Trócaire
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| Formation | 1973 |
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| Type | official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland |
| Legal status | active |
| Purpose | to support long-term development projects overseas and to inform the Irish public about the root causes of poverty and injustice |
| Headquarters | Maynooth College, Maynooth, County Kildare, Ireland |
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Chairman
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William Crean, Bishop of Cloyne |
| Website | trocaire.org |
Trócaire (Irish pronunciation: [ˈt̪ˠɾˠoːkəɾʲə], meaning "Compassion") is the official overseas development agency of the Catholic Church in Ireland.
The roots of the charity lie in Pope Paul VI's 1973 encyclical Populorum Progressio, which called for people to take notice and respond to the injustices that were occurring all round the world. Then, in response to the 1973 floods which ravaged Bangladesh, Cardinal William Conway saw the need for a church agency which would co-ordinate charitable donations originating in Ireland. Trócaire's life began with a pastoral letter written in the same year by the Bishops of Ireland. In it, they set out the aims of Trócaire as two-fold:
The Headquarters of Trócaire are in St. Patrick's College, Maynooth.
Trócaire works in 127 programmes across 20 countries in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. The charity aims to:
The charity also works across a number of programme areas, including:
Overseas Trócaire delivers support through local partner organisations and churches, helping communities and families to free themselves from the oppression of poverty, cope with climate change, tackle injustice and defend human rights. In Ireland, the charity raises awareness about the causes of poverty through outreach programmes in the education sector, through parish networks, and through public campaigns and advocacy work.
Trócaire was given a dual mandate: to support long-term development projects overseas and to provide relief during emergencies; and at home to inform the Irish public about the root causes of poverty and injustice and mobilise the public to bring about global change. Its work is also influenced by the experiences and the hopes of the poor and oppressed. Trócaire supports communities in their efforts to improve their lives, meet their basic needs and ensure their human dignity.
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