Caritas Colombia
Colombian Catholic charity organisation. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caritas Colombia (Spanish: Cáritas Colombiana, officially Pastoral Social Cáritas Colombiana) is a Colombian nonprofit organisation. It is the official aid organisation of the Catholic Church in Colombia.
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Pastoral Social Cáritas Colombiana | |
Established | 1956 (creation) 1977 (legal registration) |
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Type | Nonprofit |
Purpose | development aid, humanitarian aid, social services |
Headquarters | Cra. 58 No. 80 87, Barrios Unidos |
Location | |
Coordinates | 4.682905800387362°N 74.07363667672628°W / 4.682905800387362; -74.07363667672628 |
Origins | Catholic Social Teaching |
Region served | Colombia |
Secretary General | Rafael Martín Castillo Torres |
President | Luis José Rueda Aparicio |
Affiliations | Caritas Internationalis, Caritas Latin America and Caribbean |
Revenue | COP 65,719,026,510[1] |
Website | caritascolombiana |
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The organisation is a member of the global Caritas Internationalis confederation and of Caritas Latin America and Caribbean.[2]
Caritas Colombia is a network of different structures. The national secretariat is known as Secretariado Nacional de Pastoral Social (SNPS).