Caritas Switzerland Annual Report of Activities - CARITAS - Schweiz
Caritas Switzerland Annual Report of Activities - CARITAS - Schweiz
Caritas Switzerland Annual Report of Activities - CARITAS - Schweiz
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Our involvement in<br />
the fight against debt<br />
The sooner debt counselling starts, the greater are the chances<br />
<strong>of</strong> success. The service provided by <strong>Caritas</strong> makes access to help<br />
as easy as possible. A Website dealing with questions about debt,<br />
online advice, a telephone debt hotline as well as a decentralised<br />
network <strong>of</strong> easytoaccess debt advice centres <strong>of</strong>fer quick and<br />
uncomplicated assistance. In addition, <strong>Caritas</strong> <strong>Switzerland</strong> trains<br />
migrants as course tutors who then talk to their compatriots in<br />
their mother tongue and raise their awareness about money,<br />
consumption and debt issues. Finally, <strong>Caritas</strong> also campaigns at<br />
the political level for better conditions in the fight against overindebtedness.<br />
The telephone hotline <strong>Caritas</strong> debt counselling<br />
at 0800 708 708 meets a great<br />
need. A call is received every 15 minutes.<br />
18<br />
The course tutors trained by <strong>Caritas</strong><br />
conducted 172 courses on money,<br />
consumption and debt issues with a<br />
total <strong>of</strong> 1,186 participants.<br />
In the past year, the <strong>Caritas</strong><br />
Website in 10 languages,<br />
www.caritas-schuldenberatung.ch<br />
(<strong>Caritas</strong> debt counselling), was<br />
visited 5,000 times.
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