Fondazione Caritas Ambrosiana

Caritas Ambrosiana was founded by the Archbishop of Milano in 1963 “in view of the full development of man, social justice and peace” with the aim of fighting exclusion, poverty and discrimination by: – detecting the needs of the territory and fostering social and educational projects to tackle the identified problems; – raising awareness, promoting volunteering and carrying out advocacy initiatives. Caritas is engaged in different areas: severe social exclusion, children, elderly, women ill-treatment, mental health, AIDS, trafficking and prostitution, immigrants, Roma people, prison, addictions, physical disabilities. It directly manages 4 territorial services specifically targeted at guidance and work insertion, severely emarginated people, immigrants and victims of violence and exploitation. The International Sector develops projects in third countries and intervenes in case of natural or man-made disasters.