Caritas Hong Kong

Catholic charity in Hong Kong
Caritas Hong Kong
Caritas Hong Kong
Traditional Chinese香港明愛
Simplified Chinese香港明爱
Literal meaningHong Kong Bright Love
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXiānggǎng Míngài
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHēung góng mìhng oi
JyutpingHoeng1 gong2 ming4 oi3
EstablishedJuly 1953; 71 years ago (1953-07)
FounderRoman Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong
TypeNonprofit
HeadquartersCaritas House, 2 Caine Road
Location(2022/2023)HK$2,985,097,000[1]
Staff (2023)
8,421[1]
Volunteers (2023)
12,000[1]
Websitewww.caritas.org.hk
A Caritas Hong Kong Outreaching Dental Services bus

Caritas Hong Kong is a charitable organisation, a member of Caritas Internationalis, founded by the Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong in July 1953. It started with relief and rehabilitation services to the poor and the distressed after the Second World War. It has been expanded to involve social services, education services, medical services, hospitality services and many others. It is led by Board of Management chairman Dominic Chan.

It is funded by the Hong Kong Government, Community Chest, as well as other donations and participant fees.

Hospitals

  • Public:
    • Caritas Medical Centre, founded in 1964
  • Private
    • Precious Blood Hospital (Caritas), taken up in 1993
    • Canossa Hospital (Caritas), taken up in 1991

Schools

Special Education & Vocational Training Service

  • Caritas Lok Jun School
  • Caritas Lok Yi School
  • Caritas Lok Kan School
  • Caritas Resurrection School
  • Caritas Magdalene School
  • Caritas Jockey Club Lok Yan School

Vocational Training & Education Service

Caritas Secondary School

  • Caritas St. Francis Secondary School
  • Caritas Chong Yuet Ming Secondary School
  • Caritas St. Joseph Secondary School
  • Caritas St. Paul Secondary School
  • Caritas Tuen Mun Marden Foundation Secondary School
  • Caritas Chai Wan Marden Foundation Secondary School
  • Caritas Shatin Marden Foundation Secondary School
  • Caritas Fanling Chan Chun Ha Secondary School
  • Caritas Yuen Long Chan Chun Ha Secondary School
  • Caritas Ma On Shan Secondary School
  • Caritas Charles Vath College

Adult and Higher Education Service

Environmental Protection Initiative

  • Hong Kong Caritas Computer Recycle Project[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "2022/2023 Caritas Hong Kong Annual Report". caritas.org.hk. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
  2. ^ "香港明愛電腦再生計劃 Hong Kong Caritas Computer Recycle Project". Archived from the original on 2008-06-15. Retrieved 2008-03-10.

External links

Media related to Caritas Hong Kong at Wikimedia Commons

  • Official website Edit this at Wikidata
  • An interview with the Archbishop Emeritus Joseph Zen Ze-kiun on YouTube (in Italian)
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Caritas Internationalis Member Organisations and Regional Secretariats
Caritas Africa Member Organisations
   

Angola Caritas Angola
Benin Caritas Benin
Botswana Caritas Botswana
Burkina Faso Caritas Burkina Faso (OCADES)
Burundi Caritas Burundi
Cameroon Caritas Cameroon
Cape Verde Caritas Cape Verde
Central African Republic Caritas Central African Republic
Chad Caritas Chad
Comoros Caritas Comoros
Republic of the Congo Caritas Congo-Brazzaville
Democratic Republic of the Congo Caritas Congo
Ivory Coast Caritas Côte d'Ivoire
Equatorial Guinea Caritas Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea Caritas Eritrea

Eswatini Caritas Eswatini
Ethiopia Caritas Ethiopia (ECC- SDCO)
Gabon Caritas Gabon
The Gambia Caritas Gambia (CaDO)
Ghana Caritas Ghana
Guinea Caritas Guinea (OCPH)
Guinea-Bissau Caritas Guinea-Bissau
Kenya Caritas Kenya
Lesotho Caritas Lesotho
Liberia Caritas Liberia
Madagascar Caritas Madagascar
Malawi Caritas Malawi (CADECOM)
Mali Caritas Mali
Mauritius Caritas Mauritius
Mozambique Caritas Mozambique
Namibia Caritas Namibia

Niger Caritas Niger (CADEV)
Nigeria Caritas Nigeria
Rwanda Caritas Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe Caritas São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal Caritas Senegal
Seychelles Caritas Seychelles
Sierra Leone Caritas Sierra Leone
South Africa Caritas South Africa (Siyabhabha Trust)
South Sudan Caritas South Sudan
Sudan Caritas Sudan
Tanzania Caritas Tanzania
Togo Caritas Togo (OCDI)
Uganda Caritas Uganda
Zambia Caritas Zambia
Zimbabwe Caritas Zimbabwe (CADEC)

Caritas Asia Member Organisations
   

Bangladesh Caritas Bangladesh
Cambodia Caritas Cambodia
Hong Kong Caritas Hong Kong
India Caritas India
Indonesia Caritas Indonesia
Japan Caritas Japan
Kazakhstan Caritas Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan Caritas Kyrgyzstan
Laos Caritas Laos

South Korea Caritas Korea
Macau Caritas Macau
Malaysia Caritas Malaysia
Mongolia Caritas Mongolia
Myanmar Caritas Myanmar (KMSS)
Nepal    Caritas Nepal
Pakistan Caritas Pakistan
Philippines Caritas Philippines (NASSA)
Singapore Caritas Singapore and CHARIS

Sri Lanka Caritas Sri Lanka
Taiwan Caritas Taiwan
Tajikistan Caritas Tajikistan
Thailand Caritas Thailand
East Timor Caritas Timor Leste
Uzbekistan Caritas Uzbekistan
Vietnam Caritas Vietnam

Caritas Europa Member Organisations
   

Albania Caritas Albania
Andorra Caritas Andorra
Armenia Armenian Caritas
Austria Caritas Austria
Azerbaijan Caritas Azerbaijan (corresponding member)
Belarus Caritas Belarus
Belgium Caritas Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina Caritas Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria Caritas Bulgaria
Croatia Caritas Croatia
Czech Republic Caritas Czech Republic
Denmark Caritas Denmark
Estonia Caritas Estonia
Finland Caritas Finland
France Secours catholique
Georgia (country) Caritas Georgia

Germany Caritas Germany
Greece Caritas Hellas
Hungary Caritas Hungary
Iceland Caritas Iceland
Republic of Ireland Trócaire
Italy Caritas Italy
Kosovo Caritas Kosovo (corresponding member)
Latvia Caritas Latvia
Lithuania Caritas Lithuania
Luxembourg Caritas Luxembourg
Malta Caritas Malta
Moldova Caritas Moldova
Monaco  Caritas Monaco
Montenegro Caritas Montenegro
Netherlands Cordaid
North Macedonia Caritas Macedonia

Norway Caritas Norway
Poland Caritas Poland
Portugal Caritas Portugal
Romania Caritas Romania
Russia Caritas Russia
San Marino Caritas San Marino
Serbia Caritas Serbia
Slovakia Caritas Slovakia
Slovenia Caritas Slovenia
Spain Caritas Spain
Sweden Caritas Sweden
Switzerland   Caritas Switzerland
Turkey Caritas Turkey
Ukraine Caritas Ukraine & Caritas-Spes
United Kingdom CAFOD, CSAN and SCIAF

   

Main Page Caritas Antilles
Argentina Caritas Argentina
Bolivia Caritas Bolivia
Brazil Caritas Brazil
Chile Caritas Chile
Colombia Caritas Colombia
Costa Rica Caritas Costa Rica
Cuba Caritas Cuba

Dominican Republic Caritas Dominican Republic
Ecuador Caritas Ecuador
El Salvador Caritas El Salvador
Guatemala Caritas Guatemala
Haiti Caritas Haiti
Honduras Caritas Honduras
Mexico Caritas Mexico
Nicaragua Caritas Nicaragua

Panama Caritas Panama
Paraguay Caritas Paraguay
Peru Caritas Peru
Puerto Rico Caritas Puerto Rico
Uruguay Caritas Uruguay
Venezuela Caritas Venezuela

   

Algeria Caritas Algeria
Cyprus Caritas Cyprus
Djibouti Caritas Djibouti
Iran Caritas Iran
Iraq Caritas Iraq

Main Page Caritas Jerusalem
Jordan Caritas Jordan
Lebanon Caritas Lebanon
Libya Caritas Libya
Mauritania Caritas Mauritania

Morocco Caritas Morocco
Somalia Caritas Somalia
Syria Caritas Syria
Tunisia Caritas Tunisia

Caritas North America Member Organisations
   

Canada Caritas Canada (Development and Peace)

Caritas Oceania Member Organisations
   

Australia Caritas Australia
Fiji Caritas Fiji
New Zealand Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand

Main Page Caritas Pacific Islands
Papua New Guinea Caritas Papua New Guinea

Samoa Caritas Samoa
Tonga Caritas Tonga


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