Caritas For Children Inc

Programs: Child sponsorship programthe program provides financial assisstance for the health, education and general welfare of orphaned and disadvantaged children in kenya, nigeria and uganda in africa, the domicican rebpublic and haiti. Through child sponsorships catitas provides children with the opportunity for quality education, daily meals, clothing and medical care. Sponsored children attend a catholic school run by the local religious indigenous men and women who understand the particular needs related to the child. There are two components to the child sponsorship program - the boarding school and the day school programs. Boarding school program - many of the children in the boarding school are orphans. Children with no place to live require a higher level of services. The caritas boarding school program provides 24 hour, 365 days of care for these children. Caritas provides all the possible needs - personal and spiritual, including all of the following benefits:annual tuition, school supplies, all personal and incidental expenses, transportation, medical services, and all clothing expenses. As well as ongoing catechesis of catholic teaching. Day school program - this program provides for all the costs necessary for a catholic day-school education, as well as providing:daily nurturing guidance, two meals per day, school uniform and other available clothing, books and educational supplies, basic medical support, clean drinking water, counseling and religious instruction.

other program servicescaritas has in varying degrees developed additional financial andspiritual support and assistive supporting programs including:adopt-a-nun support and ongoing formation, a community based support program called white rose, english lessons taught in poland, wheel chairsprovided for the providence home, donations for needed surgeries and extra medical care, financial support to inganga babies home, sisters in poland and djibouti, seminarian sponsorship and support of water project.