Interview with Caritas president, Prelate Dr Peter Neher, and climate expert Professor Dr Rainer Grießhammer (chemist, long-time head of the Oeko-Institut, author, and recipient of the 2010 German Environmental Award) on the climate crisis and social and ecological change.
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Caritas’ online consultation has been up and running since 2006 and comprises 17 fields of consultation. In 2018, the Board decided to expand the federal programme. Digital media are now firmly incorporated in our everyday social interactions.
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Digitisation is a challenge for Caritas, because “Social needs digital”. Eva M. Welskop-Deffaa, Director of Social Policy and Professional Policy at the German Caritas Association, spoke with Dr Joana Breidenbach, founder of the Berlin think-and-do tank betterplace-lab, about how the organisation can ensure digitisation benefits us all.
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The Corona outbreak puts Caritas Germany under an enormous strain. At the same time it gives employees and volunteers the opportunity to come up with new, sometimes unconventional ways of helping others.
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Caritas is in the middle of a digital transformation: handovers in elderly care are organised via smartphone. Apps support the voluntary year (FSJ) programme and enable communication with refugees. And university cooperations are focussing on developing care robots. It’s time for a digital agenda!
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The Caritas project "Energy Savings Checks" offers non-obligatory advice for people who otherwise have little to do with issues like energy saving and environmental protection. Each consultation is individually tailored to the customer‘s consumption of electricity, water and heating.
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