Anuual charity day 2009 to be held next weekend
- Annual collection in aid of the Church Charities and Homes
- A safe home in drawings through Vodafone Malta Foundation
- 500 Gozitans will be denied a care home place by 2015
- Emergency Shelter for Women upgrades facilities with the help of various entities
- New course for certificate of care assistant
- New NGO calls for provision of care homes in Gozo
- New premises for the Day Centre for the Elderly in Gozo
- Thousands of liri donated by BOV to Dar Tal-Providenza
- Ministry replies to AD’s statement on domestic violence
- Dealing with domestic violence and abuse in Gozo and Malta
- Platform for Children Workshop on Poverty and Social Exclusion
- Domestic violence not acceptable – The Commission on Domestic Violence
- Working Together to Combat Domestic Violence
- Commission on domestic violence launches reference library
- Statement by the Ministry for Social Policy on the Lourdes Home children
The annual collection in favour of Church Charitable Activities and Church Homes will be held during all Saturday evening and Sunday Masses, which will be celebrated on April the 25th and 26th in all churches of the Archdiocese.
The funds collected will be distributed, according to the needs of the various Church Homes and Church Charity activities. These include Homes providing shelter to children and young persons who have experienced difficulties in their up-bringing as well as families who have faced domestic violence. They also include the various services offered by Caritas; the Dar tal-Providenza; the Homes for the Elderly; the Social Assistance Secretariat of the Catholic Action; the work the Refugee Section of the Secretariat for Emigration and Tourism; Dar Pirotta.
There are currently around 223 residents in Church Homes for Children. There are also five child day care centres caring for 60 children, and two shelters for victims of domestic violence sheltering 18 families with children. Caritas is providing 22 different services reaching hundreds of people. Every year, there are around 665 young people with drug-related problems who seek help from Caritas.
The Tal-Providenza Home provides shelter and care for 100 persons with disabilities. The Homes for the Elderly, 14 in all, provide care for 700 persons. The Social Assistance Secretariat provides various forms of assistance to people in need. The Refugee Section is offering shelter to around 400 persons in 14 homes run by the Emigrants’ Commission.
Also on the 25th and the 26th of April, anyone who so desires may contribute articles of foodstuffs and other commodities in baskets which will be placed in churches. The contributions will later be donated to homes for children, young people and persons with special needs, as is being indicated to each parish.
Charity Day is organised through the initiative of the Council of the Church Secretariat for Social and Charitable Action (Caritas Malta). The theme for this year is “Continue to give your share.”
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