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DEVELOPMENT PARTNER PROFILE
NGO
Caritas Internationalis in Tajikistan
Contact: Mr. Juan Carlos Sack
Director
Tel: 226-38-50, 223-42-69 Fax:
E-mail: caritas.tj@ive.org
Website: www.tajikistan.ive.org
Organization Profile
Caritas Tajikistan is a brunch of CARITAS INTERNATIONALIS in Tajikistan.
Caritas Internationalis is a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organizations working to build a better world,
especially for the poor and oppressed, in over 200 countries and territories.
Caritas works without regard to creed, race, gender, or ethnicity, and is one of the world's largest humanitarian networks.
Caritas' mandate includes integral development, emergency relief, advocacy, peace building, respect for human rights and support for proper
stewardship of the planet's environment and resources.
The Caritas approach is based on the social teaching of the Church, which focuses on the dignity of the human person.
Caritas believes that the weak and oppressed are not objects of pity, but agents of change leading the struggle to eradicate dehumanizing
poverty, unacceptable living and working conditions, and unjust social, political, economic and cultural structures.
What makes Caritas unique is its ongoing presence in communities, before, during and after crisis situations. Important, too, is that being part
of civil society and incorporating the perspective of the poor, Caritas can continuously adapt its strategies to an ever changing environment.
Past and Current Programmes
Past and current program portfolio of Caritas Tajikistan includes projects on water and sanitation, health and social protection targeting
children with special needs and old poor people.
Caritas Tajikistan programmes included following projects:
• Social support project for old poor people, Shohmansur district, Dushanbe
• Renovation of sanitary units for children in Sister's care hospital, Dushanbe;
• Renovation of sanunits in secondary school, Norak.
• Improvement of sanitary conditions in hospitals (childrens hospital #1, Republican Heart Surgery Center)
• Renovation of canteen and provision of equipment for the internat gymnasium Hotam&PV, Dushanbe;
• Sport development project for the schools of Kurgan-Nube;
• Individual cases of provision of medical equipment (Oftalmology center).
Future Programming Direction
Caritas Tajikistan envisions its program strategy in the same sectors plus has intention to open projects, in case of need, in the emergency
response field.
Source: Aid Coordination and Project Monitoring System Database
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