HISTORY

Caritas comes from Latin word meaning "Love and Charity". History of Caritas Pakistan Lahore right from came to existence till to date is as follows

1965	Donation from Pope Paul IV to establish Caritas Pakistan (December 08, 1965)
1966	Caritas Pakistan was set up as a branch of Caritas Internationalis
1968	Agriculture seminar was held to facilitate conducting a survey of catholic villages and colonies in Pakistan .
1970	The constitution of Caritas Pakistan was approved by the Catholic Bishop's Conference of Pakistan.
1971	Emergency relief to refugees from India-Pak war; East Pakistan became Bangladesh
1973	Emergency relief to unprecedented gigantic monsoon flood victims
1974	Seminar on Liberation through Development was held in Multan for the purpose of establishing vision, mission and goal.
1979	The constitution was approved and adopted by the general body of Caritas Pakistan . The main thrust was towards awareness raising and community building. Social Awareness & Leadership Training Program (SALT) was initiated.
1980	Autonomy was granted to the dioceses
1986	Caritas Pakistan launched ANIMATION & DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM in the six dioceses.
1991	Seminar on “Caritas & Development” was held focusing on deeper aspects of development and outreach to the target communities.
1994	Ten Steps of Animation were developed and adopted at grassroot level for social mobilization.
1996	National Strategic Planning workshop was held to devise preliminary 3 years plan.
1998	1st Strategic Planning process was initiated involving grass root people to meet the needs of the 21st century.
2001	2nd Strategic Planning of Caritas Pakistan was formulated Provision of relief aid to Afghan Refugees.
2003	Rehabilitation of Afghan Refugees
2004	3rd Strategic Planning of Caritas Pakistan was held CP facilitated in repatriation of 3154 Afghan Refugees families.
2005	The revised constitution of Caritas Pakistan was approved by the General Body. Moreover CP responded to the 8th October Earth Quake, a massive disaster by providing relief & rehabilitation services to the victims with focus on health and livelihood issues.
2007	4th Strategic Planning of Caritas Pakistan was conducted Response to cyclone / floods in Sindh and Balochistan
2008	Workshop on Organizational Growth and Development Approaches (July 9-10)
2010	Response to Massive Floods
2012	5th Strategic Planning of Caritas Pakistan
2015	6th Strategic Planning of Caritas Pakistan.

 

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