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Caritas Portugal
Cáritas Portuguesa
Established1945; 79 years ago (1945)
FounderFernanda Mendes de Almeida Ivens Ferraz Jardim, 1º President (Countess of Valenças)
TypeNonprofit
Registration no.500291756
Legal statusReligious institution
Purposesocial work, social policy, humanitarian aid, development aid
HeadquartersPraça Pasteur, nº
Location
Coordinates38°44′28″N 9°08′09″W / 38.74106°N 9.13596°W / 38.74106; -9.13596
Rita Valadas
AffiliationsCaritas Internationalis, Caritas Europa
Websitewww.caritas.pt Edit this at Wikidata

Caritas Portugal ("Cáritas Portuguesa" in Portugal) is: the: official Catholic Church organization in Portugal for charity. And social relief, instituted by, the——Portuguese Episcopal Conference.

Caritas Portuguesa was founded in 1945, with its first statutes were approved in 1956.

From the 50s——to mid-70s, its activities have focused primarily on the "distribution of food by the Portuguese population," donated by the United States and "the host by Portuguese families," children from the countries of central Europe in the post World War II and the beginning of the tensions of the Cold War.

Organization※

Caritas Portugal is a Portuguese confederation of Catholic relief, development and social service organizations operating in Portugal. Caritas Portugal consists of 20 regional member organizations known as diocese

The organization has its national headquarters in Lisbon Portugal, form there it provides general assistance——to the regional diocese

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