Catholic aid

Created in 1946 by the abbot Rodhain, the Catholic aid is an association with nonlucrative goal. Catholic aid is especially attentive with the problems of poverty and exclusion and seeks to promote social justice. Recognized public utility in 1962, association was declared great national cause in 1988. It draws up also reports/ratios for the information of the government, on social matters in particular.

Organization and missions

Catholic aid is a service of the Catholic church in France. Faithful to the initial orientations laid down by Mgr Jean Rodhain, Catholic aid takes its support in the social doctrines of the Church to come to assistance the most stripped of, in the respect of human dignity and the impartiality.

Catholic aid brings a help of proximity thanks to its 106 departmental delegations. Association is also member of the network Caritas internationalis (162 members, 201 countries and territories) and contributes its share in situations urgently humane, of political crisis or social, poverty or underdevelopment. These actions are carried out with associations local Caritas.

Since 1948, Catholic aid developed the family Accueil of holidays to make it possible to the children whose families are touched by poverty and the restrictions, “to remake a health”.

Each year in May, Catholic aid conducts an international campaign. In 2005, the countryside Women, actresses of peace was held with the presence of 25 women of the five continents, famous for their action.

Association counts today 103 local delegations diocésaines, 4.000 teams, and 65000 voluntary.

One speaks much about the Resto du coeur create by Coluche, largely mediatized, but much are unaware of that Catholic aid also proposes meals. However Catholic aid not wanting to make of direct food aid, requires of the recipients a moderate financial participation or a knack.

To promote its action near the public and to enable him to call upon the gift in confidence, association adheres to the Comité of the Charter.

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