Caritas Zimbabwe

Caritas Zimbabwe is the official development agency of the Catholic Church in Zimbabwe. It was set up by the Zimbabwean Catholic Bishops in 1972 to express the concern of the Zimbabwean Church for the suffering of the Zimbabwe\'s poorest and most oppressed people during the liberation struggle.

Caritas Zimbabwe\'s partnership approach makes us a unique. We work through global Catholic networks and with our Dioceses on the ground. When we help people, we let them know that they are in control of their situation or problem . we do not impose solutions on the people we help. Instead, we let them shape their own destiny.

Caritas fights poverty, exclusion, intolerance and discrimination. More importantly, it empowers people to participate more fully in all matters affecting their lives, and advocates on their behalf at national and international forums.

Caritas promotes partnerships: local autonomy is paramount in ensuring effective teamwork for the good of all. By pooling expertise and resources, Caritas is able to identify issues at the grassroots level, analyze them at national and international levels and take action locally, regionally and globally.

In and for itself Caritas is an appreciable sign in the world of a state of faith; Christ\'s charity which exhorts the church to exercise God\'s love. Caritas – without words – evangelizes.

Caritas\'s global identity includes a central organizing thought \"Social teachings of the Church are at the heart of everything we do\".

The mission of Caritas is to make God\'s love visible in the world. Deus Caritas Est.

We work to build bridges of Hope.

We work with people to bring about positive changes in some of the poorest people in Zimbabwe\'s provinces. Our programmes are carried out with through our eight Diocese so local people are in control of the implementation process and, in turn, their own development.