Udruga Betlehem

Founded in 2008, Udruga Betlehem is a non-profit association based in Novo Brestje, Sesvete, Croatia working on human rights, children & youth, religion & faith.

Udruga Betlehem is a non-profit association supported by the Catholic Church that works to protect human life from conception to natural death. It runs safe houses and a mothers' home in Zagreb, Karlovac and Lipovljani that support pregnant women, single mothers, mothers with several children and victims of domestic violence. It also provides material aid, counselling by a professional team, a shared grave for unborn and deceased children, a baby hatch, pilgrimages, and education and information activities. The association has local branches in several Croatian towns, including Zagreb, Karlovac, Sisak, Slavonski Brod, Varaždin, Osijek, Vinkovci, Vukovar, Šibenik, Gospić, Split and Dubrovnik.