Since 2018, New Caritas Istanbul, as a branch of Caritas Turkey, has been providing services in the fields of emergency aid, health, education, social cohesion and employment to people in distress, without discrimination. Caritas Istanbul works in collaboration with other Caritas members to carry out humanitarian work.
Caritas Istanbul's main areas of work are as follows:
- Emergency social assistance to disadvantaged people in difficult situations
- Emergency humanitarian support for disaster victims
- Shelter assistance (women's shelter)
- Clothes bank
- Refugee support
- Support for the elderly and disabled
- Education support
- Support for social and emotional development
- Volunteering program
- Mother support program
- Vocational training and microfinance