Welcome to Caritas Torit South Sudan

CARITAS is a Latin word that means Charity. It represents one of the Theological virtues. The Catholic Church has used it to portray Christian Love of Humankind. CARITAS is organized at local (parish), diocesan, national, regional and international level. National CARITAS Organizations are each autonomous under their bishops, but they combine as part of the CARITAS Internationalis confederation.

CARITAS TORIT-CDOT is humanitarian, social and development wing of the Catholic Diocese of Torit. CARITAS TORIT-CDOT was established in 2013. With its establishment CARITAS TORIT associated itself with the international federation of CARITAS organizations or family that together represent a network of the Catholic organizations whose mission is to “serve, accompany and defend the poor.

Caritas Torit Programs

Caritas Torit is guided by the following aim, vision, and mission: promoting social justice and solidarity with the poor, striving for a world where their voices are heard, and aligning with Caritas International to serve, accompany, and defend the poor.

Aim

CARITAS TORIT as a Humanitarian, Social and Development Wing of the Catholic Diocese of Torit is entrusted with the mission of promoting social justice and solidarity with the poor, in line with the social teaching of the Catholic Church and the Gospel values.

Our Vision

To strive for a world where the voices of the poor are heard and acted upon, where each person is free to flourish and live-in peace and dignity and where our natural environment given by God is managed responsibly and sustainably in the interests of the entire human family.

Our Mission

The mission of CARITAS TORIT-CDOT resonates with the Mission of Caritas international as follows: –

“Serve, accompany and defend the poor”

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Guiding Principles and Core Values

CARITAS TORIT’s approach is grounded in the Church’s social teaching, emphasizing human dignity. Their work demonstrates God’s love, viewing the oppressed as change agents combating poverty and injustice. Reflecting the Catholic Church’s social mission, CARITAS TORIT upholds the values of dignity, solidarity, and stewardship for the world’s most vulnerable people. Below are our core values:-

Dignity of the human person.

In all its activities and through life, CARITAS TORIT upholds and advocates that right of a person to be valued and respected for their own sake and to be treated ethically.

Solidarity

Our Solidarity is what gives us the credibility and power to make change through unity, like mindedness, agreement, accord, harmony, consensus, concurrence, cooperation, cohesion, fraternity, mutual support; formal concord.

Stewardship

The ethic that embodies responsible planning and management of resources is central to and motivates Caritas’s approach to resource mobilization, utilization and accountability to all stakeholders. This is applied in all aspects including the environment and nature, economics, health, property, information, theology and cultural resources etc.

Care for our common home

The responsible and sustainable use of all forms of natural resources for various purposes without compromising their availability for future generations, and without causing environmental damage that challenges the survival of other species and natural ecosystems

Common Good

CARITAS beholds individuals as part of a broader community and therefore advances the delivery of humanitarian services that is proper to and attainable by the community yet individually shared by its members.

Preferential Option for the Poor

CARITAS engenders concerns for and towards the poor as the lynchpin that shapes their culture, values and priorities. The “preferential option for the poor” refers to a trend throughout the Bible, of preference being given to the well-being of the poor and powerless of society in the teachings and commands of God as well as the prophets and other righteous people.

Subsidiarity and Participation

In its planning life, CARITAS fosters as its norm, the principle that the more local levels such as the parishes should actively participate in shaping the program direction of Caritas while leaving the central authority to undertake only those functions and activities which they (the local levels) can’t perform.

Caritas Torit Programs
Some of our Activities

At Caritas Torit, we believe in empowering the poor and vulnerable to become agents of change, striving to eradicate poverty and injustice while promoting sustainable development and social equity. Join us in making a difference in the lives of those who need it most.