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I believe the largest chaity in the world is the society of saint Vincent de paul. It is a charity which operates in 147 countries and growing with over 1 million voulnteers worldwide. The SVP as it is sometimes known were established in Paris in 1833 by a young man named Frederic Ozanam to help those who were in poverty. This is still the main work of the charity today. The charity currently visit people in they homes hospitals and prisons as well as providing child care facilities for low income parents. They also run many hostels and drink and drug related help centres.You can find out more by logging on to www.svp.iehope this helps
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 11y agoAside from the Catholic Church's continuous charitable activity for almost 2000 years and the religious Orders like the Benedictines, the oldest group formed to serve others and still engaged in active charitable service is the Sovereign Order of Malta, a Catholic Order of Knights founded in Jerusalem in 1048 AD and now headquartered in Rome.
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