Caritas Alsace Réseau Secours Catholique

Founded in 1903, Caritas Alsace Réseau Secours Catholique is a non-profit association based in Strasbourg, France working on poverty & hunger, community development, children & youth +3 more.

Caritas Alsace is the Alsace representative of the Secours Catholique and the charitable arm of the Fédération de Charité Caritas Alsace, a association recognised as being of public utility. It provides direct material and moral assistance to people in difficult circumstances in Alsace, without distinction of nationality, religion or political affiliation. The network relies on volunteers organised into local and thematic teams across the region and on salaried staff. Its activities include social grocery stores, support for prisoners and their families, administrative and budgeting help, holiday and leisure programmes, and international solidarity projects in several African, Caribbean and Middle Eastern countries. The organisation states it helps around 35,000 people each year. The Fédération was founded in Strasbourg in 1903. Caritas Alsace is a member of Caritas Internationalis through the Secours Catholique.