Organisation Catholique pour le Développement et la Solidarité (OCADES) | |
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| Established | 1956 |
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| Type | Nonprofit |
| Registration no. | 98-181/MAT/SG/DGAT/DLPAJ |
| Legal status | Association à but non-lucratif ("non-profit association") |
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| Coordinates | 12°21′33″N1°29′31″W / 12.35914°N 1.49201°W /12.35914; -1.49201 |
| Origins | Catholic Social Teaching |
Region served | Burkina Faso |
| Fields | development aid,humanitarian aid, education, health,peacebuilding, agriculture |
| Affiliations | Caritas Internationalis,Caritas Africa |
| Expenses | XOF 9,549,596,130[1] (2018) |
| Website | ocadesburkina |
Caritas Burkina Faso, locally known asOrganisation catholique pour le développement et la solidarité ("Catholic Organisation for Development and Solidarity",OCADES) andOcades Caritas Burkina, is a nonprofit organisation in theBurkina Faso. It is the official aid organisation of theBurkinabè Catholic Church with a presence all over the country.
It is a member of the globalCaritas Internationalis confederation and of the regionalCaritas Africa.[2]
The origin of the organisation dates back to 1956, when the FrenchSecours catholique established a delegation in what was thenFrench Upper Volta. After the independence of theRepublic of Upper Volta, this delegation took the name ofCaritas voltaïque in 1961.[2][3]
A separate structure, theBureau d'étude et de liaison ("Research and Liaison Office", BEL) was founded in 1973. In 1998, at the initiative of theBishops Conference, the current structure was established by mergeing the BEL and Caritas. It was officially recognised as non-profit association by the State on 25 May 1998.[4]
Caritas Burkina Faso is the national Caritas organisation and federates its 15diocesan Caritas organisations with their 200 Caritas parish branches. The diocesan bodies and the General Secretariat of Caritas Burkina Faso operate independently and function through delegation, in accordance with the principle ofsubsidiarity.[5]
The diocesan Caritas organisations are calledSecrétariats exécutifs diocésains or SED ("Diocesan Executive Secretariats"). These are:
Caritas Burkina implements programmes to alleviate poverty and support the most vulnerable persons in the country. Its initiatives span across multiple sectors such as agriculture, emergency assistance and humanitarian aid, access to essential social services, microfinance, reintegration and rehabilitation of vulnerable individuals, food security, and promoting women's rights in aSahelian environment challenged by extreme variability and climate change.
Despite its Catholic affiliation, Caritas Burkina Faso serves all communities indiscriminately, irrespective of gender, religion, or ethnicity.[6]
In 2018, its services reached 1,5 million direct beneficiaries.[1] The total budget for the organisations programmes has increased over the years, from 5 billionWest African CFA francs in 2009, to 7 billion francs in 2015 and 9.5 billion francs in 2018.[7][8][1]
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