Misereor
{{Short description|German development aid organisation of the Catholic Church}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox organisation
| name = Misereor
| logo = Misereor Logo (2022).svg
| image = Misereor Aachen.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Headquarter in Aachen
| formation = 1958
| location_city = Aachen
| location_country = Germany
| website = {{url|https://www.misereor.de/}}
}}
Misereor is a German development aid organisation of the Catholic Church. Its full name is Bischöfliches Hilfswerk Misereor (Bishops' aid agency). The name is derived from the Latin "misereor" (I have mercy). It is focused on fighting poverty worldwide and is the largest Catholic development aid in the world.{{cite web |url=https://www.katholisch.de/artikel/4498-misereor |title=Misereor |work=Katholisch |date=16 March 2015 |language=de |access-date=25 February 2024}} The headquarter is in Aachen.
History
The 76th Katholikentag in Fulda recommended the foundation of an institution to educate and support qualified lay helpers in developing countries.{{cite web | title=Zeitstrahl | website=Katholikentag | url=https://www.katholikentag.de/rueckblick-zeitstrahl | language=de | access-date=24 April 2025}} International Catholic women's organisations and the international Pax Christi movement called for fighting hunger. Initiated by Alfons Erb of Pax Christi, the Central Committee of German Catholics requested in 1958 from the German bishops to perform an action against hunger during Lent 1959.[https://www.misereor.de/ueber-uns/geschichte/#c1144 Meilensteine der Misereor-Geschichte] (in German) misereor.de Misereor was founded in 1958,Erich Läufer: Vor 40 Jahren wurde das bischöfliche Hilfswerl Misereor gegründet, in: Kirchenzeitung Köln 9/98, 27 February 1998 and collected donations of 34 million DM in Lent 1959. Rede von Josef Kardinal Frings zur Gründung von Misereor 1958 The office was in the Aachen Mozartstraße, as neighbours to the {{ill|Bischöfliche Akademie des Bistums Aachen|de}}; it occupied rooms of the {{ill|Priesterseminar Aachen|de}}.{{cite web | title=Bischöfliches Hilfswerk MISEREOR e.V | website=Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart | date=7 December 2022 | url=https://www.stuttgart.de/organigramm/adresse/bischoefliches-hilfswerk-misereor-e.v.php | language=de | access-date=24 April 2025}}
Projects
Since its foundation, Misereor supported more than 112,000 projects in Asia and Oceania, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean ({{asof|2025}}).{{cite web | title=Menschen zu ihrem Recht verhelfen | website=Kirche im Raum| date=3 April 2025 | url=https://kopiervorlage-pr.bistum-wuerzburg.de/aktuelles/nachrichten/na-detail/ansicht/menschen-zu-ihrem-recht-verhelfen-1/ | language=de | access-date=24 April 2025}} Focus in projects are human rights,{{cite web | title=Bischöfliches Hilfswerk Misereor | website=Forum Menschenrechte | date=8 July 2024 | url=https://www.forum-menschenrechte.de/ueber-uns/mitglieder/bischoefliches-hilfswerk-misereor/ | language=de | access-date=24 April 2025}} access to safe water,{{cite web | title=Misereor setzt sich für das Recht auf sicheres Trinkwasser ein | website=domradio.de | date=March 19, 2025 | url=https://www.domradio.de/artikel/misereor-setzt-sich-fuer-das-recht-auf-sicheres-trinkwasser-ein | language=de | access-date=April 24, 2025}} fighting AIDS,{{cite web | title=Evangelischer Entwicklungsdienst und Misereor beklagen langsames Tempo in der Bekämpfung von HIV/Aids | website=Brot für die Welt | date=11 October 2024 | url=https://www.brot-fuer-die-welt.de/pressemeldung/2008-evangelischer-entwicklungsdienst-und-misereor-beklagen-langsames-tempo-in-der-bekaempfung-von-hivaids/ | language=de | access-date=24 April 2025}} global warming, poverty{{cite web | title=Misereor: Klimarisiken-Schutzschirm erster wichtiger Schritt | website=weltkirche.de | url=https://weltkirche.katholisch.de/artikel/42014-misereor-klimarisiken-schutzschirm-erster-wichtiger-schritt | language=de | access-date=24 April 2025}} and gender{{cite web | title=Misereor: Keine Hilfsprojekte in Afghanistan ohne Frauen | website=weltkirche.de | url=https://weltkirche.katholisch.de/artikel/57726-misereor-keine-hilfsprojekte-in-afghanistan-ohne-frauen | language=de | access-date=24 April 2025}} problems. Support goes to rural development, healthcare, vocational and adult education, help to found small businesses, self-help housing, social work projects, advancement of women, and training of local leaders. Misereor collaborates with local partner organisations who know the conditions of the poor, including churches, self-help initiatives, cooperatives, human rights groups and other non-governmental organisation.{{cite web | title=Mandate & structure | url=https://www.misereor.de/en/about-misereor/mandate-structure | work = Misereor |access-date=24 April 2025}} Projects are monitored, exchanging experience in a continuous development process.
References
{{reflist}}
External links
{{Commonscat}}
- {{official|https://www.misereor.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
- {{official|https://www.misereor.org/}} International {{in lang|en|es|pt|fr|de}}
- {{cite web | title=Bischöfliches Hilfswerk Misereor e.V. | website=DZI | date=17 March 2025 | url=https://www.dzi.de/organisation/bischoefliches-hilfswerk-misereor-e-v/ | language=de | access-date=24 April 2025}}
- {{cite web | last=Monitor | first=NGO | title=MISEREOR | website=ngomonitor – Making NGOs Accountable | date=24 November 2024 | url=https://ngo-monitor.org/funder/misereor/ | access-date=24 April 2025}}
{{authority control}}
Category:International charities
Category:Fair trade organizations