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Caritas Internationalis (Latin for ' Charity International ') is a confederation of 162 national Catholic relief, development and social service organisations operating in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. [7]
The New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is an agency of the New York state government. [1] [2] The office has its headquarters in the Capital View Office Park in Rensselaer. [3] Along with the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance it is part of the pro forma Department of Family Assistance.
Catholic Charities USA is a member of Caritas Internationalis, an international federation of Catholic social service organizations. [2] Catholic Charities USA is the national office of 167 local Catholic Charities agencies nationwide.
The new head of Caritas Internationalis said Tuesday that the Vatican's preeminent charity would look to the future of its global aid mission, seeking to close out a tumultuous period that ...
Initially founded as the War Relief Services, the agency's original purpose was to aid the refugees of war-torn Europe. A confluence of events in the mid 1950s—the end of colonial rule in many countries, the continuing support of the American Catholic community and the availability of food and financial resources from the U.S. Government—helped CRS expand operations.
The role of Caritas Latin America and Caribbean is to foster peer exchange and learning among its member organisations, and to speak with a unified voice. The secretariat (SELACC) is also engaged in advocacy, for example concerning the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean Summits [ 3 ] as well as in the institutional capacity ...
New York Cares is the largest volunteer network in New York City. The organization works with a base of 30,000 [3] volunteers, and has engaged volunteers in over 8 million hours [4] of service since its inception. New York Cares works with about 1,300 nonprofits and schools, and aims to improve education, meet immediate needs, and revitalize ...
Las Caritas, a collection of Indian inscriptions in a rock formation in the Dominican Republic; Caritas, a bar in the U.S. television series Angel (1999 TV series) Caritas (Ponzi scheme), a pyramid investment in the early 1990s in Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Caritas Well or Caritas Fountain, a Renaissance fountain in Copenhagen, Denmark