked the Nothing can be more important than our Zero is a starting point. From zero the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the duty to help people in need. Our mission is positive and the negative numbers start. confederation in 2011. We were founded by to serve and promote the poor and even Zero can be conceived as a ‘condition of 13 in 1951 to better more so the poorest of them first, inviting possibility’ for all the numbers. It’s an coordinate the ’s humanitarian work. them to be the actors of their own analogy for equality. We cannot negotiate The Caritas confederation has since grown development. This is our raison d’être and about 2 percent or 20 percent of poor to 164 members comprising the thus we are at the heart of the Catholic people. We can’t afford to lose one single humanitarian relief and social development Church’s mission of diakonia . person from our one human family without arms of national bishops’ conferences For many people in need, Caritas is the losing our own destiny. We would lose a worldwide. loving face of Christ who brings relief and or a sister. Today, Caritas members support millions comfort, respect and recognition. As Caritas, Simplicity is a choice for all living as one of poor people in improving their own lives we are called to witness His love and we do human family. But poverty is dehumanising with local and international programmes it with enthusiasm. We know that God is and cannot be accepted in our world. Where ranging from disaster risk reduction, love and we know and believe that He has poverty is not chosen, but imposed by humanitarian response and reconstruction, created every single person in his image. unjust structures and decisions, it affects the peacebuilding and reconciliation, climate One Human Family, Zero Poverty is more dignity of our brothers and sisters, who are mitigation and food security, primary than just a slogan for our confederation. It is all in their own right images of God. healthcare and education. the summary of our will to fight injustice In all our work we cannot forget what we and poverty. It is a simple expression of our are about. The model for us as Caritas is the understanding of the world. Good Samaritan. With his “heart which sees”, Yes, we are one family. We should not he saved a life and became the paradigm for allow divisions, creating second and third our priorities. and fourth worlds in our midst.

4 Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 Introduction By Michel Roy, Secretary General

In 2011, we witnessed hope. We saw it in the line of Sudanese queuing up around the block at 5am in Juba waiting for the polling stations to open at 8am so they could cast their vote on independence for . We found hope as young officials counted ballots late into the night with only torch light to see by. We found hope that after decades of conflict, a new nation was created through democracy. Six months after the historic vote, I was fortunate enough to be in Juba for the birth of South Sudan on 9 July. People had travelled for days from all over the country to make it to the capital in time for the celebrations. There was no need for security because everyone was very happy. We celebrated and prayed together for unity for the future. And we look forward to working with the new Caritas South Sudan as it seeks to help the country on its road towards peace. We kept our hope alive through the challenges of 2011. Hunger swept across East Africa, bringing hardship to millions of people unnecessarily. It’s a scandal that in the 21st Century we witnessed famine, this Michel Roy on board a special Caritas anniversary train. Elodie Perriot/Caritas time in . We have the means to prevent hunger on this scale. The world must act more quickly in future. Governments, employers and unions experiences, discuss and plan better ways to Caritas brought short and long -term meeting at the International Labour overcome poverty and to renew their interventions to families in distress in East Organisation’s conference in Geneva voted solidarity with the poor through working Africa. Caritas committed to expanding our to approve the Domestic Workers together as a confederation on long -standing development and immediate Convention. Under the new international , integral human assistance programmes. It’s in addition to legal instrument, domestic workers will have development and better international the many programmes we already have rights such as an entitlement to social policies. there which reach millions of people. All of protection, to rest days and annual leave, The General Assembly was the final step this is done by, with and through the local collective bargaining and protection from in agreeing to our new Statutes and Rules to Church, Caritas and other groups. abuse. be given to Benedict for approval. We 2011 was also a year of hope for the It’s a milestone in breaking the prejudice received this from the Holy See in May 2012 migrants who work in our communities as they face every day, especially if they are along with a General Decree. Our new maids, carers and labourers. Although migrants. We now need to follow this up by Statutes and Rules will modernise our work involved so closely with family life in urging governments to ratify the in delivering humanitarian assistance, households and being entrusted with the convention. lobbying and promoting integral human care of children or elderly people, these We found hope at the Caritas development. They will provide us with the domestic workers are too often badly Internationalis General Assembly in May and framework to carry out our work as part of treated. Now they have hope for a brighter at our 60th anniversary celebrations. The the mission of the Church as we start our future after a new international convention General Assembly saw 300 delegates from next 60 years. providing for greater rights came into place. around the world come to Rome to share

Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 5 The General Assembly. Elodie Perriot/Caritas

60th anniversary and the General Assembly: Caritas looking back, moving forward

6 Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 General Assembly

“All that you say and do, the witness of your lives and activities, remains important and contributes to the advancement of the integral good of the human person,” said Pope Benedict XVI to delegates at the 19th Caritas Internationalis General Assembly in Rome in May 2011. The humanitarian and development work of the confederation of 164 Catholic Elodie Perriot/Caritas charities “will enjoy the assistance and support of the Holy See,” he said at an audience with 300 Caritas representatives Caritas delegates, including 50 bishops, Secretary of State for the Holy See said that from national members attending the officials from the Holy See, representatives of Caritas “is called to demonstrate, practically assembly. international organisations, diplomats and and effectively, that the world is one family, Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal members of other faith groups met for six the family of the children of God.” Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga addressed Pope days to discuss how Caritas can best reduce Cardinal of the Pontifical Benedict on behalf of the confederation. poverty. Cardinal Rodríguez said it was “as an Council Cor Unum, Cardinal of “Caritas dares to dream of a world of authentic expression of its common mission the Pontifical Council Justice and Peace and communion and charity,” he said. “Poverty is within the Church: to serve the poor.” the preacher to the Pontifical Household unacceptable as it affects the dignity and Reflecting on the One Human Family, Fr OFM Cap were also equality of the human person and thus the Zero Poverty theme of the General among the keynote speakers. whole human family.” Assembly, Cardinal ,

A new strategic direction

Delegates also agreed on the survive and recover from humanitarian and structures to enable people to confederation’s strategic framework for the crises and live in a safe and secure influence the systems, decisions and next four years. Caritas is focusing its environment. resources that affect them and live efforts on the following goals in the • Promoting development so that under governments, institutions and poorest, most vulnerable, disadvantaged everyone has equal access to essential global structures that are just and and oppressed communities. services such as clean water, education accountable. • Saving lives, relieving suffering and and healthcare and the resources they • Building capacity within and helping rebuild livelihoods so that need to live sustainably, with dignity. strengthening Caritas so that it is better women, men and children are able to • Striving to transform unjust systems equipped to challenge global poverty, rooted in faith, through prayer and action in effective global partnerships. The mandate of the President Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga SDB was renewed. Jürg Krummenacher was elected Treasurer and Michel Roy was elected as the Secretary General. Caritas , Caritas , Caritas , Caritas and Caritas joined the confederation. A visual representation of Caritas.

Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 7 The world comes to Rome

It took Sr Senolita Vakata two days to come such as solidarity in emergencies, when there is suddenly an emergency to Rome from in the Pacific Ocean collaboration on advocacy campaigns and much easier as we’ll have already built the for the Caritas Internationalis General in the spirit that runs through Caritas’ beginnings of a relationship here.” Assembly. Her return journey began after work. The assembly is vital for Peter Maduki from Caritas said, just seven days in the Italian capital. strengthening this unity among member “This opportunity to come together is very “I wake up at 3am every morning organisations. important as we look at what has gone because of jet lag, but it’s worth it. I feel as Msgr Carmel Farruggia from Caritas well and not so well. We always take away though I’m part of the family,” she said. explained why this is so important. with us the suggestions to improve the Sr Senolita was just one of the “Coming from such a small country, the strategic framework for the next four years. 300 delegates from 160 countries at the General Assembly gives me the People are sharing their concerns and we General Assembly. opportunity to connect and share ideas need these opportunities to transfer Dr Benedict Alo D’Rozario from with bigger members,” he said. knowledge and skills.” said,“The General Assembly is Gilio Brunelli from Development and Laurence Banapour from Caritas a great forum for sharing resources. Caritas Peace (the Canadian member of Caritas) said that the meeting is not just an Bangladesh is here to offer its experiences gave the perspective of a much bigger opportunity to talk about projects, but“to as well as to learn from others; for organisation and yet echoed realise the importance of applying the example, our president will talk about our Msgr Farruggia’s thoughts. Gospel to our work.” successful climate change projects.” “This is my fourth General Assembly,” he One of the Caritas confederation’s said.“It’s the chance to meet the directors primary characteristics is its unity in of organisations we work with around the diversity. The unity comes in many forms, world. This makes working with them

Caritas renewed

The 19th General Assembly was an important moment for the renewal of the Caritas confederation as it moved to agree new Statutes and Rules among its members that recognise its privileged position within the Holy See. Blessed John Paul II raised Caritas Internationalis to a ‘public canonical juridical personality’ by means of the Chirograph (or Elodie Perriot/Caritas deed) ‘ Durante l’ultima Cena ’ in 2004. This formally recognised that Caritas carries out its charitable activities in the name of the President Cardinal Rodríguez received the coordinating and promoting social pastoral . approved updated Statutes and Rules and a work and charitable giving. They establish Since 2007, Caritas and Holy See General Decree from the Cardinal Secretary Caritas more fully within the Holy See. representatives worked on revisions of State on behalf of Pope Benedict. “Our new Statutes and Rules will reflecting this new standing. Delegates at These confirm Caritas Internationalis as modernise our work in delivering the General Assembly in 2011 approved a coordinating humanitarian, development humanitarian assistance and development draft version that was then taken forward by and international activities on behalf of its in service to the poor,” said Cardinal staff of the Holy See and Caritas members and the Holy See. They strengthen Rodríguez. “They will provide us with the representatives. the relationship with the Pontifical Council framework to carry out our work as part of On 2 May 2012, Caritas Internationalis Cor Unum, the Vatican office responsible for the mission of the Church.”

8 Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 60 years of service to the poor

Caritas Internationalis marked its knowledge and experience and support 60th anniversary in 2011. With a million staff each other both in times of disasters and in and volunteers providing humanitarian the response to poverty. They received relief, integral human development and support from Msgr Giovanni Battista peacebuilding, Caritas is today at the heart Montini, who would become Pope Paul VI in of the Church’s mission, a sign of God’s love 1963. Elodie Perriot/Caritas for humanity in Christ. Msgr Georg Hüssler, a former president of The first national Caritas organisation was Caritas Internationalis, said, “The idea was to launched in in 1897, quickly structure the Church’s social activities in has, in many countries, been turned into followed by ones in and . every country to create a national Caritas affluence. Hunger and poverty are much The First World War showed that Catholic and then to have it join Caritas diminished. agencies needed to cooperate more at an Internationalis. This way, Caritas Yet this affluence has not been international level and the further impact of Internationalis became a highly federal distributed equally. Children are still dying of World War II sowed the seeds that would organisation covering the whole world.” hunger in a world where there is enough become Caritas Internationalis. Cities had The Caritas confederation has since food. There are 1200 billionaires today. But, been destroyed, countries torn apart and grown to over 160 members comprising the the world’s bottom billion people live refugees were wandering the world looking humanitarian and development arms of without access to adequate healthcare and for a home. The Church’s answer to this was national bishops’ conferences. education. Caritas Internationalis, ‘love between Over the past six decades the world has Many countries still struggle with poverty nations’. seen incredible changes. Communism has and injustice. There is much left to do for The confederation was founded in 1951 fallen and computers have transformed the Caritas and its supporters in creating ‘One by 13 Catholic charities so they could share way we work and live. Desperate poverty Human Family, Zero Poverty’.

The Caritas Express Train

To mark the 60th anniversary of the Umbria on 21 May. The Vatican station is As well as members of the public, founding of Caritas Internationalis, a used for departures by . In the past, officials from the Vatican and Ferrovie special historic steam train left the Vatican trains containing Caritas relief supplies dello Stato (the Italian State Railway railway station and travelled to Orvieto in also left from the Vatican station. system supported the initiative), representatives from Caritas national organisations, diplomats from embassies to the Holy See and train enthusiasts were on board. A heritage steam locomotive from 1915 departed from Vatican station with seven carriages from the 1930s. The State Parlour Car on this train was used by Pope John XXIII and was previously used by the Italian royal family and by presidents of . Cardinal Rodríguez said,“A train has many wagons, Caritas has 164 members. Caritas is like a big train of charity and Elodie Perriot/Caritas love.”

Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 9 Flood survivors in Sindh, . Asad Zaidi/Caritas

Emergencies: Compassion in action

From the devastating famine in Somalia to Internationalis launched 30 joint running at two per 10000 adults or four the earthquake in which killed confederation programmes in 2011, per 10000 children every day. Parts of 15000 people, to the ongoing response to raising pledges of €59 million through Somalia surpassed those levels in conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region, Caritas appeals from its members. mid -2011. Caritas works permanently in most of As well as the unacceptable human the world’s disaster prone areas. This suffering, it also costs more to respond presence on the ground means that in a after a crisis has happened than before. second year of floods in Pakistan, Caritas When famine threatened in 2005, was able to act quickly and effectively to the cost of help before the crisis peaked help people in need. Local teams are able was put at €5 a person. The world failed to to call on the strong foundations of the act; hunger deepened; the cost of help confederation for additional support, as in ended up at €18 a person. Côte d’Ivoire when conflict threatened to Caritas projects aim to make tear the country apart. communities in East Africa better prepared The world endured its costliest year by investing in sustainable farming. It ever for economic losses from natural helps them adapt to the more extreme disasters at more than a third of a trillion and erratic weather patterns brought by dollars in damage. But it was the human our changing climate and to protect loss that was most telling. themselves and their livelihoods. Helping It was shameful that 2011 saw people communities prepare ahead of time is key die of famine again in Africa. Famine is to our work there and throughout the declared when 30 percent of children are world. Vegetable gardens in southern . acutely malnourished, a fifth of the Ryan Worms/Caritas population is without food and deaths are

10 Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 East Africa faces famine

In 2011 in , and the rest of the village in the Marsabit area. “There were so (Caritas Ethiopia) distributed thousands of Horn of Africa, hundreds of thousands of many bones.” bags of food and supported clinics for people were on the verge of starvation “We forgot there was such a thing as rain,” malnourished children. created by the worst drought in half a said Faustine, a volunteer in a Kenyan Near Europa’s village alone, the local century. In Somalia, drought and conflict village. Catholic trucked in millions of litres combined to create a famine in parts of the Families spent their small savings, ate of drinking water as part of a Caritas country. their seeds, tried to sell their dying livestock Switzerland programme. With help from “I saw women collapse by the side of the and journeyed for days to find water. But in donors to Cafod (Caritas and ), road,” said Godfrey Godana, who works on the end nothing stood between them and villagers built dams and mothers received a Caritas’ hunger relief projects in the Marsabit hunger. nutritious food supplement for their diocese of northern Kenya. “The women “The elderly and the widows without children. work hard and when they don’t have food, children – some of them died of hunger,” Caritas’ past work in the region helped they collapse.” said Zeinabu, a widow with seven young prevent even worse calamity. Near Zeinabu’s Crops turned to dust and dead goats lay children. village, a borehole that (Caritas in what was pastureland. Even in the Caritas trained villagers in ) created in 2004 provided water months before the hunger peaked, the signs alternative livelihoods like poultry raising, so to 3000 people. In Ethiopia, a deep well that of what was in store were everywhere. that they were less dependent on CRS drilled in 2007 helped families and their “A baboon came into to our kitchen and pastureland. Trócaire and CRS (Caritas flocks survive. Before the drought, tried to get food from the pots,” said a members from and the USA) paid 9000 people were using the well; during the 7-year -old girl called Europa. “My older sister impoverished villagers to improve water drought, that rose to 50000 people. threw stones at it.” sources, protecting every drop they could. Established clinics helped Caritas weigh and Eventually the animals began Caritas groups aided Somalis fleeing treat children suffering from malnutrition. succumbing. “We’d see water buffalo and violence and drought in their homeland, “The mothers, they feel you have rescued big elephants who had died from the providing water at refugee camps. Caritas their children,” said Peter Sangal, a local drought,” said Emmanuel, who lives in a Kenya and the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat nurse. The situation in parts of East Africa is still critical. Though rains fell in some areas in autumn 2011, water is still in short supply in many regions, especially in southern Ethiopia. Caritas continues working with communities, giving drought -resistant seeds to farmers and restocking herds for families who lost their only source of income, their animals. Meanwhile, Caritas reached over a million people in East Africa with lifesaving help. Remembering the trucked -in drinking water in Marsabit, Emmanuel said, “If not for Caritas, we would have died.” Zeinabu echoes this. “I can’t express how grateful I am,” she said. “Please take our gratitude back to the people who gave.”

Food distribution in East Hararghe, Ethiopia. David Snyder/Caritas

Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 11 Volunteers help Japan after earthquake and tsunami

“I opened my door and water was flooding grow into the Caritas response to the Creating “listening cafes” in church by. Everyone was shouting, ‘Hurry up and disaster. As 250 people huddled in the cold basements where survivors could share their escape!’” Satoshi Onodera is over 60 and has at the temple – “there would be two or three fears and sorrows, Caritas volunteers lived on Japan’s east coast for years. But “I’ve blankets for 10 people,” he remembered – comforted people who were traumatised by never seen such a big tsunami,” he said of Onodera began working with other local what they had experienced. the massive wave that struck his hometown, leaders to help his neighbours. “The first More than a year after the tsunami, Kamaishi, in March 2011. With hundreds of priority was to get water,” he said. “Then Japan’s coastal towns are coming to life others, he and his wife ran uphill to a temple three meals a day. We made 100 rice bowls again and the survivors are beginning to that became a makeshift evacuation centre. each time, also milk, soup and pudding.” heal. “I thank God I’m alive,” said Keiko “A second wave came. It was very big. The Because the Japanese government and Kikuchi, a 79 -year -old woman who buildings were floating,” he said. “I couldn’t armed forces were able to provide food and scrambled up a hill to escape drowning. believe it was real.” many essential services in the first days of Later, Caritas volunteers cleaned out her Along the coast, tens of thousands of the crisis, the tsunami called for a different house and the roads near it. “Without the people were fleeing to high ground, sort of response from Caritas. In Kamaishi volunteers, nothing could have been done,” shouting for loved ones and watching their and several other coastal towns, Caritas she said. homes swirl away. The tsunami killed over Japan filled in the gaps, mobilising Thanks to Caritas donors across the 15000 people and caused billions of dollars thousands of volunteers over the course of a world, Japan’s tsunami survivors have in damage. year. Those volunteers removed tons of received concrete help. But beyond that, Onodera and his family were spared. mangled debris from neighbourhoods, they’ve received moral support. They know A member of Kamaishi’s small but vibrant cleaned mountains of mud from elderly they’re not alone. Catholic community, Onodera became one people’s homes, helped fishermen recover of the first survivors to start what would their livelihoods and ran soup kitchens.

More than 2500 people volunteered for Caritas Japan. Wilfried Maisy/Caritas Japan

12 Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 Migrant workers caught in conflict

“When I left the capital, Tripoli, the situation to shut their doors. Many fled to the was very bad,” said Salim, a 32 -year -old Egyptian and Tunisian borders. construction worker from Bangladesh. “I saw Sometimes, their employers gave the a lot of demonstrations and fighting. I saw migrants money so that they could leave the people get beaten and we could hear shots.” country. Most of them pooled what they The Arab Spring saw uprisings across had to rent buses that would take them to North Africa, the Gulf and the Middle East. the Tunisian border. But on the way, their Conflict in Libya in particular put civilians in money, electronic devices, mobile phones Caritas staff at the Saloum border crossing. Donal Reilly, Catholic Relief Sevices peril. Among them were over a million and even their SIM cards were often stolen. migrants workers from Africa and Asia. “I didn’t feel safe there anymore, the “I had been working in Libya for a total of situation was very dangerous,” said Salim. “As Supporting the Bangladeshi migrants four years and only came back for visits to a foreigner, you had to be careful not to be was particularly challenging because not Bangladesh,” said Salim. “My wife stayed in drawn into the unrest. My mobile phone only were there so many of them, but Bangladesh and last year, our daughter and some of my money was stolen, but because most spoke only Bengali with Anise was born, so working in Libya and apart from that, I was lucky nothing sometimes a few words of English. Caritas sending home money was a good way for happened to me.” Bangladesh helped by sending three of its me to support my family.” Caritas sent two emergency teams to social workers to join the Caritas emergency Libya was one of the major destination Libya’s borders with and to team. countries for Bangladeshi migrants. Around provide emergency aid such as food, “My wife saw the unrest on TV and was 50000 to 60000 Bangladeshis lived there. healthcare and counselling to thousands of very worried about me,” said Salim. “I Most were employed in the construction stranded migrants. Caritas reception centres reassured her by calling whenever I could sector. When the fighting began, the welcomed those fleeing, helped them find and telling her I was fine, but she is glad to companies the migrants had worked for had aid and a way home. have me back here now”.

Floods in Pakistan for a second year

“I still remember the night of 22 July,” said Within a few days, a Caritas Pakistan team mosquitoes and dirty water, Caritas Shakeela Mohammad Bakhsh, who lived in reached the area. They distributed food for a distributed soap, antiseptic, detergent and Badin, Pakistan. “Suddenly we heard the month, kitchen utensils, quilts, bed sheets mosquito nets to more than 5000 families. noise of flood waves reaching our house. and pillows. Caritas also led hygiene sessions for 45000 The water level was rising fast, too fast for us The floods of 2011 were less deadly, but patients, giving families basic information to carry some household items. We heard did plenty of damage. In a southern part of about how to avoid becoming ill. the cries and moans of people around us the country called Sindh, over 8 million After their crops were washed away and calling for help and rescue.” people were affected and over 2 million their animals drowned, Pakistan’s villagers A second flood hit Pakistan in the bales of cotton, a key cash crop for needed help rebuilding their farms. Caritas summer of 2011, almost exactly a year after impoverished farmers, were lost. gave seeds to 2000 farmers and fertiliser to floodwaters devastated huge swathes of the Caritas Pakistan gave food to over 5000 1600, also helping them prepare their land country. After watching their homes, crops families. In the areas where Caritas worked, in time for the next growing season. To keep and livestock washed away in 2010, malnutrition rates remained low. Caritas remaining livestock healthy and because Pakistanis watched it happen all over again. provided 8000 tents or temporary shelters to farmers earn money by selling milk and “It seemed like forever until some rescue the flood victims, making sure to work in meat, Caritas treated or vaccinated 70000 teams came for us and carried us to a safer accordance with local norms. Caritas ran animals like cows, water buffaloes and goats. place,” said Shakeela. “Before that, we were over 100 free medical camps and helped at alone and had nothing to eat or drink. My other health clinics, treating 250000 patients brother fell ill and we did not know where who had problems like scabies, respiratory we would find the money to arrange his tract infections, snakebites and fever. treatment.” To prevent diseases spread by

Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 13 War returns to Côte d’Ivoire

“The soldiers came at night. They shot and providing thousands of people like Patricia killed people. I fled with my two children,” with emergency relief, food and a safe said Patricia, a young mother living in Man, haven. Côte d’Ivoire. “I haven’t been able to find my A shaky peace has returned to the husband since.” country but much work needs to be done to The West African state had descended rebuild it. “I’m afraid to go back home,” said into civil war by February 2011 after a long Jacques, who fled his village of Benouin in political impasse when the incumbent April after it was attacked. president Laurent Gbagbo refused to step “It’s a question of bringing the various down from office following his electoral communities closer together with a defeat by Alassane Ouattara the previous nationwide programme as the crisis has November. affected the whole country,” said Jean Providing emergency aid to Ivoirians who fled their homes. Xavier Schwebel/Caritas Patricia was five months pregnant when Djoman, the national coordinator of soldiers attacked her village. She hid in the humanitarian operations for Caritas Côte forest at the home of a friend for a week, but d’Ivoire. internally displaced people must be helped then the soldiers attacked again so she left “Parish workers are trained in to go back home. for . Finding no shelter or food in reconciliation and peacebuilding “This return depends on bringing peace Liberia, she returned to her village in Côte procedures using the tool kits developed by to all parts of the country and rehabilitating d’Ivoire. Caritas Internationalis and in partnership badly -damaged homes. Schools need to be Nearly 220000 people were forced to with the Justice and Peace Commission.” reopened. Agricultural production needs to other parts of Côte d’Ivoire and 200000 Jean Djoman said that if the process of start quickly,” he said. “If these conditions are others fled to neighbouring countries. reconciliation and the promotion of social met, the reconciliation process could bind Caritas Côte d’Ivoire worked at 20 sites cohesion is to succeed, refugees and together the new Côte d’Ivoire.”

One million lives helped in Darfur

2011 was a historic year for Sudan. It saw the continued. More than 300000 people have from their homes but 15 percent of the aid secession of the southern part of the been killed since 2004 in Darfur and over also goes to host and rural communities to country from the North after one of Africa’s 2.7 million people forced from their homes. reduce tensions. The main focus is providing longest running civil wars. Conflict, high food prices and an economic emergency relief, clean water, healthcare, But in Sudan’s Darfur region the fighting downturn combined to increase nutrition and in peacebuilding. malnutrition in 2011, with rates in some Solar power is also making an places as high as a third. extraordinary difference in the camps, by Caritas members provide aid to over a providing much needed water to those million people in West and South Darfur living there. In Khamsadigay camp, which through two programmes of work. Catholic houses just under 20000 people, a solar Relief Services (CRS is a US Caritas member) powered water pump provides 29 litres of runs a programme meeting the immediate water to each person living in the camp and long -term development needs of more each day, using only a very small amount of than 500000 people. Caritas also works with the power it generates. the Act Alliance of Protestant and Orthodox “By investing in solar energy, we are aid agencies in a unique ecumenical cutting costs and improving sustainability,” cooperation helping another 500000 said Caritas Internationalis Humanitarian people. Director Alistair Dutton. “By teaching clean A feeding centre in Darfur. In West and South Darfur, Caritas and Act hygiene and sanitation to people we are Mohammed Noureldin/Act Caritas work mostly in camps for people forced reducing the number people who fall sick.”

14 Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 Haiti rebuilds

“Just a little while ago, it was very hard for and jobs. Without them, the elderly are left which as Caritas Haiti said represents me to find something to eat. I didn’t feel to look after themselves and live in “a victory over the earthquake and a fresh strong, I didn’t know what to do and had no extremely difficult conditions. start for the most vulnerable families”. Caritas one to help me. Now I’ve got my energy The programme aims to provide food for is also working to provide people with back,” said 60 -year -old Olivia Jean Louis. She poor older people and give them the better access to healthcare and adequate is part of the Caritas Les Cayes Elders healthcare they need. It also enables them sanitation. This work has become a high Assistance and Supervision Programme set to develop small farming and commercial priority since a cholera epidemic in Haiti in up by Caritas Haiti in partnership with activities to boost their self -sufficiency. October 2010, which continues to threaten Caritas after the massive earthquake “We’ve settled the poorest of the many regions of the country. (called the goudougoudou in Creole) of community’s elderly in a house,” said Caritas members also support the 12 January 2010 in Haiti. Fr Aldagène Louisnel, head of the local rebuilding of schools and the improvement “The elderly were hit badly by the Caritas. “We can feed another 25 elderly of access to education for children from earthquake,” said Juan Manuel Diaz people every day as a result. They’re looked poor families. Caritas helps farmers to Parrondo, ’s representative in after by a nurse. They’re supervised and take improve their output and fight malnutrition. Haiti. “Some of them lost their homes in part in various activities to help them Caritas has also provided counselling to Port -au -Prince or Jacmel and returned to the become part of communities again or people traumatised after the earthquake, communities where they originally came increase their income support themselves.” especially children. Caritas has helped from. But their families are already very poor. Caritas members are keeping up their women to start up new businesses to make They can’t take them in, feed, house and efforts to help the hundreds of thousands of them more self -reliant and to improve the look after them.” people affected by the disaster. After giving living standards of their families. The There are no pensions in Haiti. The elderly immediate assistance such as food, hygiene initiatives are as diverse as the needs of the rely on their children. But many of these kits and temporary shelter, Caritas members Haitian people. children had moved to the cities to work. have turned their attention to more Some of them died in the earthquake, while long -term aid projects. others lost everything including their homes Thousands of homes have been rebuilt,

Rebuilding homes in Cap Rouge, Haiti. Elodie Perriot/Secours Catholique

Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 15 Emergency Appeals 2011

• A total of 30 Emergency Appeal (EA) programmes were carried out in 27 countries

• Over 2.9 million people received humanitarian support through EAs

• The combined EA budget appealed for was €70907017

• 84 percent of appeals were covered

• At least 83 Caritas members provided financial, technical or in-kind support through the appeals

• The total amount pledged in 2011 was over €59M

Supporting farming in Kenya as drought hits. Laura Sheahen/Caritas

16 Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 Number of appeals Types of emergency Amount pledged by appeals launched by region 2011 covered by appeals 2011 by region 2011

ASIA 12 EARTHqUAKE 5 ASIA € 27684212.85 AFRICA 9 CONFLICTS 10 AFRICA € 21929243.97 EUROPE 1 DROUGHT/FOOD INSECURITy 3 EUROPE € 327143.00 LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN 4 CyCLONES/HURRICANES/TyPHOONS 2 LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN MONA 4 ANNUAL FLOODS 10 € 2734533.72 MONA € 7033393.85

Total amount pledged by appeals vs. Total pledged vs. balance outstanding amount unmet 2011 (84% covered) by region 2011

ASIA € 59708527.39 84% covered

€ 5271334.95

AFRICA 83% covered € 27684212.85 € 4580105.03

€ 21929243.97

LATIN AMERICA & MONA CARIBBEAN 153% covered 43% covered € 7033393.85 € 11198489.64 € 3562427.28 EUROPE 58% covered € 2734533.72 € 234462.00

€ 327143.00 -€ 2449839.65

TOTAL AMOUNT PLEDGED TOTAL PLEDGED TOTAL AMOUNT UNMET BALANCE OUTSTANDING

Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 17 Voting for independence in Juba. Sara Fajardo/CRS

Advocacy: A voice for change

Caritas calls for a better world. It calls on the sum of hundreds of thousands of with respect and their employers are held behalf of the poor, on behalf of the voices. And Caritas’ voice is heard. It’s accountable if they are not. Caritas was marginalised and on behalf of the world, heard by governments and policymakers part of a network which lobbied for the which is not ours to continue to treat and by the poor themselves, who listen in convention and is now urging its adoption. badly. Caritas’ voice is strong because it is hope. Caritas has permanent representatives Sometimes though, it can seem as if no at the United Nations in New york and one is listening. It can take years – even Geneva. At the UN headquarters in New decades – of investing in determined york, Caritas Internationalis Head of moral advocacy for change to happen. This Delegation Joseph Cornelius Donnelly may well be the case with Caritas’ work on brings issues affecting the grassroots in climate change and climate justice. UN places like Somalia, Gaza and to negotiations in Durban on creating a new the attention of the Security Council convention on greenhouse gas emissions Working Group. ended with a disappointing outcome. Caritas sent a ten member delegation Often the persistence works. Caritas to the Annual Consultations of UNHCR in celebrated in June 2011 when the Geneva and co -sponsored a session which International Labour Organisation called for more robust opportunities for Cardinal Rodríguez at a climate rally in adopted a new convention which aims to refugees to resettle in other countries as a Durban. Patrick Nicholson/Caritas ensure that domestic workers are treated way to protect them.

18 Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 Rights for domestic workers

Often they live in luxurious homes with nice give me one small piece of cheese once a joint Recommendation 201 – a major furniture and several cars in the garage. day,” said Rekha, a girl from who also breakthrough in making sure that domestic There is a house in the country for lived in Lebanon. workers are treated with respect and that weekends. But they’re starving. Daily hunger is not all these women face. their employers are held accountable if they Each year, thousands of women leave Some maids are raped or are so badly are not. Convention 189 includes provisions impoverished places like Nepal and fly to beaten they become disabled. Caritas such as the regulation of international Lebanon, , and other members have reached out to abused recruitment agencies and written job countries to become live -in housemaids. domestic workers. Caritas provides shelters descriptions and contracts. They work long, hard hours, hoping they’ll so women will be safe and legal aid so they Some national Caritas in Latin America – earn enough money to support the families can seek justice. Caritas also offers women such as Caritas – strongly they have had to leave at home. training to give them other employment supported the Caritas campaign by using an Some are treated well. But others have options. advocacy card created by Caritas abusive employers. The maids cook for the But until governments recognise that Internationalis and by mentioning the family. Then the kitchen cabinets are locked, domestic workers need special laws to campaign in their publications. Uruguay has the refrigerator is locked and the door to get protect them and these laws are enforced, ratified the Convention. Caritas is part of a outside is locked. the abuse will continue. In June 2011, thanks network lobbying other countries to do the “I ate rotten fruit and four -day -old to the campaigning work of Caritas and same. leftovers,” said Fay,* a maid from the other charities, the International Labour who lived in Beirut. “They would Organisation adopted Convention 189 with *All names have been changed.

Oxana was struggling to get by as a cleaner in . Caritas helped her to get home to and find work. Caritas Ukraine

Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 19 Stopping human trafficking

“The middlemen see that the girl’s family is COATNET is a network of 36 COATNET advocates for the rights of poor. They tell her parents,“I’ll marry your organisations from 28 countries of the victims and lobbies for safer ways of daughter and find her a good job.” At a world. They have been working together migration which can reduce people’s refugee camp in eastern Nepal, a high for ten years. In November 2011 all the vulnerability to trafficking. COATNET school counsellor describes how criminals members had their biennial meeting in submitted information to the report of the target teenage girls.“They say,‘She’ll earn Brussels where tackling trafficking for United Nations Special Rapporteur on a lot of money and send it home. It will labour exploitation was identified among Human Trafficking concerning a change your life’’’. the main concerns of the network. rights -based approach to the prosecution Across Nepal, across Asia, across the COATNET members – including of trafficking cases. world, human traffickers tell the same Catholic, Protestant and Orthodox COATNET’s primary goal, however, is to kinds of lies to poor and desperate young Churches’ organisations – contact each prevent people from being bought and women and their families. The women’s other across countries and continents, sold in the first place. In small African lives are changed – but not for the better. trying to find people who have gone villages, in the slums of Asia, wherever All too often they are taken out of their missing or are in trouble. traffickers operate, COATNET members run country and are sold into unpaid labour or COATNET members in Africa, Asia, telephone hotlines, hold awareness forced prostitution. Middle East, Oceania and Europe work sessions in schools, broadcast warnings on To fight this exploitation of women, as together to give skills training and the radio, put up posters in bus stations well as the men and children who also counselling to survivors and provide legal and make sure people at risk are informed. become victims, Caritas has gathered aid to those who want to prosecute their At the refugee camp in Nepal, another together many groups into COATNET – The traffickers. Members also cooperate with counsellor trained by Caritas said,“If we Christian Organisations Against Trafficking government agencies on enforcement and can save the life of just one girl, we will be in Human Beings NETwork. act as consultants to police forces. happy.”

Traffickers take advantage of lax border controls between and Nepal. Katie Orlinksy/Caritas

20 Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 A marcher on the interfaith rally calling for a voice for civil society at climate talks in Durban. Patrick Nicholson/Caritas

Disappointment at Durban climate conference

“We look at farmers in Kenya and wonder if group of developing nations there is a lot of to climate change crises. In Asia and Central they have a future. For us, flood follows distance. Between them and the developed America severe floods eroded people’s drought.” Samson Malesi sees firsthand the world there is even more. Essentially the capacity to cope. Dr Anwara Shelly, suffering inflicted by climate change as he argument is – who cuts emissions first and representing both Caritas Bangladesh and and Caritas Kenya colleagues respond to who pays to support the hardest -hit her government, advocated for a “loss and crisis after crisis. countries? Caritas advocates for an damages fund” to help severely affected Samson carried the hopes and pain of agreement which is fair, ambitious, legally countries and for climate refugees to be Africa’s poor – who suffer disproportionately binding and which funds adaptation given recognition and rights. Scientists – to Durban in November 2011, where the methods to help the world’s poorest people. believe 17 percent of Bangladesh will be United Nations Framework Convention on Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, underwater by 2050 unless the world takes Climate Change (UNFCCC) tried to hammer President of Caritas Internationalis, discussed enough action to clean up its act. Millions of out how the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse the difficulties of reaching an agreement people will be displaced and food gas emissions should be extended. He rode with the President of the G77 -pl us -China production will collapse. the Trans Africa Caravan of Hope – six buses group, while a side event and a march In the end, there was a deal. and 300 people – who journeyed from brought attention to the right to food as a Governments will work together towards a to , raising awareness guiding principle. Caritas helped present an treaty binding everyone to cutting and support. “Over 17 days and 4000 miles Interfaith Dialogue on Climate Change to emissions. They will meet again in 2012. we projected the African voice. Then we the UNFCCC Executive Secretary and at a Caritas welcomes the progress. But it is not worked on unifying African countries into special Mass, the Cardinal pointed out that enough. While governments talk, the world’s one position for the negotiations.” less than a week before, torrential rain had very poorest people – one billion of them – The lack of a common position is a major brought suffering and loss to Durban. bear the brunt. obstacle to agreeing what happens after It is not only in Africa though where Kyoto. Even between the G77 -plus -China Caritas member organisations must respond

Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 21 A party to celebrate South Sudan’s independence. Sara Fajardo/CRS

Praying for peace in Sudan and South Sudan

“East Africa’s newest nation #6, the United far to go.” The Mass was the culmination of a with radio broadcasts and practical courses Nation’s country #193…” So flashed the calendar of events of spiritual preparation to help people gain the skills for jobs, not statistics on the independence countdown for the independence declaration, when the fighting. clock in South Sudan’s capital, Juba. New bishops of Sudan asked for people of all Sadly, separate conflicts in the Nuba recycling and rubbish bins lined the streets faiths all over the world to join them in Mountains and Abyei spiralled into serious under signs reading “Keep Juba Clean and praying for peace. The bishops also asked for humanitarian emergencies. Clashes Green” and the Church declared a Day for trees to be planted in every diocese in South between Sudan and South Sudan and with Prayer and Cleaning in a symbolic act of Sudan. rebel fighters have forced people from their purification and reconciliation. The difficult road ahead is revealed in homes, leaving them with only the clothes The world’s newest nation was born on South Sudan’s other statistics. A third of they stand up in. 9 July 2011, welcomed with festivities and children do not see their fifth birthday, half Caritas has warned that the situation is celebrations and a special Mass the the population lives in extreme poverty, only perilous and has joined calls for peace and following day in St Theresa’s Cathedral of a third of people are literate. justice. Secretary General Michel Roy, who Juba. When Cardinal John Njue, In the run up to the January 2011 represented the Caritas confederation at the of Nairobi and the Holy See’s representative elections which gave the country its independence celebrations, said: “It’s time to South Sudan, rose to say the homily and independence, Caritas worked in for unity, for all Christians to give inspiration to bless South Sudan’s independence, the partnership with the local Catholic Church to their leaders, to that they will go the right congregation erupted in cheers and to provide 100000 people with water, food, way, away from conflict.” applause. But the Cardinal warned that shelter, health and education. It continued though “we have come from far, we still have its long running peacebuilding campaign

22 Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 Advocacy on AIDS

“AIDS is an important disease that we should all know about,” said fifteen-year-old Shareen Awad. “Our classmates asked many questions and through a comedy routine we put on, we taught them how to avoid HIV.” Shareen was trained as a peer educator by Caritas ’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Project and now spreads the word in a country where conservative attitudes could leave the door open for the virus to spread. Dr Ammar Burgan of Caritas Jordan said his medical colleagues also needed to be given the correct information. “Caritas is the first in this country to discuss HIV correctly and clearly.” Jordan is just one of the more than 100 Caritas members who continue their grassroots work with people affected by HIV and AIDS. At the international level, Caritas Internationalis continued to advocate for appropriate and affordable Highly Active Retroviral Therapy through its HAART for Children campaign. Caritas Internationalis Head of Geneva Delegation Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo was also appointed to the steering group of the Global Plan to eliminate new HIV infections in children by 2015 and to 15-year-old Shareen Awad addresses keep their mothers healthy, which is sponsored by UNAIDS and parishioners during a other international agencies. Caritas Jordan At the High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS, held during June awareness lecture in Amman. 2011 at UN Headquarters in New York, Caritas co -sponsored a side David Synder/CRS event on the ‘Impact of Cutbacks and Flat -li ning of funding for AIDS programmes in Low Income Countries’.

World Youth Day and the World Social Forum

“Life is a song – what better director than Caritas hosted a workshop on climate Christ to guide the song of our lives?” change and forced migration. Caritas Caritas Internationalis President Cardinal described its training Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga used an image programme for young people to help young people are familiar with to reach them stay in their villages, while Caritas out to them for World youth Day 2011. Half Bangladesh explained how new drip a million young Catholics registered for irrigation methods can guarantee food the event, which was held in the Spanish security in the face of extreme weather, so capital, , from 16 –21 August, preventing migration. culminating in a Mass led by Pope Secours Catholique (Caritas ) Benedict XVI. young pilgrims came from as used a board game featuring migrants’ real far afield as the Horn of Africa and Japan. stories to highlight the difficulties they can Representatives from Caritas Australia said face. A link -up by computer camera they would use the spiritual journey to allowed players to discuss the benefits of also promote their campaign,“A Just the free movement of people with Climate.” observers in Paris, some of whom were As migration was a major focus of the migrants themselves. Caritas at the World Social Forum. Elodie Perriot/Secours Catholique World Social Forum held in Dakar, ,

Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 23 Villagers working in Samoa in an area badly affected by the 2009 tsunami. Mark Mitchell/ Caritas Aotearoa

Building the confederation

Improving Financial Management and Transparency Programme

“As I am fond of saying to Karina’s donors – support to assess their own strengths and and I am sure they will remember me for weaknesses, pinpointing any needs for this! – although programmes of work are our training, systems and best practices. Working spearhead, it is proper and accountable collaboratively, members will then create financial management that will build the new standards of management and reputation of any national Caritas!” Sophie transparency. Toligi of Karina, the national Caritas of Caritas Internationalis is the steward of , points out that just six years after valuable resources, holding them in trust being established, Karina has full funding of and making them work as effectively as its emergency programmes and is possible to meet the needs of the world’s confidently approaching donors to extend poorest people. In a fast -changing world, its areas of work. both beneficiaries and donors increasingly Sophie is enthusiastic about the expect Caritas to be professional and Improving Financial Management and responsible. By strengthening Caritas, it will Transparency Programme which was have a greater capacity to deliver real introduced by Caritas Internationalis in early change to the people it serves. Balancing the books in Kenya. Debbie DeVoe/CRS 2011. It offers member organisations the

24 Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 Regional round up

Caritas Internationalis is made up of seven regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, North America and Oceania. Here are some selected highlights from 2011.

• Archbishop of Abuja, , gave the keynote address at the Caritas Africa Regional Conference in Rome in May. He said that Africa has for a long time been the beneficiary of funds, relief materials and even personnel from other regions, but the time has come when Africans must organise themselves Organic farming in Sri Lanka. Caritas Sri Lanka to give from the little that they have. Caritas Africa had already set up a Solidarity Fund to “develop relations of people were planting mangroves for and I’m so thankful to Caritas for offering solidarity between and within coastal protection, but “there’s a sense of me this rare chance. I will share what I the Episcopal conferences themselves”. hopelessness”, because they are isolated, learn with the people in my community,” A Caritas Africa Emergency Management contribute so little to climate change and he said. Team has also been set up to help are feeling effects more acutely than coordinate emergency response on the many other places. • Caritas North America is a unique region continent. with just three members. They work • Caritas Middle East and North Africa together to promote the profile of Caritas • Caritas Europa produced a report on (MONA) held a special session on the Internationalis, support one another in ‘Bridging the Gap between Policy and Arab Spring at the Caritas Internationalis various areas of common interest and Practice on the European Consensus on General Assembly in May. Professor of promote opportunities for collaboration Humanitarian Aid’. The European Islamic and Arabic culture, Samir Khalil with Caritas Latin America and the Consensus is the EU’s policy framework Samir, SJ, said that there has been a Caribbean, holding joint meetings. Caritas for humanitarian aid. Caritas asked that subsequent exodus of Christians. But he North America has been particularly EU governments work to ensure that nevertheless believed that “the future lies active on supporting climate justice humanitarian aid does not become a in collaboration” between all and that communications work across the crisis management tool whereby the Christians should propose initiatives that confederation by helping to coordinate a lines between military operations and create greater equity, spread a culture of quarterly newsletter on the issue. humanitarian aid become blurred. The peace and democracy, promote solidarity report was broadly disseminated among and act for a common development. • Caritas Latin America and the Caribbean the representatives of EU Member States played a leading role on emergency and the European Commission and some • Caritas Asia members promote organic response. When storms caused of its findings were welcomed. agriculture and farmers’ rights across the destruction and wiped out years of region through the Sustainable development in , , • Against a backdrop of severe droughts Agriculture and Farmers’ Rights (SAFaR) and in October, across the Central Pacific, Caritas Oceania programme. The Farmers’ Conference (FC) Caritas members in Central America representatives from eight different is one of the major yearly events of the implemented a coordinated response nations gathered in Auckland, Aotearoa programme, held in the Philippines in based on community strengthening, the New Zealand in April for their annual September 2011. Here grassroots level recovery of farming and livelihoods and forum. Many of the states represented, farmers gather together, learn and share provision of humanitarian aid. Caritas such as Tonga and , are among the their concerns and raise their voice to Latin America and the Caribbean has also most vulnerable to climate change. protect their rights. Srort Lory was one of worked closely with Caritas Haiti to Amelia Ma’afu, Programmes Officer for the two indigenous farmers who support their response to the 2010 Caritas Tonga, said they were attended the conference with the earthquake and their institutional experiencing more coastal erosion and support of Caritas Cambodia. “It is my first development. contamination of drinking water. Young time joining such a great event like this

Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 25 Summary of Emergency Appeals 2011

J A N u A r y shelter. The second phase of the programme digging or rehabilitating wells. Revised continues with the construction and budget: €121296. Sri Lanka reconstruction of 100 houses. After monsoon floods left thousands of Libya people homeless in Sri Lanka, Caritas cooked When political turmoil engulfed Libya, food for 15000 people and gave dry food F E B r u A r y thousands of migrant workers tried to flee rations to 27000 families. Caritas also gave the country, but were stranded at borders people drinking water, hygiene kits and Côte d’Ivoire without food or water. building material to repair damaged shelters Turmoil in Côte d’Ivoire caused thousands of (CRS) led Caritas’ and livelihood support. Budget: €287096. people to flee their homes. Caritas Côte intervention at Salloum on the Caritas also continued helping families d’Ivoire focused its response in Egyptian-Libyan border for third-country affected by the country’s lengthy civil war. Zouan-Hounien in the west and in Agboville nationals fleeing the conflict. The CRS/Caritas The assistance provided includes: shelter, and Abidjan in the south by providing food team distributed an average of 3000 meals water and sanitation, livelihood and to 5000 people , non-food items to 2100 and 3000 bottles of water each day in March education support to over 4000 families and households, 1500 school kits, healthcare and April to migrant workers to supplement 4000 children who suffered from through 8 health centres and protection to the daily food and bottled water ration displacement or other consequences of the vulnerable people, particularly women and provided by UN agencies. Caritas staff from civil war. Budget: €3.6 million. children. Revised budget: €1 million. CRS, Caritas Lebanon, Caritas Ireland/Trócaire and Caritas Switzerland were also able to Niger provide psychosocial support, interpretation The floods and mudslides that struck south Many families in Niger lost their homes and services and inter-agency coordination. eastern Brazil were the worst natural disaster belongings after heavy rain falls and floods in Budget: €174584. the country had experienced in 40 years. August 2010. After providing mosquito nets On the border with Tunisia, Caritas helped More than 800 people died and thousands to affected people in 20 villages, Caritas stranded workers waiting for repatriation or were left homeless. Caritas Brazil gave 1400 Niger (CADEV) planned to help over 200 resettlement. An estimated 35000 migrant families food, hygiene kits and emergency families recover by giving them seeds and workers, chiefly Bangladeshi, received information and services available at the disaster, Caritas Japan provided meals and affecting around 18000 people. An camp and were referred for additional emergency items to nearly 10000 people. It Emergency Appeal with a budget of €263384 assistance. Budget: €80000. also set up four volunteer centres and was launched to provide 2000 earthquake At the Niger border, 3300 migrant workers mobilised 2900 volunteers to clear debris victims with emergency food aid, temporary received blankets, mosquito nets, hygiene from homes and businesses. The budget for shelter, building materials and counselling. kits and other emergency aid as well as the first phase of Caritas Japan’s relief work Community infrastructures, waster systems, support in reaching their homes in Niger. was €2.4 million. latrines and schools are also being rebuilt. With the funds received (approx. €650000), Caritas Niger included food and healthcare in Pakistan its intervention. As Pakistani families struggled to recover M A y Throughout the crisis, the Caritas network from the floods of summer 2010, Caritas was able to quickly draw on key Caritas continued to help them by providing 360000 expertise and staff from countries like people with shelter, water, livelihood Caritas Chile continued providing aid to Bangladesh to provide linguistic and support, sanitation and education. Building those affected by the earthquake and culturally appropriate support to the many on a previous emergency appeal, the tsunami of 27 February 2010. Its migrants awaiting repatriation. requested budget was €15.7 million. rehabilitation programme supported the reconstruction or repair of houses, as well as livelihoods recovery, psychosocial When floods struck Peru in January and A P r I L intervention and more. Budget: €1.5 million. February 2011, Caritas Peru provided 2800 households with food, water and sanitation South Sudan and shelter kits. Caritas Peru then shifted its Near the border between Chad and Sudan, Building peace and helping the vulnerable in attention to addressing the rehabilitation the situation of refugees from Darfur remains South Sudan (which became independent in needs in the region Madre de Dios. Budget: difficult. Caritas Chad (SECADEV) is helping July) is crucial given the many challenges €341442. 34000 Sudanese living in the Kounoungou facing this newly-formed country. Caritas is and Milé camps, as well as 9000 locals from providing water, food, shelter, health and surrounding villages, with projects in water, education to 100000 conflict-affected M A r C H sanitation, livestock, agriculture, cultural people, including people who had to flee activities, training and more. Budget: their homes. Caritas is also using an Japan €878626. established network of radio stations to A 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami broadcast information about emergency struck eastern Japan on 11 March, killing over situations such as sudden displacements and 15000 people and destroying more than A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck natural disasters. Budget: €5.9 million. 300000 houses. In the first months after the North-Eastern Myanmar on 24 March,

Mr Wawvike and his family escaped Libya. They received help from Caritas on the Egyptian border. Donal Reilly, Catholic Relief Sevices J u L y food and water as well as supporting the in Somalia. More than 250000 Somalis fled recovery of households by distributing seeds, their country in 2011, often walking on foot Philippines restocking/feeding livestock and supporting to already overcrowded refugee camps in Caritas is providing shelter for people who communities to undertake water Kenya. Existing water taps, washing facilities lost their homes following super typhoons infrastructure rehabilitation and construction and latrines at the camps were not sufficient Ketsana and Parma, which struck in autumn activities. In all, 30420 households in the 14 to accommodate the new arrivals. This 2009. Caritas is helping 415 families with most affected dioceses of Kenya will be project, run by Catholic Relief Services, is damaged homes by providing the means for assisted. providing sanitation and water systems for permanent or transitional housing. Budget: over 10000 refugees in Kambioos Camp in €566831. Ethiopia Dabaab, Kenya. Two consecutively poor rainy seasons left an estimated 4.5 million Ethiopians without Bangladesh A u G u S T food or a way to make a living. Caritas When heavy monsoon rains struck the members helped 65000 beneficiaries by Khulna and Mymensingh regions, Caritas Kenya providing food and water, protection and Bangladesh gave rice, cooking oil and other East Africa’s worst drought in sixty years recovery of livelihoods and improving the food to over 8700 families. Caritas is affected millions of Kenyans. Rivers dried up, nutritional and health status of vulnerable supporting flood-affected people to repair livestock died and people suffered severe individuals. Budget: €1.4 million. damaged houses, culverts, roads and hunger and thirst. Caritas Kenya designed a embankments. Budget: €414227. programme worth €3.9 million which has Somalia been alleviating the immediate suffering of This programme responds to the refugee Japan the most affected households by providing crisis caused by drought, conflict and famine In the wake of enormous tsunami damage from the March earthquake, Caritas Japan continued to meet people’s basic human needs, especially elderly people who lost their homes. Caritas helped small businesses rebuild and distributed heating supplies to 45000 people living in transitional houses. Budget: €5.8 million.

Pakistan A severe flood struck southern Pakistan in late summer 2011, compounding the damage done by a massive flood in summer 2010. Caritas Pakistan provided tents to 8171 families, along with food, soap, mosquito nets and more to over 5400 families. Caritas ran rural health centres that treated 250000 patients. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and Trócaire are targeting a total of 35000 households – or 240000 individuals – in the affected areas of Sindh, Punjab and Balochistan. Because many families are dependent on livestock, Caritas treated 68031 animals such as cows, buffaloes, and goats. It also gave seeds to 2288 farmers. Budget: €1.5 million.

Cambodia Severe floods affected over 150000 families in autumn 2011. Houses were flooded, schools, pagodas and other buildings were damaged and vast amounts of the rice crop were destroyed. Caritas Cambodia distributed food, hygiene items and other essentials to 7000 flood-affected families and helped them restore their livelihoods. Budget: €264290.

Caritas provided shelter, food and healthcare after severe flooding in Pakistan. Asad Zaidi/Caritas First aid clinic in Darfur. Mohammed Noureldin/ ACT Caritas

O C T O B E r items for households and those in temporary in return for cleaning and rehabilitating shelters, volunteer health services, rice seeds community infrastructure. Caritas is also Philippines and vegetable seeds for farmers and helping families rebuild their homes and Two severe typhoons (Nesat and Nalgae) hit microfinance grants. The total budget of farmers recover from the disaster. Budget: Northern and Central Luzon from €667000 helped to assist some 44000 people €3.3 million. 27 September to 1 October 2011. Caritas in the Archdiocese of Bangkok and the Philippines is providing food, hygiene items, Diocese of Nakhonsawan. household and shelter material through the D E C E M B E r distribution of vouchers so that families have the flexibility to choose the supplies they A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Sudan (Darfur) need. Budget: €326098. Turkey in October, leaving more than 600 Caritas and its ACT partners continue to dead and causing great damage to houses. provide lifesaving services to people who South Sudan Caritas Turkey distributed children’s coats fled violence. The programmes support six Caritas South Sudan and Cafod are helping and shoes, along with stoves to households clinics and three nutrition centres in West families who fled attacks by the Lord’s most in need of heating. Caritas is also Darfur and a nutrition centre in South Darfur. Resistance Army (LRA) in Western Equatoria helping villagers repair their homes. Revised They also construct and rehabilitate schools State, South Sudan. At least 25000 budget: €561605. and provide school materials. The beneficiaries are receiving food, shelter programme improves sanitation in schools, assistance, education, access to basic Guatemala, El Salvador, provides solar power and creates boreholes. healthcare and use of water and sanitation Honduras and Nicaragua It also works to build peace among groups in facilities. Budget: €1.5 million. In October 2011, downpours in Guatemala, conflict. Budget: €8.7 million. El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua led to floods, landslides and crops being wiped out. Responding to the massive floods of autumn Caritas ran‘Food for Work’programmes, 2011, Caritas provided food and non-food giving rice, beans, corn and more to villagers Financial information

Confederation

Caritas Internationalis member organisations spent a total amount of €2.1 billion in 2010/2011, this was 2 percent less than in 2009/2010. Of that, €1.3 billion was spent on international programmes (humanitarian relief and development) and €0.6 billion on domestic poverty relief programmes. The activities of the confederation were funded by private donations (church collections, individual donor programmes, legacies, corporate sponsoring, contributions by trust funds) for €1.0 billion. Governments, international governmental organisations and multilateral organisations provided a total of €1.0 billion.

Consolidated figures for Caritas Internationalis Member Organisations (in billion euro) 2010/2011 2009/2010 Variation

Private donations 1.02 1.01 1% Government contributions 0.97 1.08 -10% Other contributions 0.12 0.20 -40% Other income (interest etc) 0.08 0.09 -11% Total income 2.19 2.38 -8%

International programme expenditure 1.25 1.19 5% Domestic programme expenditure 0.64 0.76 -16% Communication expenditure 0.08 0.07 14% Management and Administration 0.11 0.11 0% Other expenditure 0.05 0.05 0% Total expenditure 2.13 2.18 -2%

Note: the above figures incorporate information from audited annual accounts of members, complemented by estimates. 2009/2010 figures have been revised on the basis of information received since May 2011

General Secretariat

The work of the confederation is coordinated by the General Secretariat in Rome. Its annual budget includes contributions to the costs of regional offices and the meeting costs of the confederation’s governance bodies and amounts to over €3 million. In 2009 the General Secretariat received an exceptionally large amount in private donations. The surplus that this created in 2009 is gradually being spent in the years 2010–2012.

General Secretariat Audited Accounts 2011 (€) 2011 2010

Income Membership fees 2130230 2107367 Other Income 1098656 691293 Total Contributions 3228886 2798660 Financial Income -38125 156004 Total Income 3190761 2954664 Charged to reserves 509207 863044 Total 3699967 3817708

Expenditure General Secretariat Expenses 3029844 2931953 Regional Structures Expenses 342700 529703 Governance Bodies Expenses 325368 348692 Total Operational Expenditures 3697912 3810348 Financial Expenditures 2055 7360 Total 3699967 3817708

A full financial summary can be found on www.caritas.org

30 Caritas Internationalis Annual Report 2011 Lalomanu in Samoa was badly affected by a tsunami in 2009. Mark Mitchell/ Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand www. carita.s org

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