Caritas Spain

Catholic charity organization in Spain

Spain

Area served

Spain

Key people

Rafael del Río, President

Parent organization

Caritas InternationalisWebsitewww.caritas.es

Caritas Spain ("Cáritas España" in Spanish) is the Catholic Church's official organization in Spain for charity and social relief, instituted by the Spanish Episcopal Conference.

On 9 March 1981 it was registered as a religious entity with Spain's Ministry of Justice.^[2]

Organization

Caritas Spain is a Spanish confederation of Catholic relief, development, and social service organizations operating in Spain. It consists of 68 regional member organizations known as dioceses.

Its national headquarters is in Madrid, from there it provides general assistance to its dioceses.

References

^ "Caritas is Awarded 1999's Principe Asturias Award". Prince of Asturias Award. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
^ "Religious Organizations Registrar". Spain's Ministry of Justice. Retrieved 29 March 2013.

External links

Official website

Laureates of the Prince or Princess of Asturias Award for Concord

Prince of Asturias Award for Concord
1986: Vicariate of Solidarity 1987: Villa El Salvador 1988: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and World Wide Fund for Nature 1989: Stephen Hawking 1990: Sephardic Communities 1991: Médecins Sans Frontières and Medicus Mundi 1992: American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) 1993: Association for Peace in the Basque Country 1994: National Movement of Street Children, Messengers of Peace and Save the Children 1995: H.M. Hussein I, king of Jordan 1996: Adolfo Suárez 1997: Mstislav Rostropovich and Yehudi Menuhin 1998: Nicolás Castellanos, Vicente Ferrer, Joaquín Sanz Gadea and Muhammad Yunus 1999: Caritas Spain 2000: Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language 2001: World Network of Biosphere Reserves 2002: Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said 2003: J. K. Rowling 2004: The Way of St. James 2005: Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul 2006: UNICEF 2007: Yad Vashem 2008: Íngrid Betancourt 2009: The City of Berlin 2010: Manos Unidas 2011: Fukushima 50 2012: Spanish Federation of Food Banks 2013: Spanish Organization for the Blind (ONCE) 2014: Caddy Adzuba

Prince of Asturias Award for Concord

1986: Vicariate of Solidarity
1987: Villa El Salvador
1988: International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and World Wide Fund for Nature
1989: Stephen Hawking
1990: Sephardic Communities
1991: Médecins Sans Frontières and Medicus Mundi
1992: American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
1993: Association for Peace in the Basque Country
1994: National Movement of Street Children, Messengers of Peace and Save the Children
1995: H.M. Hussein I, king of Jordan
1996: Adolfo Suárez
1997: Mstislav Rostropovich and Yehudi Menuhin
1998: Nicolás Castellanos, Vicente Ferrer, Joaquín Sanz Gadea and Muhammad Yunus
1999: Caritas Spain
2000: Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language
2001: World Network of Biosphere Reserves
2002: Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said
2003: J. K. Rowling
2004: The Way of St. James
2005: Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul
2006: UNICEF
2007: Yad Vashem
2008: Íngrid Betancourt
2009: The City of Berlin
2010: Manos Unidas
2011: Fukushima 50
2012: Spanish Federation of Food Banks
2013: Spanish Organization for the Blind (ONCE)
2014: Caddy Adzuba

Princess of Asturias Award for Concord
2015: Hospitaller Order of St John of God 2016: SOS Children's Villages 2017: European Union 2018: Sylvia A. Earle 2019: The City of Gdańsk 2020: Spanish health workers on the front line against COVID-19 2021: José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen 2022: Shigeru Ban 2023: Mary's Meals

Humanitarian partners of the European Commission

Humanitarian partners
DG ECHO

NGOs

International

Action Against Hunger (France, Spain)
ADRA (Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany)
CARE International (Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway)
Caritas Internationalis (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Spain)
ICRC (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden)
Islamic Relief (Germany, Sweden)
Oxfam (Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Spain)
Plan International (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden)
Save the Children (Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden)
Solidarités international (France, Spain)
SOS Children's Villages (Austria, Netherlands)
Terre des hommes (Italy, Netherlands)
World Vision (Austria, Finland, Netherlands)

National

MDM · VSF
PIN
DACAAR · DanChurchAid · DPA · DRC
Estonian Refugee Council · MTÜ Mondo
Fida International · FinnChurchAid · FRC · Mannerheim League for Child Welfare
ACTED · ALIMA · AVSF · Institut Bioforce · CDE · Federation Handicap · GRET · iMMAP · MDM · Œuvre d'Orient · PUI · Relief International · Secours Islamique · SPF · Triangle · TSF
arche noVa · ASB · Diakonie Deutschland · Die Johanniter · GAC · HELP · International Rescue Committee · Malteser Hilfsdienst · Medair · MI · Sign of Hope · VSF
Concern Worldwide · GOAL · SHA · Trócaire
ActionAid · AISPO · AVSI · Cesvi · CISP · COOPI · CUAMM · Emergency · FADV · INTERSOS · JRS · LVIA · Un Ponte Per · VIS · WeWorld
Cordaid · DAI · HNTPO · INSO · Mercy Corps · REK · Stichting Vluchteling · Tearfund Netherlands · War Child Netherlands · ZOA
NCA · NPA · NRC
PAH
AKF PRT
ACPP · Ayuda en Acción · EDUCO · Entreculturas · Farmacéuticos Mundi · MDM · Medicus Mundi · MPDL · Mundubat · SIA
COS · Diakonia · Läkarmissionen · PMU Interlife · SWEDO