Overview

• Eleven diocesan centers reached 62,832 vulnerable individuals in 2024, with over 100,000 total beneficiaries across employment, social exclusion, mental health and elder support programs.
• Caritas leaders attribute a modest decline in demand to Spain’s economic rebound, improved social aid and smaller household sizes.
• Homelessness climbed to more than 5,100 people while support for nearly 1,000 women in vulnerable situations highlights a deepening gendered poverty crisis.
• Over 4,000 migrants passed through regional reception centers as the NGO warns of worsening obstacles to Spain’s protection and reception system.
• Operations were sustained by 3,630 volunteers, 1,127 technical staff across 494 service points and a €47 million annual budget.