Caritas Honduras

What Caritas Honduras does

Cáritas de Honduras is a faith-based humanitarian and development nonprofit, formally a department of the Conferencia Episcopal de Honduras, founded in 1960 and headquartered in Tegucigalpa. For more than 60 years it has operated as the official social action arm of the Catholic Church in Honduras, delivering programs through a central office and a network of at least ten diocesan offices (Arquidiócesis de Tegucigalpa, Comayagua, Choluteca, Juticalpa, San Pedro Sula, Santa Rosa de Copan, Trujillo, Yoro, La Ceiba, and additional diocesan entities) supported by parish-level agents and community animators nationwide.

Its core programs include protection networks for internally displaced persons and asylum seekers (in coordination with UNHCR/ACNUR), food security and rural livelihood projects for indigenous and rural farming families (notably an AECID-funded initiative targeting 800 families in Olancho and a COVID-19 response reaching 1,000 indigenous families across 15 municipalities in Yoro and La Paz), anticipatory action for flood risk reduction (financed by START Fund through CAFOD), child development through the "Sembradores de Paz" movement, and citizen electoral observation as a member of REDH alongside NDI and the Carter Center. The organization does not develop or sell proprietary technology; its delivery model is human-intensive case management, psychosocial support, shelter, and community development.

The business model is project-based grant funding from international development cooperation agencies and Catholic donor networks (AECID, ACNUR, CAFOD, START Fund, TROCAIRE, NDI, Carter Center, CRS). Programs are provided free of charge to vulnerable beneficiaries as humanitarian assistance. No commercial revenue, pricing model, or financial disclosures are publicly available. Governance operates under ecclesiastical leadership within the Catholic Church's social ministry framework, with coordination across governmental institutions such as CONADEH and INM where program-relevant.

Name

Caritas Honduras

Legal name

Cáritas de Honduras

Website

https://caritas.hn

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cáritas de Honduras is the faith-based social action arm of the Catholic Church in Honduras, delivering humanitarian assistance, food security, displacement protection, disaster risk reduction, and electoral observation programs through ten diocesan offices nationwide, funded by international development donors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Humanitarian Aid and Development Services

NAICS

Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Community Housing Services (62422), Community Food Services (624210)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, IDP & Migration Humanitarian Assistance (BPAGAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Food Assistance & Nutrition Relief (Emergency Feeding) (BPAGAAAD), Refugee & Immigrant Support Services (BPAGAEAI), Migration, Refugees & Forced Displacement Assistance (BPADABAL)

Keywords

• Humanitarian assistance
• Food security programs
• Refugee protection services
• Disaster risk reduction
• Community development

Headquarters

HQ city

Tegucigalpa

HQ country

Honduras

HQ region

Latin America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. International Development Cooperation Funding: Caritas Honduras receives funding from international development cooperation agencies and donors to implement humanitarian and development projects. Major funders include AECID (Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation), ACNUR/UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency), CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development), START Fund, and TROCAIRE (Irish Catholic development agency). These funds are used for specific project implementation in areas such as food security, displacement assistance, electoral observation, and disaster risk reduction.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Cáritas de Honduras delivers humanitarian assistance, social protection, food security, and community development services to vulnerable populations in Honduras, including displaced persons, asylum seekers, rural and indigenous families, and communities affected by disasters. Its programs include temporary shelter, psychosocial support, case management, agricultural productivity improvement, disaster risk reduction, electoral observation, and child development, funded through international cooperation grants from agencies such as AECID, UNHCR, CAFOD, START Fund, TROCAIRE, NDI, and the Carter Center. Services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries through a network of diocesan offices and parish-level agents.

Product overview

Caritas Honduras operates as a unified humanitarian and social development organization offering multiple programs and services. The organization provides refugee and displacement assistance through its 'Redes de Atención a Personas Desplazadas' program in coordination with UNHCR, food security initiatives including the AECID-funded 'Mejorando la Seguridad Alimentaria' project serving 800 families, election observation through REDH partnerships, indigenous family support during COVID-19, and child development through the 'Sembradores de Paz' movement. Programs are coordinated through a central office in Tegucigalpa and regional diocesan offices across Honduras.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Redes de Atención a Personas Desplazadas por la Violencia (Protection Network for Displaced Persons)

Quantifiable outcome

• 800 families to improve food security and livelihoods in Olancho with a goal of 20% increase in agricultural productivity
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• ACNUR (Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados / UNHCR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCaritas Honduras works in coordination with UNHCR to provide comprehensive attention to displaced persons and asylum seekers in Honduras. Services include temporary shelter, psychosocial support, immediate humanitarian assistance, case management, and referrals to state institutions. This partnership leverages Caritas's pastoral presence in vulnerable communities with ACNUR's international protection framework.
• NDI (Instituto Nacional Demócrata / National Democratic Institute)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNDI supports the 'Observación Ciudadana para el Monitoreo de las Elecciones Generales 2021' (Citizen Observation for the Monitoring of the 2021 General Elections) project, implemented by Caritas Honduras as a member of REDH (Red por la Equidad Democrática en Honduras), alongside the Carter Center.
• Centro Carter (Carter Center)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Carter Center supports citizen election observation efforts in Honduras through REDH, the coalition of which Caritas Honduras is a member, working toward electoral transparency and democratic integrity.
• CRS (Catholic Relief Services)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRS provided support for the 'Sembradores de Paz' (Peace Sowers) seminar organized by Caritas Honduras, strengthening the capacity of animators and promoters of the children's movement across various Honduran dioceses.
• REDH (Red por la Equidad Democrática en Honduras)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCaritas Honduras is a member of REDH, a coalition that conducts electoral observation and monitoring of democratic institutions in Honduras, issuing alerts and reports on electoral integrity, political violence, and democratic governance.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• World Vision Honduras: Large international NGO operating across Honduras in child sponsorship, food security, and emergency response. Competes for the same bilateral and UN grant pools and serves overlapping target populations in rural and displacement-affected communities.
• Catholic Relief Services (CRS): U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' international humanitarian agency and a documented partner of Caritas Honduras on the 'Sembradores de Paz' program. Operates the same faith-based humanitarian lens but at global scale across multiple countries, with overlapping donor base.
• Save the Children Honduras: Major international NGO with operations in Honduras focused on child protection, food security, and humanitarian response. A direct competitor for AECID, EU, and UN humanitarian funding and a comparable implementing partner for UNHCR-coordinated programs.
• CARE Honduras: Large international humanitarian organization operating in Honduras on food security, women's empowerment, and emergency response. Competes for the same bilateral donor funding and implements complementary programmatic models.

Direct peers

• Trócaire: Irish Catholic development agency and a documented financial partner of Caritas Honduras. Operates as both a donor and a parallel implementing partner in Honduras and Central America, with overlapping diocesan-network delivery models.
• GOAL Honduras: International humanitarian NGO with active Honduras country programming in food security, livelihoods, and disaster response. Targeted at the same rural and vulnerable populations and pursuing similar international donor funding.
• COFADEH (Committee of the Relatives of the Detained and Disappeared in Honduras): Prominent Honduran human rights organization addressing forced displacement, violence, and refugee protection. Operates in the same caseload universe as Caritas Honduras's displacement programs and competes for civic/rights-based donor funding.
• ADRA Honduras (Adventist Development and Relief Agency): Faith-based international NGO active in Honduras implementing food security, disaster response, and community development programs targeting similar vulnerable rural and indigenous populations with comparable international donor funding.
• Caritas Guatemala: Direct sister organization within the Caritas confederation operating in neighboring Guatemala with a near-identical model: diocesan network, refugee/displacement assistance, food security, and disaster response. Closest functional peer given shared Catholic Church affiliation, donor mix, and Central American operating context.

Regional players

• Pastoral de la Movilidad Humana ( Honduras / CONFREGUA): Central American faith-based network focused on migration, displacement, and refugee accompaniment. Directly comparable to Caritas Honduras's UNHCR-funded displacement and asylum-seeker assistance programs from a regional migration-ministry perspective.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/caritashonduras
• Facebookfacebook.com/Caritas-Honduras-180834385295439
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/caritas-honduras

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Number of profiles

Subsidiaries9 records

Funding overview

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