Lagos, 23 September, 2024 / 6:46 pm (ACI Africa).
The celebration of Caritas Day 2024 has ended in Nigeria with the launch of the 2024-2030 Strategic Plan of Caritas Nigeria which will focus on a number of interventions, key among them peace building.
In an interview with ACI Africa on the sidelines of the Sunday, September 22 event at Holy Cross Cathedral of Nigeria’s Lagos Archdiocese, the Executive Secretary of the development and humanitarian arm of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) said the plan contains the agency’s six-year mission in health through a number of other interventions.
“The plan encompasses elements like emergency relief and humanitarian response, reduction of poverty, a safe future for irregular migrants and refugees, good governance, peace-building, civic responsibility, care for mother earth, and basic education for all,” Fr. Uchechukwu Obodoechina said.
He said the organization has maintained strong partnerships with local and international state and non-state bodies, key stakeholders, and funders in line with its mission of achieving well-being for all through a participatory approach.
Caritas Nigeria is a member of Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of 162 member countries providing relief and supporting human development worldwide.
