Caritasverband Leipzig

Caritasverband Leipzig is a faith-based organisation based in Leipzig, Germany working on children & youth, poverty & hunger, housing & homelessness +7 more.

The Caritasverband Leipzig e.V. is the local Caritas association of the Catholic Church in Leipzig, a registered association recognised as a social service provider in the city of Leipzig and the Landkreis Leipzig. It serves the Leipzig deanery area, with roughly 780,000 inhabitants. Its work covers child, youth and family support, counselling for people in special life situations, migration and integration services, support for people with disabilities, care for older people and home nursing, palliative and hospice support, debt counselling, help for homeless people, and counselling for people who have offended and their relatives. It runs kindergartens, senior meeting places, care facilities and social stations, and it operates a low-cost clothing and household goods offer based on donations. The association states that it is funded in part by donations, membership fees, sponsorships and public funds from the city of Leipzig and the Free State of Saxony. It also relies on more than 200 volunteers and over 400 staff at more than 30 locations. Founded as a committee after the First World War, it was re-established in January 1991 after reunification.