Caritas India
www.caritasindia.org

Caritas India is the Official National Organisation of the Catholic Bishop's Conference of India for Relief, Rehabilitation, Social Action and Social Development. Caritas India is a Network Organisation of 11 Regional Fora and 143 Diocesan Social Service Societies along with numerous Non-Governmental Organisations working at grass-root level. Caritas India is a country member at Asian Partnership for Human Development and Integrational Catholic Migration Council (ICMC).

Vision: Formation of a Just and sustaining social order, where Gospel Values of Love, Equality and Peace are Nurtured and Lived.

Joint efforts of Commission for Health & Caritas India

Relief for those affected during Gujarat Riots

With the support of Caritas India, the CBCI Commission for Healthcare organized a team of medical doctors and social workers from Delhi and carried out the relief work in collaboration with the Social Service department of the Diocese of Ahmedabad. At an earlier visit to Gujarat with a multi-religious team from Delhi, Sadbhavana Tirthayatra, it was identified that the immediate needs in the camps were medical aid and trauma counseling. The Health Commission then organized a Trauma Counseling Session at the CBCI Centre, Delhi on April 13, 2002. Rev. Dr. P.O. Jose, sdb, who holds a doctorate in trauma counseling, conducted a programme on the theoretical and practical aspects of trauma counseling of the victims of riot. A video film of 25 minutes duration on the sad faces of the communal carnage in Gujarat was shown. Sufficient material on the topic and a report entitled “Gujarat Carnage 2002” prepared by an independent fact finding team, was also distributed to the participants. Thus the preparation helped their work and involvement with the people in the relief camps. Read more