Caritas Polska

Caritas Polska

Warszawa, Poland

Poverty & HungerHumanitarian aid & Disaster reliefInternational developmentHealthTax-deductible donations
CharityInternational reach5000+ staff60,000 volunteers
Profile last updated: September 30, 2026

About

Caritas Polska is a charity based in Warszawa, Poland working on poverty & hunger, humanitarian aid & disaster relief, international development +8 more.

Caritas Polska is the national charitable institution of the Catholic Church in Poland, established by the Polish Episcopal Conference. It coordinates the work of 44 to 45 diocesan and archdiocesan Caritas organisations, runs nationwide programmes for homeless people, older people, children, migrants and refugees, and delivers humanitarian and development projects in several dozen countries on five continents. It also runs a research unit, the Centrum Analiz, and holds public-benefit status in Poland.

Location

Warszawa, Poland

Organisation type

Charity

Charity number

KRS 0000198645

Registration

KRS 0000198645

Staff

5000+

VAT number

PL1911602202

Languages

PL

Causes & programmes

Causes

Poverty & HungerHumanitarian aid & Disaster reliefInternational developmentHealthChildren & YouthElderly careRefugees & MigrationHousing & HomelessnessWater & SanitationEducationMental health

Works for

ChildrenYouthFamiliesElderly peopleRefugees & MigrantsHomeless peoplePeople in povertyPatients

How they work

Direct servicesEmergency responseCommunity programmesResearch

Programmes

Rodzina Rodzinie

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Poverty & Hunger · Ukraine

Regular monthly cash support for families in crisis, in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Wigilijne Dzieło Pomocy Dzieciom

Children & Youth · Poland

Funds holiday camps, meals, scholarships and rehabilitation for children from families in need, financed through the sale of Caritas candles.

Uliczny Patrol Medyczny

Housing & Homelessness · Poland

Year-round mobile medical aid for homeless people in Warsaw, run with the city guard and partners.

Trochę Ciepła dla Bezdomnego

Housing & Homelessness · Poland

Autumn and winter outreach delivering hot meals, blankets and warm clothing to homeless people outside shelters.

Na Codzienne Zakupy

Elderly care · Poland

Nationwide programme supporting older people with everyday shopping, run with diocesan Caritas organisations.

Countries of operation

PolandUkraineYemenEthiopiaBurkina FasoCubaJamaicaNepalBoliviaKazakhstan

Funding & support

Volunteers

60,000

Funded by

Individual donationsCorporate partnershipsGovernment fundingEU funding

Ways to support

DonateMonthly givingVolunteerCorporate partnershipFundraise

Trust

Tax-deductible donations

Credentials & affiliations

Industry memberships

Caritas InternationalisCaritas Europa

Partnerships

Polska Akcja Humanitarna, Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych, Straż Miejska m.st. Warszawy, Konica Minolta

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