Caritas Switzerland
| Caritas Switzerland | |
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| legal form | Association, independent aid organization |
| founding | 1901 |
| Seat | Luzern , Switzerland ( ⊙ ) |
| motto | Do the right thing. When poverty shows its face. For social justice and against poverty. |
| main emphasis | Engagement with partnerships for social justice and against poverty. |
| Action space | Switzerland and around 20 countries worldwide. |
| Chair | Mariangela Wallimann-Bornatico |
| Managing directors | Hugo Fasel |
| sales | 89,974,323 CHF (2016) |
| Employees | 350 (267 full-time positions) (2020) |
| Website | www.caritas.ch |
Caritas Switzerland is an aid organization headquartered in Lucerne .
History and activity
The aid organization was founded in 1901 and is a member of Caritas Internationalis , a network of organizations in 165 countries around the world. Abroad, Caritas Switzerland provides emergency aid after disasters and sustainable development cooperation in around 20 countries. In Switzerland , Caritas primarily looks after asylum seekers and recognized refugees on behalf of the public sector . In addition, Caritas Switzerland, together with 16 independent regional Caritas organizations, supports people who are affected by poverty in Switzerland. With its studies and position papers on social, migration and development issues, Caritas Switzerland also helps ensure that social problems are perceived and shows appropriate solutions.
The president of Caritas Switzerland is Mariangela Wallimann-Bornatico, director of the management of Hugo Fasel . The representation of employees is in accordance with the agreement on social partnership since 1995 by the staff association perceived in social partnership with management.
Directors (Caritas secretaries) of Caritas Switzerland
- 1919–1922 Innocent Räber
- 1922–1941 Wilhelm Kissling
- 1941–1950 Giuseppe Crivelli
- 1950–1953 Alfons Fuchs
- 1954–1964 Albert Studer-Auer
- 1964–1971 Peter Kuhn
- 1971–1991 Fridolin Kissling
- 1991–2008 Jürg Krummenacher
- since 2008 Hugo Fasel
Caritas President
- 1901–1904 Rufin Steimer
- 1905–1909 Wilhelm Meyer
- 1909–1925 Franz Josef Bühler
- 1925–1927 Emil Pestalozzi-Pfyffer
- 1927–1943 Anton Auf der Maur
- 1943–1954 Karl Wick
- 1954–1969 Fritz Player
- 1969 Emil Tscherrig
- 1970 Theodor Waldesbühl
- 1971–1977 Enrico Franzoni
- 1977–1987 Elisabeth Blunschy-Steiner
- 1987-1997 Vital Darbellay
- 1997-2012 Fulvio Caccia
- since 2012 Mariangela Wallimann-Bornatico
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Organization. Caritas Switzerland, accessed on October 14, 2015 .
- ↑ Organization. Caritas Switzerland, accessed on November 4, 2019 .
- ^ President of Caritas Switzerland. Caritas Switzerland, accessed on October 14, 2015 .
- ↑ Director of Caritas Switzerland. Caritas Switzerland, accessed on October 14, 2015 .
- ↑ Financial Report 2016. (PDF; 853 kB) Caritas Switzerland, p. 3 , accessed on November 11, 2017 .
- ↑ Caritas Switzerland as an employer. Caritas Switzerland, accessed on January 18, 2018 .
- ↑ Altermatt, Urs: Swiss Caritas Association 1901-2001 . In: ETH-Bibliothek (Ed.): Journal for Swiss Church History = Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique suisse . February 13, 2018, doi : 10.5169 / seals-130315 .