Specialized Charity Organizations
The following specialized Catholic Charity Organizations (professional associations) were founded at the end of the 19th century. These organizations focus on preventive, outreach and follow-up social work as well as residential care services.
They specialize in helping certain groups of people, focus on particular areas and provide a broad spectrum of qualified assistance and support. The combination of paid staff and unpaid volunteers forms the special basis of these organizations.
CKD – Caritas Conferences
CKD was founded in 1840 as the St. Elizabeth Association. CKD is a national network of roughly 80,000 Caritas volunteers who need help in need of parishes, centers, homes and projects.
IN VIA – Association of Social Work for Girls and Women
IN VIA is part of the International Catholic Society for Girls which engages in social policy and on girls and young women with effective help for achieving fair living living conditions.
Kreuzbund
The Kreuzbund Society Incorporated is the Catholic self-help and community for addicts, ex-addicts and their relatives in Germany. It is the largest German self-help organization for addicts. Kreuzbund currently has 1,600 self-help groups in Germany and consists of approximately 15,000 members. Another approximately 15,000 people come to the group every week. The association provides preventive and follow-up care for addicts, people with substance abuse problems, alcoholics and their relatives. The aim of the self-help groups is to achieve a stable recovery, personal growth and well-being. Objectives are the rehabilitation and reintegration of sufferers from addiction into family, work and society. Abstinence lifestyle activities by offering useful leisure time activities without alcohol.
Maltese Relief Service – Order of Malta
35,000 volunteers and 3,000 paid employees work for Malteser Hilfsdienst, the German branch of the Order of Malta. Together with its 850,000 patrons, this makes Malteser Hilfsdienst one of the largest welfare organizations in Germany.
Maltese workers provide emergency medical services, first aid training and social care on a volunteer basis. Its International Department supports partners all over the world and sends experts to disaster areas. Malteser Hilfsdienst runs hospices for people with terminal illnesses and their families. Maltese Youth, its youth services organization, offers 9,000 young people the opportunity to play games, participate in sport or do charitable work.
Raphaelswerk – Helping People on the Move
Raphaels-Werk provides counseling services to people who would like to move abroad temporarily or indefinitely: Emigrants, people working abroad, who would like to continue their voluntary care, and multinational couples. Germans living abroad who would like to receive a grant in one of Raphaels-Werk’s 23 advice centers.
SkF – Catholic Women’s Welfare Service
The Catholic Women’s Welfare Service is a professional women’s association in the Catholic Church providing help to children, young people, and their families in difficult circumstances. Above all, the SkF is involved in supporting women on the fringes of society.
SKM – Catholic Association for Social Services in Germany
The Catholic Association for Social Services in Germany, is a member of the Christian Mission in Switzerland. They provide assistance and legal advice to youths, families, homeless people, offenders, people in debt and people living in troubled areas.
VKD – League of St. Vincent Associations in Germany
VKD is a charity organization which primarily takes care of older people and people who are lonely, offering them professional counseling and help. VKD was founded in 1845 as an association of volunteer laypeople.
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